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