AP3 Midterm Review

Choose the alternative that has only content words.

• to, at, if

• so, sun, hat

• sun, hat, run

• but, and, so

How do you call the words that have grammatical meaning and are usually reduced?

• nouns

• prepositions

• content words

• function words

Choose the alternative that has only function words.

• to, and, sun

• but, or, so

• can, can't, and

• and, but, hat

How do you call the words with clear meaning that are usually stressed?

• prepositions

• verbs

• function words

• content words

When you begin a conversation with a question, highlight the last:

• content word

• function word

In what case there may be more than one highlighted word?

• in contrasts and corrections

• after there is/are

What word should be highlighted in the sentence: "There is a big black bird outside."

• there

• big

• black

• bird

Can we highlight function words?

• No, they are never stressed.

• Yes, when you need to highlight them.

How many thought groups can we identify in the sentence: "If you leave, call me."?

• 3

• 2

• 4

• 1

Choose the alternative that has a sentence we canNOT separate in thought groups.

• Buy apples, bananas...

• I said, "hello".

• Bring it back.

• Just because, clearly.