UNIT15_Exclamative and Imperative Clause Types

Which of the following is an example of an exclamative clause?

• How well they played!

• Be careful!

• Shut up, you two!

• You go and stand in the queue.

What is the characteristic ordering of the subject and finite in exclamative clauses?

• Subject-Finite

• Finite-Subject

• Subject-Finite-Verb

• Verb-Subject-Finite

In everyday spoken English, what forms of exclamatives are more commonly heard than clausal exclamatives?

• Noun-headed forms

• Adjective-headed forms

• Verb-headed forms

• Adverb-headed forms

Embedded exclamatives occur regularly in both spoken and written English.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of an imperative clause?

• How dark it is!

• How well they played!

• Be careful!

• How it snowed!

What is the typical position of a vocative in an imperative clause?

• Final

• Medial

• Initial

• Preceded by an attention getter

The verb form in the imperative clause is the same as the base form of the verb in other clause types.

• True

• False

In the imperative clause, the non-finite base form of the verb shares functions with other non-finite verb forms.

• True

• False

How is structural ambiguity between an imperative with a you-subject and a declarative disambiguated in speech?

• By stress on the imperative subject

• By using different word order

• By using different verb forms

• By using different pronouns

Which form is used to negate or emphasize 2nd person imperatives?

• Don't

• Do

• Won't

• Will