Unit 23 A SECONDARY

What is the highest unit of grammatical organization in a language?

• Sentence

• Clause

• Phrase

• Word

Which type of sentence consists of two independent clauses linked in a relationship of coordination?

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Interrogative sentence

• Complex sentence

What are the three main groups of questions in English?

• Declaratives, Interrogatives, Exclamatives, Imperatives

• Yes/No Questions, Wh-Questions, Alternative Questions

• Yes/No Questions, Alternative Questions, Imperatives

• Wh-Questions, Imperatives, Exclamatives

Which type of speech act is a promise or a threat?

• Commissives

• Expressives

• Declaratives

• Directives

What is the function of the subject complement in a sentence?

• Is an attribute of the subject

• Expresses feelings and attitudes

• Gets the listener to do something

• Describes the object

In declarative clauses, what is the position of the subject and the verb?

• Subject precedes the verb

• Verb is always at the end of the sentence

• Verb precedes the subject

• Subject and verb are interchangeable

When does inversion of subject/verb occur in a declarative sentence?

• When the sentence opens with an object preceded by much and many

• All of the above

• When the subject is given special emphasis

• When a negative adjunct takes front position in the sentence

What is the position of objects in declarative clauses?

• Objects follow the verbal predicate

• Objects are always at the beginning of the sentence

• Objects are always at the end of the sentence

• Objects precede the subject

What type of verb requires a subject complement and functions as a linking verb?

• Prepositional verb

• Intensive (copular) verb

• Intransitive verb

• Transitive verb

What is the function of the indirect object in a sentence?

• Describes the object

• Is an attribute of the subject

• Is the affected participant

• Is the recipient of the action