Question 1

________________ study the rules or patterns that emerge from  language use .

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Descriptive grammar

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Prescriptive  grammar

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Both

Question 2

She ain't here.

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Descriptive grammar

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Prescriptive grammar

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Both

Question 3

Synthetic form-building in English occurs through

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All of the above

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Affixation

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Suppletive forms

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Sound alternation

Question 4

well-better-best are the examples of

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Suppletive forms

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Affixation

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Sound alternation

Question 5

goose- geese are the examples of

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sound alternation.

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suppletive forms.

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affixation.

Question 6

Which example contains an analytical form?

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I will review your will.

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This is your will.

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Both

Question 7

She works very efficiently at the chemical works. The inflections -s in this example are the cases of:

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Grammatical polysemy

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Grammatical homonymy

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Suppletive forms

Question 8

Director's and directors' The inflections -s in these examples are the cases of:

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Grammatical homonymy

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Grammatical polysemy

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Suppletive forms

Question 9

Tim waited for Amanda. He was a bit impatient.  These are the examples of:

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Fixed word order

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Grammatical homonymy

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Grammatical polysemy

Question 10

We export timber. Export has grown. These are the examples of:

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Conversion

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Grammatical homonymy

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Grammatical polysemy

Question 11

Time, sex and quantity are

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Semantic categories

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Both

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Grammatical categories

Question 12

Tense, gender and number are

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Grammatical categories

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Semantic categories

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None of the above

Question 13

Male nurse-is  an example of

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optional grammatical category

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obligatory grammatical category

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Both

Question 14

go, went, gone, going are the examples of

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one lexeme.

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both

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derivation.

Question 15

thief vs. stealer are examples of

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blocking

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productive word building

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both

Question 16

Which is a phrase?

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Both

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at sunset

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get at

Question 17

I sent him an e-mail. The noun e-mail is modified by

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a determiner.

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Both

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a modified.

Question 18

He called me a fool. The sentence contains:

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Subject, predicate, object, complement

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Subject, copular verb,  object, attribute

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Subject, predicate, indirect object,  direct object

Question 19

It is a glass wall.  In this example the noun glass is

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modifier

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complement

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object

Question 20

He gave me glasses.  In this example the noun glasses is

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direct object

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complement

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indirect object

Question 21

This is glass. In this example the noun glass is

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a complement

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an attribute

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an object

Question 22

If watered regularly, the plant will bloom soon. The first clause is

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a non-finite clause

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an independent clause

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a finite clause

Question 23

Yuk! It is an example of

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a minor sentence

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a simple sentence

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a major sentence

Question 24

You did what? It  is an example of

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an echo question

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a rhetorical question

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a tag question

Question 25

When you have time, please call me. The first clause is

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the subordinate clause

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the simple sentence

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the main clause

Question 26

That I cannot afford.

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fronting

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cleft

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emphatic do

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inversion

Question 27

What I am saying is it is none of your business.

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cleft

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inversion

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fronting

Question 28

HadI known it,I would never have said a word.

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inversion

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cleft

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fronting

Question 29

I wish I knew.

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object clause

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subject clause

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complement/predicative clause

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relative clause

Question 30

If I had time, I would help you.

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adverbial clause of condition

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adverbial clause of concession

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subject clause

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relative clause of condition

Question 31

Well,I can guaran-damn-teeya.Dannie's not playin'

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infix

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suffix

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prefix

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