CP SEC 1

1. A possessive in the determiner position can consist of either a…………………….. or a/ an an………………………………….

• a. possessive adjective/ possessive commo

• b. possessive proper noun/ possessive common noun

• c. possessive adjective/ possessive proper noun

• d. possessive common noun/ possessive marker

2. The……………….is intermediate between the phrasal (NP) level and the lexical (N) level.

• a. noun

• b. noun phrase

• c. N-bar (N')

• d. Modifier

3. A(n)……………….adjective comes after a copula, while a(n) …………. adjective comes

• a. attributive/predicative

• b. head/compound

• c. predicative/ attributive

• d. all is incorrect

4. In the sentence "The boss considered him competent", "competent" is identified as a(n)…………….

• a. subjective complement adjectival

• b. adjectival

• c. indirect object

• d. complement of a preposition

5. In the sentence "He had it his way", " his way" is identified as a(n)......

• a.adjectival

• b. objective complement

• c.adverbial

• d. b & c are correct

6. How can we classify the major classes?

• a. by forms

• b. by positions

• c. by syntactic functions

• d. a & c are correct

7. Why are the minor classes called closed classes?

• a. They are unreceptive to new members

• b. They have few members

• c. They don't have referential meaning

• d. a,b, and c are correct

8. When an adjective phrase is found after a copula, it is functioning………….

• a.attributive

• b. predicative

• c. generally

• d. Predicatively

9. The head adjective in an adjective phrase may optionally be pre-modified either by a/an ……………………. or a/an…………………..

• a. degree adverbs/ intensifying adverbs

• b. degree adverbs/ general adverbs

• c. intensifying adverbs/ non-intensifying adverbs

• d. b & c are correct

10. The combination of modifier noun and head noun is referred to as a…………….

• a. noun phrase

• b.  compound noun

• c.  nominal

• d.  post-nominal modifier