TheorGramm
First Test
1. Identify the type of the subordinate clause in the sentence: Anyone hoping to get on the boat should have a ticket. Reduced relative
2. What type of the word-group is the following: [him coming] – predicative
3. How is the governing element of a subordinate word-group called? Head
4. At what syntactic level can subordination be observed: phrase level
5. Identify the type of the subordinate clause in the following sentence: if you understand this, you will be able to do exercises. Adverbial Clause
6. What type of word-group is the following [to run and think]? Coordinate
7. What type of phrase is represented in the following sentence? The guild [is meeting to discuss the latest misdemeanors of the apprentices]. Verbal phrase
8. Which of the following sentences has a non-restrictive relative clause? Your opinion, which is heresey…
9. What type of phrase is represented in the following sentence? [our neighborhood association] noun phrase
10. Syntagmatic relation of independence is called predication
11. Draw brackets around the prepositional phrases: in a safe place.
12. Write the functional formula of an Adverbial Phrase:
13. Word-groups which are distinguished on the basis of secondary predication are called predicative
14. [of published accounts] – prepositional phrase
15. Identify the characteristics of the Phrase – is a dependent syntactic unit
16. A feature of linguistic structure in which one function (or form) is inserted into another function (or form) is called embedding.
17. How may the underlined element in the following sentence be categorized? The man whose application you are processing will be hired in any case – restrictive relative clause
18. What is the term for a potential ability of words to combine? Valency
19. What type of word group is [run fast]? Subordinate
20. Which of the following syndetons are called correlatives? Not(only)…but (also), neither…nor
21. Which of the following sentences contains a subordinate clause? All of them (the cat climbed over the couch)
22. Which of the following sentences contains an adverbial clause? All of them (I would like to finish this chapter by noon)
23. In the following sentence the underlined words are correctly classified as which of the following: The author under discussion had no such illusions – none of the answers is correct
24. In the following sentence the underlined words are correctly classified as which of the following: My brother John runs a landscaping company? Verbal predicate
25. In the following sentence the underlined words are correctly classified as which of the following: Mary taught Bill the basics of computer programming. None of the answer is correct
26. At what syntactic level can coordination be observed – all of the stated
27. The smallest unit of communication, consisting of one or more words which is characterized by a definite structural (grammatical) and intonational pattern, predication, modality and conveys… sentence
28. In the following sentence the underlined words are correctly classified as which of the following: The man in charge will be Mr. Eagleton – none of the answers is correct
29. A secondary element of a phrase which suggests the goal or purpose of the verb is called object
30. What type of the word group is the following: [to run extremely fast]? Extended, subordinate
31. What type of the word group is the following: [running fast]? Predicative
32. A secondary element of a phrase which qualifies its head but doesn’t determine the grammatical category of the phrase is called modifier
33. Everyone in the room cheered when the announcement was made – Pronoun
34. Which of the below features characterize a language as synthetical? A great number of grammatical forms
35. The type of grammatical meaning that is not expressed formally and represents the meaning of the whole word-class is called implicit
36. Pluralia tantum are the nouns which have only a plural and no singular
37. in English there are 2 material articles
38. Which of the grammatical notions refers to the observable components that make an object what it is and include such features as actual and potential inflectional and derivational elements, stress?
Grammatical category
39. Which of the following examples present the case of synonymy in grammar? Know it – do know it
40. In case of which linguistic phenomenon two… - homonymy
41. Which grammatical category unites nouns and verb? Number
42. Out of the following choose the statement(s) that reveal(s) the aime of Theoretical English Grammar: To scientifically analyze and define English grammatical categories and study the mechanisms of grammatical formation of utterances out of words in the process of speech making; to present a theoretical description of the grammatical system of English
43. Such affixes as: -er, -ing… are noun forming
44. Generalized correlation of lingual forms by means of which a certain function is expressed is called opposition
45. The process of determination of the entities to be used in any syntactic or morphological construction is called selection
46. In which of the following sentences relative generalization is represented? Would you be so kind to pass me salad?
47. The grammatical notion which designates the way in which a word or larger unit is used in a sentence is called
1. According to their structure, the words: teacher, loneliness are derived
2. What grammatical category is expressed by the following opposition: to open-to be opened – voice
3. Choose the properties of inflectional morphemes: do not change basic syntactic category, express grammatically – required features or indicate relations between different words in the sentence
4. The process of determination of the entities to be used in any syntactic or morphological construction is called selection
5. Prepositions serve to express the relations between…
6. Hers – Pronoun
7. What is the type of the following morpheme: byte – free morpheme, open-class morpheme.
8. Ring – Noun
9. 2 subclasses of uncountable nouns are usually referred to as singularia tantum and pluralia tantum
