Download Ling 100 Quiz 3: English Grammar and more Quizzes Linguistics in PDF only on Docsity! Name ______________________________________ Ling 100 July 11, 2008 Quiz 3 A. Mark each of the following as true or false True False 1. Non-gradable adjectives show a contrast between plain, comparative and superlative forms. X 2. Adjectives are typically modified by adverbs. X 3. Adverbs are typically modified by adjectives. X 4. Attributive AdjPs mostly cannot contain dependents that follow the head. X 5. Predicative AdjPs mostly cannot contain dependents that follow the head. X 6. The traditional definition of prepositions limits them to items that take an NP complement. X 7. Prepositions do not inflect. X 8. Prepositions sometimes have grammaticized uses. X 9. Using a stranded preposition is generally more formal than using a fronted preposition. X 10. A particle can never come between a verb and its object. X 11. A confirmatory tag will have the same polarity as the clause it is attached to. X 12. An interrogative clause can be used to issue a directive. X 13. An open question has an open-ended set of answers. X B. For each sentence given, mark the box to say whether the underlined word is a noun (noun) a verb (verb) an adjective (adj) an adverb (adv) a preposition (prep) a subordinator (sub) noun verb adj adv prep sub 14. This movie is a thriller, and the next will be a comedy. X 15. The movie is a thriller, and the book is a comedy. X 16. The movie started when she sat down. X 17. The movie started when she sat quietly. X 18. The new movie is just amazing. X 19. The new movie is just beginning. X 20. I wonder if they sell popcorn at the movie. X 21. I’ll be happy if they sell popcorn at the movie. X 22. They were taken to the historic theater. X 23. They were interested in the historic theater. X C. For each sentence given, mark the box to say whether the underlined AdjP is used predicatively (pred) used attributively (attr) a postpositive (post) an external modifier (ext) pred attr post ext 24. The extremely large cat just sat there. X 25. Late as usual, Terry missed most of the meeting. X 26. The surgeon general warned her not to smoke. X 27. Everybody seems happy about the result. X 28. I prefer spicy sauce. X 29. I didn’t know it would be that big a problem. X
