Download English Grammar Quiz: Descriptive vs. Prescriptive, Clause Categories, and Parts of Speech and more Quizzes Linguistics in PDF only on Docsity! Name ______________________________________ Ling 100 June 27, 2008 Quiz 1 A. For each of the following mark whether it is a descriptive rule or a prescriptive rule (mark just one answer) Prescriptive Descriptive 1. Never end a sentence with a preposition. X 2. In clauses negated with not, not always follows an auxiliary verb. X 3. The adjective asleep is not used attributively. X 4. You shouldn’t use the word ain’t. X B. Mark each of the following as true or false True False 5. Television news reporters usually don’t speak a dialect. X 6. The head of a verb phrase is a verb X 7. In the noun phrase the dog in the corner, dog is the head X 8. In the noun phrase the dog in the corner, dog is a dependent X 9. People who speak a non-standard dialect talk wrong. X C. Each of the underlined clauses belongs to one non-canonical clause category. Identify it as either negative (N), interrogative (Int), imperative (Imp), subordinate (Sub), coordinate (C), passive (Pas), preposing (Pre) or extraposition (Ex). Category 10. John told Mary and he is proud of it. C 11. John told Mary that he is proud of it. Sub 12. Sandy didn’t do the dishes. N 13. The things I know, I learned the hard way. Pre 14. Forget all your worries today. Imp 15. I was raised to be polite to strangers. Pas D. For each sentence given, check the box to say whether the underlined word is a plain present (pres) a 3rd singular present (3sg) a preterite (pret) a gerund participle (g-pt) a past participle (p-pt) a plain form (pl-f) PRIMARY SECONDARY pres 3sg pret g-pt p-pt pl-f 16. Transitive verbs are the ones that take an object. X 17. I just went to the store to buy some candy. X 18. Your nonsense is taking up my precious time. X 19. Forgetting his manners, he spit on the ground. X 20. The plants were not watered so they died. X 21. He stopped working because he cut his finger. X 22. What you might not realize is that I am hungry. X 23. They have never run a race as long as that. X 24. George Carlin has died at the age of 71. X 25. The plumber gets quite frustrated if the pipe breaks. X 26. The young girl blew out the candle. X 27. They were trying to take it all away. X 28. The book cost fifteen dollars at the store. X 29. Don’t you know who won the race? X 30. I’ve never needed to buy a bigger hat. X 31. I saw my duty and did it. X 32. How many times has it been left behind? X 33. Take it from me, this always happens. X 34. You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all. X 35. If I get hungry, I just eat an apple. X
