Understanding References and Structure

What is an example of an anaphoric reference?

• In the sentence 'Mary went to the store. She bought some milk.', 'store' is an anaphoric reference.

• In the sentence 'The cat sat on the mat. It was very comfortable.', 'It' is an anaphoric reference.

• In the sentence 'John lost his keys. He was very upset about it.', 'He' is an anaphoric reference.

• In the sentence 'The dog barked loudly. The noise was annoying.', 'noise' is an anaphoric reference.

Identify the cataphoric reference in the sentence: 'Before she arrived, Maria was nervous.'

• she

• arrived

• nervous

• Maria

In the sentence 'The dog barked loudly,' what is the theme?

• The dog's owner.

• The dog's size.

• The dog's breed.

• The dog's barking.

What is the rheme in the sentence 'The cat slept on the mat'?

• The cat

• on the mat

• slept on the mat

• The mat slept

Which of the following is an exophoric reference: 'That is amazing!' or 'He is my friend.'?

• That was a great movie!

• That is amazing!

• She is a talented artist.

• This is my favorite book.

Identify the ellipsis in the sentence: 'I want to go to the park, and she does too.'

• I want to go to the park

• I want to go to the zoo

• I want to go to the beach

• She wants to go to the park

What conjunction can be used to connect these two sentences: 'I like ice cream. I like cake.'?

• and

• so

• or

• but

In the sentence 'He has been playing soccer,' what tense is used?

• Future perfect tense

• Past continuous tense

• Present simple tense

• Present perfect continuous tense

What aspect is shown in the sentence 'She is reading a book'?

• Present continuous tense

• Future perfect tense

• Present perfect tense

• Past simple tense

Identify the reference type in the sentence: 'This is the best day ever!'

• demonstrative adjective

• indefinite pronoun

• relative pronoun

• demonstrative pronoun