Exam | ENG 310 - MODERN ENGLISH GRAMMAR, Quizzes of English Language

Download Exam | ENG 310 - MODERN ENGLISH GRAMMAR and more Quizzes English Language in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 noun DEFINITION 1 a word that can take a possessive suffix, can function as subject and direct object, and occurs after an article or an adjective is a ___ TERM 2 no-honesty and rice cannot, for example DEFINITION 2 Can all nouns take plurals? TERM 3 count noun DEFINITION 3 this type of noun can take plurals TERM 4 mass noun DEFINITION 4 this type of noun cannot take plurals TERM 5 count nouns DEFINITION 5 ____ are those which take plurals, and which can occur with numbers. TERM 6 many, few, and a (an) DEFINITION 6 which quantifiers and article can count nouns occur with? TERM 7 no DEFINITION 7 Can mass nouns occur with words like five, many, few, and the article a? TERM 8 mass nouns DEFINITION 8 Which type of nouns can occur with the quantifiers much and little? TERM 9 mass DEFINITION 9 when you are referring to a thing which occursin the world in liquid form or in nondiscrete quantities, you would use a ___ noun. TERM 10 count DEFINITION 10 when referring to a thing which occurs in the world in discrete, individual pieces, you would use a ___ noun. TERM 21 we, us, our, ours, ourselves DEFINITION 21 Which plural pronouns represent the first person in English TERM 22 you, your, yours DEFINITION 22 Which pronouns represent the second person in English TERM 23 he, she, it, they, his, hers, its, their, theirs DEFINITION 23 Which pronouns represent the third person in English TERM 24 verb agreement DEFINITION 24 Person is not only indicated by point of view and pronoun choice but can also be determined by examining ___. TERM 25 present; third person singular DEFINITION 25 With most verbs, only ____ tense forms are marked for person, and then only ____ (which person, and singular or plural?) TERM 26 only verb that has special forms to agree w/subject NPs in other persons(not just 3rd person), and then only in the singular DEFINITION 26 What makes the verb "be" unique? TERM 27 "be"; ex: I am, you are, she is, we/you/they are DEFINITION 27 which is the only verb that has special forms to agree with subject noun phrases in persons aside from 3rd person (and then only in the singular) TERM 28 Number; one and more than one DEFINITION 28 ___ is the choice among one, two, or more than two referents for a noun. English distinguishes only between ___ and ___ referent(s). TERM 29 the plural suffix -s and by the absence of a suffix DEFINITION 29 English number is marked on nouns by ____ and by ____ on singular nouns. TERM 30 -s, theta symbol or NULL-no suffix DEFINITION 30 Singular third person present tense verbs following nouns agree with the number of the noun that precedes them. If a singular noun precedes a verb, the verb takes the suffix ___. If a plural noun precedes the verb, the verb takes the suffix __. TERM 31 collective DEFINITION 31 Nouns like committee, team, Congress and aristocracy are examples of ___ nouns which cause problems when determining whether they take singular or plural verb agreement. TERM 32 the NP nearest the agreeing verb DEFINITION 32 When dealing with correlative expressions (either...or and neither...nor), prescriptive grammar requires that ____ determines the verb's number. TERM 33 he; singular; masculine DEFINITION 33 According to prescriptivist grammar, singular indefinite noun phrases require the pronoun ___ because they are not only ___ but ___. (for example, the pronoun referring to "each person" or "every student" would be required to be followed up by this pronoun, prescriptively) TERM 34 a new gender-free third person singular pronoun; pronouns are so commonly used that they're resistant to change DEFINITION 34 In order to correct the problem of ungrammatical sentences resulting from the prescriptive rule regarding singular indefinite noun phrases, English needs ____. It is unlikely that this change will occur though because ____. TERM 35 Gender, genders DEFINITION 35 ____ is a pattern in which nouns of various classes (____s) require agreement in