SYNTAX 10 points

Which statements are true?

• Syntactic units are elements of communicative nature.

• Syntactic units are members of the sentence.

• Syntactic units include elements of both communicative ad noncommunicative nature.

• Syntactic units form a hierarchy in the language system.

Syntactical roles that the words play in the sentence are called

• syntactical meanings

• syntactical functions

• syntactical patterns

• syntactical positions

Define the type of syntactic relation in the word combination strict but fair

• predication

• coordination

• subordination

Which characteristics are true of a word group?

• each element names a separate object of reality; can be used for communication

• can be used for communication; is a naming unit

• has intonation; components cannot undergo grammatical changes

• has no intonation; cannot be used for communication

In the sentence

One Saturday in spring, about a quarter of a million people line the banks of the river Thames, in the west of London, to watch a boat race.

which word combination is used in the function of object?

• one Saturday in spring

• about a quarter of a million

• the banks of the river

• in the west of London

Which statements are true?

• Clause is a synonym to sentence.

• Clauses can be used as independent sentences.

• Clauses are elements of a sentence.

• Clauses convey a complete thought.

Which sentence is not true:

• A simple sentence usually consists of the main clause.

• A subordinate clause has no principal parts.

• A subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.

• The sentence is the minimal communicative unit.

Choose the correct option based on the sentences;

1) Autumn, a quiet but dull season.

2) The mail in the box for you.

3) Though tired he was, he continued working.

4) Neither of them spoke.

• 1 – incomplete sentence;

  2 – two-member sentence;

  3 – complex sentence; 4 – one-member sentence

• 1 – two-member sentence;

  2 – complex sentence; 3 – one-member sentence;

  4 – incomplete sentence

• 1 – complex sentence;

  2 – two-member sentence;

  3 – incomplete sentence;

  4 – one-member sentence

• 1 – one-member sentence;

  2 – incomplete sentence;

  3 – complex sentence; 4 – two-member sentence

A discourse is (two correct options) ___ .

• a unit of a supersyntactic level

• a manifestation of text in speech

• a written text

• a piece of communication between people

Examples of discourse are

• debate; job interview; quarrel

• instruction; interrogation; advertisement

• political speech; texting; poem

• seminar; brainstorming; road sign