Why is: "Don't be important" incorrect but "Don't be cruel" acceptable?
Because dynamic adjectives cannot be used with an imperative.
Because the adjectives are only used attributively.
Because 'cruel' is a dynamic adjective use and 'important' is a stative use.
Because 'cruel' is a stative adjective use and 'important' is a dynamic use.
Why is "Be clumsy" incorrect but "Be careful" acceptable?
Because the use of 'careful' is inherent.
Because negative dynamic adjectives only allow negative imperatives.
Because negative stative adjectives only allow negative imperatives.
Because the use of 'clumsy' is non-inherent.
In the clause: "He was found guilty", the word 'guilty' is ...
... a non-inherent adjective.
... the object complement.
... an inherent adjective.
... the subject complement.
"What you want is difficult" is correct but "Difficult what you want" is wrong. Why?
Because the subject must always precede the adjective.
Because adjectives modifying nominalised clauses can only be predicative.
Because the adjective is never used attributively.
Because the adjective is never used predicatively.
We say 'beautiful garden furniture' not 'garden beautiful furniture' because ...
... 'garden' is a classifier not an epithet.
... 'beautiful' is ungradable.
... it sounds better.
... 'garden furniture' is a compound noun.
We always add -er to one-syllable adjectives to make a comparative so why is "They are even loster" wrong?
Because it is an invariable adjective.
Because it is an exception.
Because it is a participle adjective.
Because it is not an epithet.
"The enemies were bitter" is incorrect but "They were bitter enemies" is correct. Why?
Because 'bitter' is a non-inherent use.
Because 'bitter' is an inherent use.
Because 'bitter' cannot be used predicatively.
Because 'bitter' in ungradable.
In the clause "My mother came to help make the dinner", the word 'make' is ...
... a non-finite verb.
... an infinitive of purpose.
... a finite verb.
... a copular verb.
In the clause "She has arrived at last", the word 'has' is ...
... a perfective aspect verb.
... a non-finite verb.
... a primary auxiliary verb.
... a modal auxiliary verb.
We can't say "She arrived the hotel" because ...
... the verb is copular.
... the verb is intransitive.
... the verb is transitive.
... the verb must always have a preposition-phrase complement.
What is the difference in meaning between: "I didn't see anybody doing anything useful" and "I didn't see anybody doing something useful"?
There is no difference in meaning.
In the second clause 'something useful' is outside the scope of negation.
In the first sentence, I want to emphasise 'anything'.
In the second sentence, 'something' is marked.
In "The car drives well", the verb use is ...
... wrong.
... transitive.
... ergative.
... reflexive.
In the clause, "He dug over the garden" the word 'over' is ...
... an adverb
... an adjunct
... a preposition
... an adverb particle
In the clause, "They ran for the bus" the verb phrase is ...
... ran
... ran for
... They ran
... They ran for
In "Only she came to the meeting" and "She only came to the meeting", the word 'only' is ...
... a determiner and an adverb respectively.
... a disjunct and an adjunct respectively.
... an adverb and a determiner respectively.
... an adverb in both cases.
In the clause, "He could play the piano well as a child", the word 'could' signifies ...
... epistemic modality.
... deontic modality.
... dynamic modality.
... alethic modality.
In the clause, "I'll drive if you like", the word 'will' refers to ...
... a spontaneous decision.
... futurity.
... a future arrangement.
... volition or willingness.
In the clause, "Obviously, he has spoken to her", the word 'obviously' is ...
... a disjunct.
... an adjunct.
... a conjunct.
... an intensifying adverbial.
In "He has not been here since he was a child" and "He has not been here since 1993", the word 'since' is ...
... a coordinating and subordinating conjunction respectively.
... an adverb in both cases.
... a conjunction and a preposition respectively.
... a preposition and a conjunction respectively.
In the expression "How short is she?", the adjective is ...
... attributive.
... wrong.
... unmarked.
... marked.
The sentence, "She hasn't read it but it's on her holiday list so she'll probably take it with her" can be described as ...
... a complex-compound sentence.
... a compound sentence.
... a complex sentence.
... a simple sentence.
The sentence, "Will you be quiet, please?" functions as ...
... an imperative.
... an interrogative.
... an optative.
... a declarative.
The sentence "If only she would shut up" is ...
... an optative.
... a selectative.
... a hortative.
... a putative.
The normal word order for declarative sentences in Japanese is ...
Subject - Verb - Object
Object - Verb - Subject
Subject - Object - Verb
Verb - Subject - Object
The placement of the word 'concerned' in "the people concerned" is unusual because ...
... attributive adjectives in English normally precede the noun.
... the word 'concerned' can only be used postpositionally.
... adjectives in English are normally used attributively.