10. Generalization is the invariable grammatical meaning of the indefinite article.
11. Indolently – adverb
12. Herself – pronoun
13. 2 material articles
14. Pluralia tantum are the nouns which have only plural no singular
15. Loudly – adverb
16. Everyone – pronoun
17. Small adj
18. Which of the examples below show syntagmatic relations between language units? – dark-light, friend – enemy.
19. In which of the following sentences relative generalization is represented? Would you be so kind to pass me salad?
20. Choose the correct characteristic of the English adjective: adj may undergo the process of substantivation
21. The sentence: Coffee or tea, please? is an example of semantic absence of the article, relative generalization
22. Which of the following scheme represents correct morphemic structure of the word ‘unexpectedly’? prefix – root-suffix-suffix
23. Type of the article that expresses the identification… definite
24. Which grammatical category unite nouns and verb? Number
25. Stamped – Verb
26. Generalized correlation of lingual forms by means of which a certain function is expressed is called opposition
27. Which of the below mentioned are grammatical units? Intonation, clause, word order, phoneme
28. A compound denoting a subtype of a category which isn’t mentioned within the compound is called exocentric
29. Such affixes as: -er, -ing… are noun forming
30. Which of the grammatical notions refers to the observable components that make an object what it is and include such features as actual and potential inflectional and derivational elements, stress?
31. Although – conj
32. The system of expressing a generalized grammatical meaning… - grammatical category
33. The type of grammatical meaning that is not expressed formally and represents the meaning of the whole word-class is called
34. Out of the following choose the statement(s) – to scientifically analyze, to present a theoretical
35. The process of sequencing in syntactic constructions is called arrangement
36. Choose the regular noun inflections ‘s, -s
37. In case of which linguistic phenomenon two… - homonymy
38. What grammatical meaning is always marked morphologically? Explicit
39. The grammatical notion – constituency
40. Which of the below features characterized a language as synthetical? A great number…
41. Which of the following examples present the case of synonymy in grammar? Know it – do know it
42. Which of the below are grammatical processes? Arrangement, selection
43. Which of the below mentioned are grammatical categories? Tense, aspect, finitude, case
Second Test
1.What type of phrase is presented in the following sentence?
The committee gave [our neighbourhood association] an award for innovative tree planting
2.Identify the type of the subordinate clause in the sentence: Anyone hoping to get on the boat should have a ticket.
a. Adjective Clause
b. Adverbial Clause
c. Reduced Relative
d. Noun Clause
e. Reduced Adverbial
3. What type of the word-group is the following: [him coming]?
Choose at least one answer.
a. predicative
b. coordinate
c. extended
d. d expanded
e. simple
f. subordinate
4. How is the governing element of a subordinate word-group called? Head
5. At what syntactic level can subordination be observed:
a. all of the stated
b. sentence level
c. text level
d. phrase level
6. Identify the type of the Subordinete Clause in the following sentence: If you understand this, you will be able to do exercises.
a. Adjective Clause
b. Adverbial clause
c. Noun Clause
d. Reduced Relative
e. Reduced Adverbial
7. What type of word-group is the following: [to run and think]?
Choose at least one answer.
a. extended
b. coordinate
c. simple
d. subordinate
e. predicative
f. expanded
8. What type of phrase is presented in the following sentence?
The guild [is meeting to discuss the latest misdemeanours of the apprentices]. Verb phrase
9. Which of the following sentences has a non-restrictive relative clause?
a. neither of them
b. Your opinion, which is heresy, will cause nothing but trouble.
c. all of them
d. The opinion that you are expressing is heresy.
10. What type of phrase is presented in the following sentence?
The committee gave [our neighbourhood association] an award for innovative tree planting. NP
11. Syntagmatic relation of interdependence is called. Predication
12. What type of phrase is presented in the following sentence?
The committee [our neighbourhood association] an award for innovative tree planting. NP
13. Draw brackets around the prepositional phrase(s): put the dynamite in a safe place.
14. Write the functional Formula of an Adverb Phrase DP. indicating time, place, condition, cause, and purpose
15. Word-groups which are distinguished on the basis of secondary predication are called: predicative
16. In the following sentence the underlined words are correctly classified as which of the following Fanny believed Henry Crawford insincere.
a. complex subject
b. nominal predicate
c. verb
d. compound subject
e. simple subject
f. f none of the answers is correct
g. verbal predicate
17. Identify the type of phrase in the following sentence: The reporter consulted a number of published accounts before interviewing the senator. PP
18. Identify the function of the phrase highlighted in the following sentences.
· The party was a dreadful failure because the caterers forgot (to bring the tableware). object
· Justine hoped to attend the masquerade even though her guardian [had forbidden such adventures]. predicate
· The apprentices elected Wilkins Lord of Misrule]. complement
· The projectionist dreamt that he chased an enormous gorilla [around the theatre). adverb
· The child dancing about the stage hopes to become a movie star. adjective
· Megan believed that [dreaming about grapes) mean that she should skip Latin class. subject
19. Identify the characteristics of the Phrase
Choose at least one answer.
a. generally resists interruption
b. is a dependent syntactic unit
c. has intonation of its own
d. usually of NP VP structure
e. can undergo grammatical changes without destroying the identity of the whole unit
f. stress normally falls on the rightmost word
g. the number of constituents corresponds to the number of different denotates
20. A feature of linguistic structure in which one function (or form) is inserted into another function (or form) is calledEmbedding
21. How may the underlined element in the following sentence be categorized? The man whose application you are processing will be hired in any case.
