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Select the options containing an overt subject (more than one is possible):

• Fan projects are for [artists to know how loved they are]

• I just wanted you [to think about it]

• I immediately asked my best friend, [her being the best at giving advice]

• The barista tried [to give us all the menu options]

Answer explanation

In the following sentence: “The line up for the festival was posted by the agency this morning”

Which option is correct for giving emphasis to the underlined word?

• It was agency that posted the line up for the festival this morning

• The agency is who posted the line up for the festival this morning

• What the agency posted this morning was the line up for the festival

• It was this morning that the line up for the festival was posted by the agency

Answer explanation

In What Clauses (pseudo-cleft), the focus will always go at the end, therefore emphasizing “The line up for the festival”.

After a passive voice rearrangement:

• The relationship between the constituents will change

• The subject will remain the same

• The agent will become more relevant

• The object of a sentence could change

Answer explanation

In the example, “a ring” goes from being the object to a subject position, to be the central focus. In that case, the object now will be the person who received the ring.

About the following sentence, “Andrea, exhausted from her long day at work, went home and watched a movie” one could say:

• The subordinate clause is a SC

• It shows tense through the past participle

• It is a Cleft clause

• The subject in the subordinate clause is the same as in the main clause

Answer explanation

Inversion does NOT take place:

• When a sentence begins with an A of place

• In zero-that clauses

• After negative adverbials

• In formal conditional clauses with “should”

In which situations does passive voice rearrangement happen?

• When the agent is unknown

• When the agent is not the main focus

• When the circumstances are more relevant than the agent

• When the circumstances are receiving the action

Answer explanation

Pseudo-passive voice changes the use of “be” for “_____” or “_____”. Normally used in spoken language.

• use

• have

• make

• get

Answer explanation

An expletive occupies the position of the subject in a sentence. 

• True

• False

Answer explanation

In passive voice rearrangement, the original agent, if mentioned, becomes Oi in function and NP in form

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The original agent, if mentioned, becomes A in function, the OoP of by.

Rearrange the sentence to passive voice:

Active voice: The scientists discovered a new species of butterfly.

Passive voice:>aZq

Answer explanation