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A) Hvilken ordklasse tilhører de understregede ord fra teksten “The Obesity Epidemic”? Angiv, hvilke ord i sætningen de understregede ord lægger sig til.

Contributing:

Contributing is an adjective, which is attaching to the substantive “factor”.

Processed:

Processed is an adjective, which is attaching to the substantive “foods”.

Frequently:

Frequently is an adverbium, which is attaching to the verbum “eating”.

Larger:

Larger is an adjective, which is attaching to the substantive “portion”.

Poor:

Poor is an adjective, which is attaching to the substantive “communities”.

Less:

Less is an adjective, which is attaching to the substantive “access”.

Healthy:

Healthy is an adjective, which is attaching to the substantive “options”.

Less:

Less is an adverbium, which is attaching to the adjective “healthy”.

Healthy:

Healthy is an adjective, which is attaching to the substantives “foods and beverages”.

B) Forklar kongruensen (overensstemmelsen mellem subjekt (grundled) og verballed (udsagnsled) i forhold til de understregede verballed fra teksten “Hope for Childhood Obesity”.

1. After a long fight to control childhood obesity, there are encouraging signs that the tide is finally turning.

Explanation: the subject in the sense is there a pronoun, which works as a preliminary subject and refers to the substantive signs, and the verbal must therefore be in 3rd person plural (are).

2. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday that the obesity rate among preschoolers from poor families has fallen in 19 states and American territories, and it has risen in only three states.

Explanation: The subject in this sense is the obesity rate and the verbal must therefore be bent in 3rd person singular (has fallen).

3. One in eight preschoolers in the United States is obese; among low-income children, it is one in seven.

Explanation: The subject in the sense is one in eight

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