a. restrictive relative clause
b. non-restrictive nominal clause
c. restrictive nominal clause
d. d non-restrictive relative clause
22. What is the term for a potential ability of words to combine? Valency
23. Define the type of the following sentences:
-Jane is more diligent than you. Simple complicated
-That absolutely gorgeous spaniel is my brothers. simple
-Waiting until most of the courtroom had cleared, Ann walked -over and stood there until Jimmy saw her. complex
-If youth knew, if age could! compound
24. Which of the following sentences contains a relative clause?
a. We felt that the story was endearing
b. all of them
c. Television is a tasteless medium without an ounce of artistic or journalistic integrity.
d. none of them
25. What type of word group is [run fast]?
Choose at least one answer.
a. predicative
b. expanded
c. coordinate
d. simple
e. subordinate
f. extended
26. Draw brackets around each adjective phrase: The reasons for his sudden resignation eluded even the most astute observers in the company.
27. Which of the following syndetons are called correlatives?
a. a as well as together with, along with
b. b, but, besides, except for
c. and, nor, not, or
d. not only- but also neither nor
28. Which of the following sentences contains a subordinate clause?
a. All of them
b. The cat climbed over the couch, hissing me
c. climbing over the couch, the cat hissed at me.
d. After climbing over the couch, the cat hissed at me.
e. none or them
29. which of the following sentences contains an adverbial clause?
a. I would like to finish this chapter by noon.
b. All of them
f. After I tasted it, I was sorry.
c. none of them
d. Never having tried it before, I asked for a martini.
30. In the following sentence the underlined words are correctly classified as which of the following
The author under discussion had no such illusions.
a. a complex subject
b. none of the answers is correct
c. verb
d. nominal predicate
e. verbal predicate
f. compound subject
g. simple subject
31. Apply the Topicalization Test to identify NP in the following sentence was very impressed with your presentation. simply move the item in question to the front of the sentence, omitting it in its original position.
Your presentation I was very impressed with
32. In the following sentence the underlined words are correctly classified as which of the following: My brother John runs a landscaping company.?
a. simple subject
b. b, complex subject
c. nominal predicate
d. none of the answers is correct
e. verbal predicate
f. verb
g. compound subject
33. Apply a Pro-sub Test identity NP in the following sentence: I was very impressed with your presentation. Pronoun-substitution (Pro-sub) Test: the NP can be replaced by a personal pronoun:
Woody admired [the picture on the wall]. – Woody admired it. –* Woody admired it on the wall. (ungrammatical)
34. In the following sentence the underlined words are co-classified as which of the following Mary taught Bill the basics of computer programming.
a. verbal predicate
b. complex subject
c. nominal predicate
d. verb
e. compound subject
f. none of the answers is correct
g. simple subject
35. At what syntactic level can coordination be observed:
a. all of the stated
b. text level
c. phrase level
d. sentence level
36. The smallest unit of communication, consisting of one or more words which is characterized by a definite structural (grammatical) and intonational pattern, predication, nodality and conveys a relatively completed thought is called SENTENCE
37. Draw brackets around the prepositional phrase(s): Oskar resigned in the face of increasing evidence of his association with companies dealing in stocks acquired through questionable means.
38. Apply Whiz Test to identify NP of head+postmodifier type: I was impressed with your presentation at the lesson. Whiz Test (paraphraze test): if you can insert the words which is/was or that is/was between the noun head and the PP, the construction is probably of the head+postmodifier type.
Woody admired the picture which was on the wall.
*Woody put the picture which was on the wall.
…your presentation, wich was made…
39. In the following sentence the underlined words are correctly classified which of the following: The man in charge will be Mr.Eagleton.
a. verb
b. none of the answers is correct
c. complex subject
d. d simple subject
e. compound subject
f. verbal predicate
g. nominal predicate
40. A secondary element of a phrase which suggests the goal or purpose of the verb is called:
a. object
b. complement
c. predicate
d. modifier
e. subject
41. What type of the word-group is the following [to run extremely fast]?
Choose af least one answer
a. simple
b. predicative
c. coordinate
d. extended
e. subordinate
f. expanded
42. What type of the word-group is the following:[running fast]?
Choose at least one answer.
a. a simple
b. expanded
c. subordinate
d. extended
e. predicative
f. coordinate
43. A secondary element of a phrase which qualifies its head but doesn't determine category the phrase the grammatical of is called:
a. complement
b. subject
c. object
d. modifier
e. predicate
44. In the following sentence… Current literary theory has no clearly defined focus. Nominal predicate
45. Apply a Pro-sub test… I was very impressed with your presentation. I was impressed with it
46. John considered himself successful. Nominal predicate
47. … Luther King was murdered… verbal predicate
48. the process of sequencing in syntactic construction arrangement
49. adverbial clause tapdanced while…