other words that interact grammatically with them, such a pronouns and adjectives TERM 46 accusative DEFINITION 46 what is the case which marks direct objects labelled? TERM 47 pronouns and the -'s possessive ending on nouns DEFINITION 47 In modern English, case is restricted to ___ and ___ TERM 48 case DEFINITION 48 What feature does both possessive pronouns and the -'s possessive ending on nouns denote? TERM 49 4; subject, object, possessive for pronominal determiners, & possessive for pronouns used as full noun phrases DEFINITION 49 How many case forms do english pronouns have? What are they? TERM 50 I/you/he/she/it/we/they DEFINITION 50 what are examples of subject case forms of pronouns TERM 51 me/you/him/her/it/us/them DEFINITION 51 What are examples of object case forms of pronouns TERM 52 my/your/his/hers/its/ours/their DEFINITION 52 What are examples of the pronominal determiners that take on possessive cases TERM 53 mine/yours/his/hers/ours/theirs DEFINITION 53 what are examples of pronouns used as full noun phrases that take on the possessive case TERM 54 subject DEFINITION 54 In most languages, including English, the ___ case is felt to be the most basic. It is typically the form in which the word is listed in the dictionary. TERM 55 oblique DEFINITION 55 Non-subject marking cases are termed ___ because they don't possess the perceived basicness of the subject-marking case TERM 56 indefiniteness; definiteness DEFINITION 56 When a meaning difference is expressed by a versus the, or by the indefinite versus the definite article, we can label the differences as ___ versus ___. TERM 57 definite; indefinite DEFINITION 57 ___ NPS can be defined as those with definite articles, whereas ___ NPs can be defined as those with indefinite articles TERM 58 specific DEFINITION 58 When a speaker has a particular referent in mind for a noun phrase, it is classified as ____. TERM 59 specific or nonspecific DEFINITION 59 Indefinite noun phrases may be ___ or ___. TERM 60 definite DEFINITION 60 ___ noun phrases are used when both the speaker and the hearer have a particular referent in mind. TERM 71 voice DEFINITION 71 ____ is a set of oppositions having to do with which noun phrase in a sentence bears the grammatical relation of subject; the one denoting the "doer" or the one denoting the "logical direct object" TERM 72 c DEFINITION 72 Can most verbs requiring two or more NPs occur in:a) only the active voiceb) only the passive voiceorc) both voices TERM 73 stative DEFINITION 73 ____ verbs are verbs whose meanings basically are states rather than acts or events TERM 74 strongly stative DEFINITION 74 ___ verbs cannot occur in the passive voice TERM 75 passive DEFINITION 75 What makes a sentence ___ is for its "logical" direct object noun phrase to be its actual subject, and its "logical" subject noun phrase to be "no longer" the subject TERM 76 direct object; end; "by"; be; past participle suffix DEFINITION 76 Properties of english passives include:1) the actual subject is the "logical" ___2) the logical subject, if present, is located toward the ___ of the sentence (beginning or end?) and is preceded by ___3)the auxiliary verb ___ is present4)the verb carries the ___ex: He was arrested by them TERM 77 logical subject DEFINITION 77 ____ is the noun phrase that denotes the agent or doer of the action TERM 78 logical direct object DEFINITION 78 is the noun phrase that denotes the entity that receives the action reported in the sentence-the thing that the action happens to TERM 79 actual direct object DEFINITION 79 Passive sentences have no ___ (instead "by" replaces this) TERM 80 intransitive, transitive DEFINITION 80 Middle voice sentences are marked by the ___ use of a ___ verb TERM 81 passive, middle; actual subject DEFINITION 81 In ___ as well as ___ voice sentences, the noun phrase functioning as logical direct object functions as its ____. TERM 82 passive, middle DEFINITION 82 The semantic difference between middle and passive voice is that a sentence in the ___ voice always entails the existence of a logical subject, an "agent", even if none is overtly expressed, but a ___ voice doesn't.