Grammaticality

What is a grammatical sentence?

• A sequence of inappropriate words

• A sequence of words that conform to grammar rules

• A combination of words with no sense

• A combination of words and verbs that conform to the pattern SOV

Grammatical sentence can be ambiguous or confusing.

• True

• False

Subject + Verb sentences do not exist in English

• True

• False

The sentence "The dog died" is ungrammatical because...

• it lacks a complement after the subject

• the verb tense is incorrect

• the sentence is grammatical

• All previous statements are correct

The pattern SVO...

• means Subject + Verb + Copulative

• is the most common English sentence

• is ungrammatical

• comes from French grammar

A canonical sentence follows the pattern...

• SV

• SVC

• SVO

• All previous answers are correct

The sentence "Anna a book reads"..

• is ungrammatical

• is grammatical

The sentence "My wet shoes"...

• is grammatical, but it misses a verb

• is ungrammatical because it doesn't have a verb

• corresponds to the pattern SVO

• All previous statements are correct

The sentence "Watermelon ice cream eat them"...

• is grammatical

• should be "They eat watermelon cream ice"

• should be "Watermelon ice cream is eaten by them"

• should be "Watermelon ice cream eat they"

Complete the sentence: The movie was filmed __ the director twenty years ago.