... the word 'concerned' is non-inherent.
In the sentence, "Having opened the door, he went in", the word 'having' is ...
... a gerund.
... a present participle.
... a past participle.
... a progressive form of the verb.
"The food was what she disliked most." is an example of ...
... a reversed wh-cleft.
... postpositioning.
... an it cleft.
... a wh-cleft.
In the sentence, "To her surprise, her mother agreed", the expression 'to her surprise' is ...
... a prepositional phrase adjunct.
... a comment clause.
... a prepositional phrase disjunct.
... a prepositional phrase conjunct.
In the sentence, "The car drove clean through the road block", the word 'clean' is ...
... an intensifying preposition.
... an intensifying adjective.
... an adjective.
... an adverb.
In "Admittedly, the work took longer than we said", the word 'admittedly' is ...
... an adjunct.
... a style adverb.
... an attitude disjunct.
... a style disjunct.
In the question, "Do you know where that bus goes?", the last four words form ...
... a clausal complement.
... a nominalised clause.
... a relative adverb clause.
... a relative pronoun clause.
In the clause, "He is being stupid" the verb is used ...
... statively.
... non-inherently.
... dynamically.
... with a noun complement.
"I am seeing the doctor tomorrow" refers to ...
... a pure future.
... a present arrangement.
... a future based on present evidence.
... a future prediction.
In the sentence, "A rectangle must have four sides", the type of modality is ...
... deontic.
... epistemic.
... alethic.
... dynamic.
In the sentence, "You will not speak to me like that again", the word 'will' is an example of ...
... alethic modality.
... epistemic modality.
... dynamic modality.
... deontic modality.
In "Buy the petrol and I'll drive you to Margate", the word 'and' is acting as ...
... a concessive subordinator.
... an additive coordinator.
... an additive subordinator.
... a conditional subordinator.
There is no article in "Alligators are aggressive" because ...
... this is specific reference.
... this is indefinite reference.
... this is generic reference.
... this is definite specific reference.
In the clause, "She waited outside", the word 'outside' is ...
... an adverb.
... a preposition.
... a predicative adjective.
... a post-position.
The words 'before Wednesday' in, "I'll do it before Wednesday" form ...
... a prejunct.
... a conjunct.
... an adjunct.
... a disjunct.
"Greatly he enjoyed the meal" is wrong because ...
... the comma is missing.
... adverbs of degree always follow main verbs.
... adverbs of degree may not be fronted.
... adverbs of degree must precede the main verb.
The difference between "Happily, he stayed for dinner" and "He happily stayed for dinner" is ...
... that in the first sentence, 'happily' is an adverb of manner and in the second, it's an adverb of degree.
... that in the first sentence, 'happily' is an adjunct and in the second, it's a disjunct.
... that in the first sentence, 'happily' is a disjunct and in the second, it's an adjunct.
... a misuse of 'happily' as a conjunct.
In "Pull the rope tight", the word 'tight' is ...
... an attributive adjective.
... an adverb.
... used wrongly (it should be 'tightly').
... a proleptic adjective form.
In the sentence, "I don't like this car as much as that", the word 'that' is ...
... a defective phrase.
... a demonstrative adjective.
... a demonstrative determiner.
... a demonstrative pronoun.
In the clause, "Anybody sensible can come", the word 'anybody' is ...
... a pronoun.
... a noun.
... a determiner.
... an adverb.
The term "keyboard" is an example of ... and the stress is on ...
... noun + noun compounding ... 'key'.
... noun + noun compounding ... 'board'.
... adjective + noun compounding ... 'key'.
... classifier + noun compounding ... 'key'.
In "They played against each other", the words 'each other' form ...
... a reciprocal pronoun phrase.
... a possessive pronoun phrase.
... a reflexive pronoun phrase.
... a reflexive determiner phrase.
In "He sold me them", the word 'me' is ... and the verb is ...
... the direct object ... mono-transitive.
... the indirect object ... mono-transitive.
... the direct object ... ditransitive.
... the indirect object ... ditransitive.
In "I will come if you will promise not to argue", the word 'will' is used in both clauses because ...
... the meaning of 'will' alters.
... the second clause is not subordinated.
... both clauses refer to the future.
... the conditional form always allows this use.
In the clause "They spoke to the man in the supermarket", the two possible meanings (where the man works vs. where they spoke to him) are dependent on ...
... how we understand noun phrases.
... identifying the verb phrase.
... noticing the ambiguity of the verb 'speak'.
... the interpretation of the constituents of clauses.
This is the last item. Write a note of your score! In "Why not tell him?", the word 'tell' is ...
... the object of 'Why'.
... a non-finite verb.
... a finite verb.
... the direct object rather than the indirect object.