Morphosyntax Quiz

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Can be divided into morphology and syntax.

• grammar

• linguistics

• language

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Morphology and syntax are studies of the same thing – formation rules of a language – but at different “levels”.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• I don´t know

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When we talk about ..... we use terms like:

• noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, determiner, preposition, conjunction

• syntax

• morphology

• I don´t know

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It is the study of words and their rules of formation.

• grammar

• morphology

• syntax

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A word that refers to a thing, a person, an animal, a place , a quality, an idea, or an activity.

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• pronoun

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A word that expresses an act, occurrence, or mode of being, that in various languages is inflected for agreement with the subject, for tense, for voice, for mood, or for aspect

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• pronoun

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him, hers, itself, I, that, anyone, ours, a few, you

• verbs

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• pronouns

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A modifier of a verb, an adjective, an adverb, a preposition, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence, expressing some relation of manner or quality, place, time, degree, number, cause, opposition, affirmation, or denial

• conjunction

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• pronoun

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An uninflected linguistic form that joins together sentences, clauses, phrases, or words

• conjunction

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• pronoun

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Any of a small set of words in a language that are used as substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood in the context

• conjunction

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• pronoun

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A modifier of a noun to denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or to specify a thing as distinct from something else.

• verb

• determiner

• adjective

• adverb

• pronoun

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A word that makes specific the denotation of a noun phrase

• verb

• determiner

• adjective

• adverb

• pronoun

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An article, a possessive, a demonstrative, or a quantifier

• verb

• determiner

• adjective

• adverb

• pronoun

Multiple Choice

When we talk about ..... we use terms like:

• subject, predicate, object, complement, adverbial

• syntax

• morphology

• I don´t know

Fill in the Blank

• Every complete sentence contains two parts:  a _ and a _.

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It tells something about the doer and it contains the verb.

• subject

• predicate

• object

• complement

• adverbial

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It is what or whom the sentence is about.

• subject

• predicate

• object

• complement

• adverbial

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It´s the person or thing that receives the action of the verb.

• subject

• predicate

• object

• complement

• adverbial

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It's a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb in a sentence.

• direct object

• indirect object

• object of a preposition

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Usually, it answers the questions what? or whom?

• direct object

• indirect object

• object of a preposition

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It's the recipient of the direct object.

• direct object

• indirect object

• object of a preposition

Multiple Choice

Find the indirect object:

The bartender made Gracie an ice-cold drink.

• Gracie

• The bartender

• an ice-cold drink

How do you find an indirect object in a sentence?

We can do this by first finding the direct object and then asking “who” or “what” received it. 

Multiple Choice

Find the direct object:

I put the orange cat out in the garden.

• the orange cat

• out in the garden

• I

Multiple Choice

The noun or pronoun after a preposition is the ...

• direct object

• indirect object

• object of a preposition

Multiple Choice

Find the object of a preposition:

You can tell from her accent that Emily is Irish.

• her accent

• Emily

• You

Morphosyntax

Morphosyntax is usually defined as a set of rules governing the construction of words (morphology) and the construction of sentences (syntax) in a particular language.

From: Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2021

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A group of words, usually containing a subject and a verb, that expresses a thought and starts with a capital letter and finishes with punctuation when written

• sentence

• phrase

• clause

• fragment

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A group of words, usually containing a subject and a verb, that expresses a thought and starts with a capital letter and finishes with punctuation when written

• sentence

• phrase

• clause

• fragment

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An incomplete sentence that’s missing another necessary part to make it complete.

• statement

• phrase

• clause

• fragment

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A collection of words that includes a subject and a predicate.

• sentence

• phrase

• clause

• fragment

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An ...... is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought.

• dependent

  clause

• independent phrase

• independent clause

• dependent

  phrase

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A(n) ..... is a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought.

• dependent

  clause

• independent phrase

• independent clause

• dependent

  phrase

Multiple Choice

An independent clause is a sentence.

• YES

• NO

• MAYBE

Multiple Choice

How many types of sentences are theere in the English language?

• six

• seven

• five

• four

Open Ended

There are four types of sentences in the English language:

English Sentence Structure

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• A new sentence may begin with a capital letter.

  • He obtained his degree.

• True

• False

• I don't know

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• A sentence always ends with punctuation

• (a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point).

  • He obtained his degree.

• True

• False

• I don't know

Multiple Choice

• A sentence contains a subject that is only given once.

  • Smith he obtained his degree.

• True

• False

• I don't know

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• A sentence could contain a verb or a verb phrase.

  • He obtained his degree.

• True

• False

• I don't know

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• A sentence not alwayas follows Subject + Verb + Object word order.

  • He (subject) obtained (verb) his degree (object).

• True

• False

• I don't know

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• A sentence must have a complete idea that stands alone.

• This is also called an independent clause.

  • He obtained his degree.

• True

• False

• I don't know