Bas Aarts_chapters 5-7 review

The underlined part in the sentence is a(n) _____________: "Under the stairs was a safe area to be during the war."

• Subject
• Direct Object
• Adjunct
• Indirect Object

In the sentence "For Janet to go to college would be a good idea," the Subject is ______________.

• Janet
• To go to college
• For Janet
• For Janet to go to college

In the sentence "Pete breaking the rules is unacceptable," the Subject is ______________.

• Pete
• Pete breaking
• Pete breaking the rules
• breaking the rules

In the sentence "Ann considers Helen to be an excellent director," the Direct Object is ______________.

• Helen
• Helen to be an excellent director
• Helen to be
• an excellent director

In the sentence "They told their family when to come over," the clause [when to come over] is a(n) ______________.

• Adjunct
• Subject
• Direct Object
• Indirect Object

Find out an example of Bare Infinitive DO from the following options: ([ ] is a possible Bare Infinitive)

• We saw [the sun rise].
• [The kitchen free of cockroaches] is a welcome prospect.

• Sean told [whoever wanted to hear it] his story.
• She abhors [eating meat].

In the sentence "He cleaned the house quite cheerfully," the underlined phrase [quite cheerfully] is a(n) ______________ _________.

• AP Adjunct
• AdvP Adjunct
• AP Direct Object
• AdvP Direct Object

In the sentence "Helen discovered the Italian restaurant yesterday," the underlined phrase [yesterday] is a(n) ______________ _________.

• AdvP DO
• NP DO
• AdvP Adjunct
• NP Adjunct

Find out sentences in which the finite clause is an Adjunct: [multiple answers are possible]

• Tell Nelly to hurry up, [so that we can go out].
• They will be cooking the meal [when we arrive].

• We regret [that we appointed you].
• [Why she consented] remains a mystery.

Internal arguments' refer to the arguments inside VPs. What is an internal argument of the verb 'investigate' in the sentence: "The police investigated the allegation yesterday"?

• the police
• the allegation
• yesterday