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 dynamic adjectives cannot be used with an imperative.
Because the adjectives are only used attributively.
Because 'cruel' is a stative adjective use and 'important' is a dynamic use.
Why is "Be clumsy" incorrect but "Be careful" acceptable?
Because negative stative adjectives only allow negative imperatives.
Because negative dynamic adjectives only allow negative imperatives.
Because the use of 'careful' is inherent.
Because the use of 'clumsy' is non-inherent.
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 attributively.
Because the subject must always precede the adjective.
Because the adjective is never used predicatively.
Because adjectives modifying nominalised clauses can only be predicative.
We say 'beautiful garden furniture' not 'garden beautiful furniture' because ...
... it sounds better.
... 'garden furniture' is a compound noun.
... 'garden' is a classifier not an epithet.
... '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 invariable adjective.
Because it is a participle adjective.
Because it is not an epithet.
Because it is an exception.
"The enemies were bitter" is incorrect but "They were bitter enemies" is correct. Why?
Because 'bitter' in ungradable.
Because 'bitter' is an inherent use.
Because 'bitter' is a non-inherent use.
Because 'bitter' cannot be used predicatively.
In the clause "My mother came to help make the dinner", the word 'make' is ...
... a finite verb.
... a copular verb.
... a non-finite verb.
... an infinitive of purpose.
In the clause "She has arrived at last", the word 'has' is ...
... a modal auxiliary verb.
... a primary auxiliary verb.
... a non-finite verb.
... a perfective aspect verb.
We can't say "She arrived the hotel" because ...
... the verb is copular.
... the verb must always have a preposition-phrase complement.
... the verb is transitive.
... the verb is intransitive.
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 first sentence, I want to emphasise 'anything'.
In the second clause 'something useful' is outside the scope of negation.
In the second sentence, 'something' is marked.
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 ...
... an adverb particle
... an adjunct
... a preposition
... an adverb
In the clause, "They ran for the bus" the verb phrase is ...
... They ran
... ran
... They ran for
... 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 ...
... deontic modality.
... dynamic modality.
... epistemic modality.
... alethic modality.
In the clause, "I'll drive if you like", the word 'will' refers to ...
... a spontaneous decision.
... volition or willingness.
... futurity.
... a future arrangement.
In the clause, "Obviously, he has spoken to her", the word 'obviously' is ...
... an adjunct.
... an intensifying adverbial.
... a conjunct.
... a disjunct.
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.
... an adverb in both cases.
... a conjunction and a preposition respectively.
... a coordinating and subordinating conjunction respectively.
In the expression "How short is she?", the adjective is ...
... marked.
... wrong.
... attributive.
... unmarked.
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 simple sentence.
... a complex sentence.
... a compound 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 selectative.
... an optative.
... a putative.
... a hortative.
The normal word order for declarative sentences in Japanese is ...
Subject - Verb - Object
Verb - Subject - Object
Subject - Object - Verb
Object - Verb - Subject
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 present participle.
... a gerund.
... 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 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 preposition.
... an adjective.
... an intensifying 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 relative pronoun clause.
... a clausal complement.
... a relative adverb clause.
... a nominalised clause.
In the clause, "He is being stupid" the verb is used ...
... with a noun complement.
... non-inherently.
... dynamically.
... statively.
"I am seeing the doctor tomorrow" refers to ...
... a present arrangement.
... a pure future.
... a future prediction.
... a future based on present evidence.
In the sentence, "A rectangle must have four sides", the type of modality is ...
... deontic.
... dynamic.
... epistemic.
... alethic.
In the sentence, "You will not speak to me like that again", the word 'will' is an example of ...
... alethic modality.
... dynamic modality.
... epistemic modality.
... deontic modality.
In "Buy the petrol and I'll drive you to Margate", the word 'and' is acting as ...
... an additive coordinator.
... an additive subordinator.
... a conditional subordinator.
... a concessive subordinator.
There is no article in "Alligators are aggressive" because ...
... this is generic reference.
... this is indefinite reference.
... this is definite specific reference.
... this is specific reference.
In the clause, "She waited outside", the word 'outside' is ...
... a post-position.
... a predicative adjective.
... an adverb.
... a preposition.
The words 'before Wednesday' in, "I'll do it before Wednesday" form ...
... an adjunct.
... a conjunct.
... a prejunct.
... a disjunct.
"Greatly he enjoyed the meal" is wrong because ...
... adverbs of degree must precede the main verb.
... adverbs of degree always follow main verbs.
... adverbs of degree may not be fronted.
... the comma is missing.
The difference between "Happily, he stayed for dinner" and "He happily stayed for dinner" is ...
... that in the first sentence, 'happily' is a disjunct and in the second, it's an adjunct.
... 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 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.
... an attributive adjective.
... used wrongly (it should be 'tightly').
... an adverb.
In the sentence, "I don't like this car as much as that", the word 'that' is ...
... a defective phrase.
... a demonstrative pronoun.
... a demonstrative adjective.
... a demonstrative determiner.
In the clause, "Anybody sensible can come", the word 'anybody' is ...
... an adverb.
... a determiner.
... a pronoun.
... a noun.
The term "keyboard" is an example of ... and the stress is on ...
... noun + noun compounding ... 'key'.
... adjective + noun compounding ... 'key'.
... classifier + noun compounding ... 'key'.
... noun + noun compounding ... 'board'.
In "They played against each other", the words 'each other' form ...
... a reciprocal pronoun phrase.
... a reflexive determiner phrase.
... a possessive pronoun phrase.
... a reflexive pronoun phrase.
In "He sold me them", the word 'me' is ... and the verb is ...
... the direct object ... mono-transitive.
... the direct object ... ditransitive.
... the indirect object ... ditransitive.
... 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 conditional form always allows this use.
... the meaning of 'will' alters.
... 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.
... a finite verb.
... the direct object rather than the indirect object.