TOPIC 24 A SEC

Which of the following is an example of an assertive form?

• I haven't anything to say about it

• Nobody likes that film

• I didn't watch any of the films he directed

• Would you like some coffee?

How can possessive determiners be emphasized?

• By using the word 'any'

• By using the word 'some'

• By using the word 'own'

• By using the word 'never'

Which of the following is an example of an echo exclamation?

• This house is so big!

• He is such a nice boy!

• Your great-grandmother!

• What a marvellous day!

In which type of sentences can emphasis be achieved by means of intonation in speech or by means of underlying, bold type, italics or capital letters in writing?

• Interrogative sentences

• Exclamatory sentences

• Imperative sentences

• Declarative sentences

Which of the following is an example of a non-assertive form?

• I didn't watch any of the films he directed

• Is there something I can do?

• I have never heard any bad critic about him

• No one went to the meeting

How can personal pronouns be emphasized?

• By using the word 'never'

• By using the word 'some'

• By using the word 'any'

• By placing reflexive pronouns after them

Which of the following is an example of an interjection used for emphasis?

• Great!

• I haven't anything to say about it

• Nobody likes that film

• I didn't watch any of the films he directed

In which type of sentences can emphasis be achieved by using exclamations beginning with 'what' or 'how'?

• Imperative sentences

• Exclamatory sentences

• Interrogative sentences

• Declarative sentences

Which of the following is an example of a negative form?

• I didn't watch any of the films he directed

• I have my own room

• What a marvellous day!

• I did read this book

In which type of sentences can emphasis be achieved by using exclamations beginning with the emphatic particles 'so' and 'such'?

• Exclamatory sentences

• Declarative sentences

• Imperative sentences

• Interrogative sentences