Choose the correct answer for each question.
The words the old man he met in the bar in He gave the money to the old man he met in the bar are:
- the object noun phrase
- the subject noun phrase
- the prepositional phrase
- post-modifying the verb give
The words in the bar in the old man he met in the bar are:
- a prepositional phrase post modifying man
- a prepositional phrase post-modifying met
- a noun phrase
- a verb phrase
The words gave and man in He gave the money to the old man he met in the bar are:
- pre-heads
- heads
- post-heads
How many phrases are modifying the verb in She finally arrived at last at her hotel?
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 1
Why is it important to identify the constituents of phrases?
- Because it resolves ambiguities
- Because phrases are always ambiguous
- Because we need to know when something happened
What are the two parts of a prepositional phrase?
- the preposition and its complement
- the preposition and the place
- the preposition and the time