November quizizz game

For which of the following languages is this a possible structure for PP?

• Spanish

• Korean

• English

• French

Which of the following sentences involves a particle verb?

• Darrell got on the boat.

• Blanca walked into the theater.

• Larry slammed down the phone.

• Elena walked down the sidewalk.

In which of the following languages might we find this structure?

• Korean

• Japanese

• Hindi

• English

Consider these sentences:

(i) Gwen and Tom crumble the cookie.

(ii) The cookie crumbles.

How can we be sure that "The cookie" in (ii) is a subject?

MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWERS POSSIBLE

• It triggers 3sg. -s.

• It can take a tag question, "doesn't it".

• It contains the morpheme "the"

• It is the agent of the sentence.

Which of the following sentences has a functional preposition.

• Avi read a book by Shakespeare.

• Twyla sat below a tree.

• Francisco fell onto the leaves.

• Deirdre fired the ball in the net.

Which of the following is the best structure for Kim marched right through the door?

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Which of the following sentences contains is a VP idiom?

• The cat is out of the bag.

• At the meeting, Kyle dropped the ball.

• Cindy is in hot water.

• This homework is a piece of cake.

Which of the following is the best structure for Chris picked up the phone?

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Our model of syntax provides an account of all of the following contrasts except which?

• (i) Levi ate the muffin right up.

  (ii) *Levi ate right up the muffin.

• (i) Marsha saw Ben.

  (ii) *Marsha Ben saw.

• (i) Alice saw them.

  (ii) *Alice saw they.

• (i) The boy saw himself.

  (ii) *The boy saw ourselves.