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WorksheetsSytax
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is syntax?
Dictionary definition of a word
Arrangements of word in a sentence
Internal structure of words
How sounds pattern in a word
A clause needs to include
subject + predicate
subject + predict
Santa Claus
Noun phrase
To test if a constituent is valid, you can use
Movement test
Division test
Multiplication test
Substitution test
...... function as most important word in a phrase.
Heads
Words
Subject
Noun Phrases are strings of words whose head is....
subject
phrase
noun
Identify the phrase "unbelievably expensive" in the following sentence.
Houses are unbelievably expensive just now.
Adjective Phrase
Adverb Phrase
Verb Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
Noun Phrase
Identify the phrase "early" in the following sentence.
Don't you have to leave early?
Adjective Phrase
Adverb Phrase
Verb Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
Noun Phrase
Identify the phrase "A car that won't go" in the following sentence.
A car that won't go is not particularly useful.
Adjective Phrase
Adverb Phrase
Verb Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
Noun Phrase
"The tour includes three Asian countries."
Which is a noun phrase?
The tour includes
three Asian countries
"We always play football after work."
Which is a prepositional phrase?
after work
always play football
Identify the phrase below.
"A naturally gifted musician"
Noun Phrase
Verb Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
Adverb Phrase
Adjective Phrase
What are the substitution tests that work on noun phrases (multiple answers)
Pronoun
“do so”
Adjective
Wh- questions (who, what)
What are the substitution tests that work on verb phrases
Pronoun
“do so”
Adjective
Wh- questions (who, what)
Look at the following words:
was, has, will, should, might
Which parts of speech is this?
Determiner
Auxiliary
Preposition
Complementizer
Look at the following words:
Because, that, if
Which parts of speech is this?
Determiner
Auxiliary
Preposition
Complementizer
Phrases can be as long as it can be. It is called…
Creative grammar
Generative grammar
General grammar
Phrasal grammar
Which one is not true?
For every one phrase, there is one head.
The head determines the selectional properties for the phrase.
The category of the head matches the category of the phrase.
There can be more than one heads in a phrase.
