1. (0.

150 Point)
“that I bought for my wife” in the sentence “The coffee maker that I bought for my wife is
expensive.” is a(n)________clause.
A. nominal
*B. relative
C. subordinate
D. independent
2. (0.150 Point)
“Before I die” in the sentence “Before I die I want to see Venice.” is a/an___________.
A. Noun clause
B. Adjective clause
C. Independent clause
*D. Adjunct
3. (0.150 Point)
The sentence “Last night they flew across the Pacific Ocean” contains ___________.
A. a phrasal verb and its object
B. a prepositional verb and its object
*C. a single verb and a prepositional phrase
D. a single verb and its object
4. (0.150 Point)
In the sentence “To tell the truth, I was really surprised.”, “To tell the truth” is_______”.
A. Adjucnt
*B. Disjunct
C. Conjunct
D. Compulsory Adverbial
5. (0.150 Point)
In Phrase “the cheap clothes that bought last week”, “cheap” functions as a______.
A. Head
B. Determiner
*C. Premodifier
D. Complement
6. (0.150 Point)
In Phrase “very anxious to make a good impression”, what is the Head?
*A. anxious
B. make
C. good
D. impression
7. (0.150 Point)
What is true about the verb “did” in Sentence “John did his homework before he went to bed.”?
A. It is an auxiliary Verb
B. It is a non-finite Verb
*C. It is a main Verb
D. It is a passive Verb
8. (0.150 Point)
In “Ray told the children a story.”, “told” is a(n) _________ verb.
A. intransitive
B. monotransitive
*C. ditransitive
D. complex transitive
9. (0.150 Point)
"There" in "There was something wrong with him" is a(n)________.
A. anticipatory subject
B. real subject
*C. existential subject
D. adverbial
10. (0.150 Point)
“What Mike did was to take Sally to the party” is a/an ______sentence.
A. interrogative
*B. cleft
C. exclamation
D. extraposed subject
11. (0.150 Point)
In terms of thematic roles, “the manager” in the sentence “Mary emailed the manager a long
message” is ________.
A. an agent
B. a benefactive
C. a theme
*D. a recipient
12. (0.150 Point)
Which argument is the theme in the saying “The robbers killed the old lady last night, using a
sharp knife”?
A. The robbers
*B. the old lady
C. last night
D. a sharp knife
13. (0.150 Point)
Valency of the verb “show” in Sentence “He showed me a nice picture.” is_______.
A. 1
B. 2
*C. 3
D. 0
14. (0.150 Point)
In Sentence “It is hard to accept the fact that our economy has got worse.”, what forms a noun
phrase?
A. hard to accept
B. that our economy has got worse
C. to accept the fact
*D. the fact that our economy has got worse
15. (0.150 Point)
"Right in front of the car" is a(n)________.
A. AdvP
B. AP
*C. PP
D. NP
16. (0.150 Point)
The sentence “That he shouted at his mom changed the way I thought about him.”
contains______.
*A. two embedded clauses
B. two nominal clauses
C. a nominal clause and an adverbial clause
D. two subordinate clauses
17. (0.150 Point)
The adjective phrase in Sentence “I want to find something better for my project.” functions as
__________.
A. an attributive
B. a predicative
*C. a post-positive
D. a verbless clause
18. (0.150 Point)
Sentence “My friend made it to celebrate my birthday party.” contains a/an _________.
A. extraposed object
B. noun clause
*C. non-finite clause
D. extraposed subject
19. (0.150 Point)
The sentence “I gave a picture book to my younger sister yesterday.” has ________argument(s).
A. 1
B. 2
*C. 3
D. 4
20. (0.150 Point)
How many finite clause(s) can be found in the sentence “Because he is absent from class so
regularly, he has no idea about the lesson we studied”?
A. 1
B. 2
*C. 3
D. 4
21. (0.150 Point)
In term of thematic roles, an agent is a person who undergoes an action.
TRUE
*FALSE
22. (0.150 Point)
Some verbs can be both Auxiliary and Lexical.
*TRUE
FALSE
23. (0.150 Point)
In term of word classes, Adverb belongs to functional category.
TRUE
*FALSE
24. (0.150 Point)
The head of a Noun phrase is always a Noun.
TRUE
*FALSE
25. (0.150 Point)
Prepositional phrase can function as a compulsory adverbial.
*TRUE
FALSE
26. (0.150 Point)
Non-finite clause can function as Subject and Object of a sentence.
*TRUE
FALSE
27. (0.150 Point)
Adjective clauses can be independent clauses.
TRUE
*FALSE
28. (0.150 Point)
Object complement can make a sentence ambiguous.
*TRUE
FALSE
29. (0.150 Point)
Exclamations are transformed structures.
*TRUE
FALSE
30. (0.150 Point)
Deep structure is the structure of the sentence after applying the transformational rules.
TRUE
*FALSE
31. (0.250 Point)
Identify the functions of each constituent in the following sentence: Who did you invite to your
party?
32. (0.250 Point)
Identify the functions of each constituent in the following sentence: At the end of the day, we
are there to make money.
33. (0.250 Point)
Identify the functions of each constituent in the following sentence: At the foot of the hill lied a
lovely cottage where a poor family was living.
34. (0.250 Point)
Identify the functions of each constituent in the following sentence: Newton was considered the
greatest mathematician and physicist.
35. (0.250 Point)
Identify the functions of each constituent in the following sentence: It was reported that more
than 51 percent of voters failed to participate.
36. (0.250 Point)
Identify the functions of each constituent in the following sentence: No one ever discovered what
had caused the explosion.
37. (0.250 Point)
Identify the functions of each constituent in the following sentence: India has put three
experimental satellites into space.
38. (0.250 Point)
Identify the functions of each constituent in the following sentence: What a shock!
39. (0.250 Point)
Identify the functions of each constituent in the following sentence: Don’t be shy!
40. (0.250 Point)
Identify the functions of each constituent in the following sentence: The police found the young
guy guilty of speeding.
41. (3.000 Points)
a. Ambiguity: Explain the ambiguity of the following sentence and give an unambiguous
paraphrase for each of the meanings.

I found her a sweet lover.

b. Draw a tree diagram for the following sentence:

The young guys are interested in playing football.

c. Use tree diagrams to depict the S-structure of the following sentence:

What did he prepare for the farewell party?