Seminar 20 Handout Who Are Today’s Immigrants?

ACTIVITY 2


Task A
Match noun phrase patterns with examples below.

Noun phrase patterns	Examples
1) adjective (s) + noun	a) patterns that looked like instinct
2) noun (s) + noun	b) The territorial dynamics of innovation in China and India.
3) adjective (s) + noun (s) + noun	c) everything in a city that is not thought to be authentic
4) noun + prepositional phrase (s)	d) food sources
5) noun + relative clause	e) the primary objective
6) noun + prepositional phrase + relative clause	f) changing gender attitudes and expectations

Task B
Find examples of noun phrases in the text and match them with appropriate patterns in Task A.

Noun phrase patterns	Examples from the text

Task C
Rewrite sentences 1-5 as noun phrases. Use the bold word to make the head noun.

Example: People often assess human behaviour in different ways. → people’s different assessments of human behaviour.

1 In a variety of global contexts, individuals behave in predictable ways.

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2 Individuals can benefit in both psychological and financial terms.

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3 Further studies have been carried out into how people behave when they are stressed.

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4 People are sometimes motivated to act in certain ways for self-gain.

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5 Tensions in the workplace often relate to changes in the way employees become.

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Task D
Use the details of the book to compile a reference. Refer to the Westminster Harvard guide for referencing.
Authors: Kenneth J. Pakenham, Jo McEntire, Amy Cooper and Jessica Williams
Year of publication/release: 2013
Title of the book: Making Connections: Skills and Strategies for Academic Reading
Edition: 3rd
Place of publication: Cambridge
Name of publisher: Cambridge University Press
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