Sentence Structure and Noun Phrases

Universities in China have gained attention regarding their creative university ________ letters.

• accept

• accepted

• acceptance

• accepting

What is the fundamental definition of a sentence?

• A group of words that always contains a prepositional phrase.

• A collection of words that expresses a complete thought and includes a subject and a predicate.

• Any string of words ending with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.

• A phrase that consists of a noun and a verb.

Which of the following components are considered optional within a noun phrase?

• Noun and Verb

• Determiner and Adjective

• Preposition and Noun

• Subject and Predicate

In the sentence structure diagram, if position (1) requires an adjective to modify the noun "girl", which word should be used?

• beautify

• beauty

• beautiful

• beautifully

In the sentence structure diagram, if position (1) requires a noun to act as the subject, which word should be used?

• apply

• applicant

• application

• applicable