Chương 10, 11: Positional classes: nominal, adjectival, adverbial, verbal

By position, the units of a sentence can be classified as:

• nominal, adjectival, adverbial, and verbal
• noun, adjective, adverb, and verb
• subject, object, complement, modifier
• lexical and functional

Which of the followings is true about nominals?

• A nominal is any unit taking the position of a noun
• A nominal is a noun clause
• A nominal is a noun phrase
• A nominal is a modifier of a noun

Which of the followings is true about adjectivals?

• An adjectival is a modifier of a noun
• An adjectival is a pre-nominal modifier
• An adjectival is a post-nominal modifier
• An adjectival is any unit taking the position of an adjective

An adverbial is any unit:

• taking the position of an adverb
• in function modifier
• going with a verb
• going with a sentence

A verbal is a:

• unit in the position of a verb
• verbal phrase
• verb phrase
• verb form

By position, the underlined part in ‘coming home, I found my dog poisoned’ is a:

• adverbial
• adjectival
• nominal
• verbal

By position, the underlined part in ‘coming home, I found my dog poisoned’ is a:

• verbal
• adjectival
• adverbial
• nominal

By position, the underlined part in ‘coming home, I found my dog poisoned’ is a:

• adverbial
• adjectival
• nominal
• verbal

By position, the underlined part in ‘coming home late at night is dangerous’ is a:

• nominal
• adjectival
• adverbial
• verbal

By position, the underlined part in ‘coming home late at night is dangerous’ is a:

• adjectival
• nominal
• adverbial
• verbal