Phrases

What is the main difference between a phrase and a sentence?

• Phrases have more words than sentences.

• Phrases do not have a subject and verb, but sentences do.

• Phrases are used to name things, while sentences are used to describe actions.

• Phrases are shorter than sentences.

   

Which of the following is an example of a phrase?

• The dog barked loudly.

• She is cooking dinner.

• A big dog

• The cat jumped up.

How can you change the words in a phrase without changing the whole meaning?

• You can change the order of the words.

• You can add more words to the phrase.

• You can change the grammatical form of the words.

• You cannot change the words in a phrase.

   

Which type of phrase has a word that is the most important, or the "head" of the phrase?

• Coordinated phrases

• Subordinated phrases

• Kernel phrases

• Accumulative phrases

What do phrases and sentences have in common?

• They both have intonation.

• They both have a subject and verb.

• They both name things.

• They both have more than one word.

What is the main type of syntactic connection in the phrase "the boy an apple"?

• Coordination

• Subordination

• Accumulation

• Agreement

According to the text, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of independent one-class phrases?

• Syndetic coordination

• Asyndetic coordination

• Interdependent primary predication

• Fixed position of elements

Which type of syntactic relation is described as the absence of both agreement and government?

• Adjoinment

• Enclosure

•  Government

• Agreement

Which part of speech is typically connected to its head word through the method of adjoinment?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

In the phrase "the then president", the word "then" is an example of which type of syntactic connection?

• Coordination

• Subordination

• Accumulation

• Enclosure