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