Seminar 3 (Theoretical Grammar)

Define the category revealed through the following opposition:

writes – is writing   

• tense

• aspect

• order

• posteriority

Define the category revealed through the following opposition:

wrote – had written

• tense

• aspect

• order

• posteriority

Define the category revealed through the following opposition:

will write – would write

• tense

• aspect

• order

• posteriority

Choose the form marked for the following category:

aspect

• had broken

• was breaking

• will break

• broke

Choose the form marked for the following category:

posteriority

• had broken

• was breaking

• will break

• broke

Choose the form marked for the following category:

tense

• had broken

• was breaking

• will break

• broke

Choose the form marked for the following category:

order

• had broken

• was breaking

• will break

• broke

The relative meanings of time are:

• present, past, future

• beginning, duration, repetition

• simultaneity, priority, posteriority

Choose the marked grammatical form of the category of voice:

• We grew accustomed to the old man’s eccentricities.

• The situation should right itself in time.

• His dinner burnt while he was answering the phone.

• He had been pointed out to me often in the streets.

Point out the part of the sentence that expresses the semantic subject of the action:

1) The shape  2) of the City  3) was dictated  4) by its walls.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4