Ch.2_Words and Phrases

Which of the following is NOT considered a form class in English?

• Nouns

• Adjectives

• Pronouns

• Adverbs

Which form class would the word ‘quickly’ belong to?

Which of the following is an example of a noun?

• Goes

• Cats

• Quickly

• Played

A noun phrase typically includes a _____ as its headword.

A verb phrase can be complete with one word (headword) just like a noun phrase.

• True

• False

In the sentence structure, what does NP + VP equal?

• Phrase

• Clause

• Sentence

• Paragraph

What is one way to identify an adjective in a sentence?

• By its -ly ending.

• By its comparative form

• By its position only

• By its definition

Adverbs primarily modify _____.

• nouns

• pronouns

• verbs

• adjectives

Identify the subject and predicate in the the sentence ‘Huda read a poem by Shakespeare.'

Identify the adjectival prepositional phrase in the sentence ‘The girl with blue eyes is our neighbor.’