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