Verb types: the test

Multiple-choice exercise

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Choose the best answer for each question

  1. In this sentence: "The old man on the train opened his book at the first page." the predicate is:
    1.   opened his book at the first page
    2.   opened
    3.   on the train
    4.   The old man on the train
  2. In "The dog got aggressive." the word 'aggressive' is:
    1.   the subject complement
    2.   an adverbial
    3.   the object complement
    4.   the predicate
  3. In "She became a wonderful doctor." the verb is:
    1.   extensive
    2.   modified by 'wonderful'
    3.   transitive
    4.   copular
  4. In "She became a wonderful doctor." the verb is:
    1.   transitive
    2.   intensive
    3.   modified by 'wonderful'
    4.   extensive
  5. The structure of "She left me all her money." is:
    1.   Subject-Verb-Indirect Object-Direct Object
    2.   Subject-Verb-Adverbial-Adverbial
    3.   Subject-Verb-Direct Object-Adverbial
    4.   Subject-Verb-Direct Object-Indirect Object
  6. In "I came to help with the work." the verb 'came'
    1.   is intransitive
    2.   has the object 'the work'
    3.   is ditransitive
    4.   is transitive
  7. In "I made the beds after lunch.", the words 'after lunch' form
    1.   the predicate
    2.   an adverb
    3.   an adverbial prepositional phrase
    4.   the complement of 'the beds'
  8. In "She made him her hero." the clause structure is
    1.   Subject-Verb-Indirect object-Direct Object
    2.   Subject-Verb-Direct Object-Object Complement
    3.   Subject-Verb-Direct Object-Adverbial
    4.   Subject-Verb-Direct Object-Subject Complement
  9. Intransitive verbs can take
    1.   all clause structures
    2.   3 main clause structures
    3.   1 main clause structure
    4.   2 main clause structures
  10. The verb 'save' is
    1.   always di-transitive
    2.   always monotransitive
    3.   mono- and di-transitive with no change in meaning
    4.   mono- and di-transitive with a change in meaning