Syntax III

Transitive verbs take a subject and an object.

• true

• false

The verb "to give" is di-transitive.

Robert gives Julia an apple.

• true

• false

Every lexical verb in English requires a subject.

• true

• false

Predicative complements are verbs....

• that are called copular verbs.

• that are called linking verbs.

• like be, become, seem, appears, look etc.

• adjuncts.

A phrase is always a constituent because it is a unit that is part of a larger structure.

• true

• false

Tick the functions of clausal constituent(s).

• predicate

• NP

• subject

• VP

Adjuncts are optional parts of phrases.

• true

• false