Syntax Chapter 7

How many functions of a participle phrase?

• A. 4

• B. 5

• C. 3

• D. 2

Which sentence contain a participle phrase?

• A. The dog running up to the boy hopes that he will have a treat.

• B. The haunted house in the woods.

• C. He has appeared on screen as an actor.

• D. The boy in that car is very rich.

Participial phrases consist of a participle along with all of its:

• A. Conjunction

• B. Modifiers and Complements

• C. Determiners

• D. Modifiers

What is the abbreviation of Certain Quantifiers?

• A. CQ

• B. C

• C. Q

• D. QC

How many types of noun are there?

• A. 1

• B. 2

• C. 3

• D. 4

What must every modifier be immediately dominated by?

• A. NOM

• B. DET

• C. NP

• D. ART

TRUE or FALSE: Any expression that occupies the same position in NP structure as an article counts as a determiner.

• A. TRUE

• B. FALSE

What do NPs consist of?

• A. a pronoun OR a name

• B. a pronoun AND a name

• C. a pronoun

• D. a name

Which one is NOT a small set of words which perform the same function as the articles?

• A. Demonstratives: this, that, these, those

• B. Certain Quantifiers: some, any, no, each...

• C. Possessives: my, your. her...

• D. Pronoun: he, she...

TRUE or FALSE: The empty determiner gives the NP an indefinite and/or more general interpretation.

• A. True

• C. False