Unit 4 quiz questions

If a noun can be counted numerically, we call it a collective noun.

True

Information questions seek responses explaining why, where, how, what, who, or when.

True

It is possible to use transitive verbs without explicitly stating the Direct Object.

True

Prepositions are short connector words that relate some entity or action that follows them with a preceding noun or verb.

True

Speakers may eliminate the connector THAT when the subordinate clause introduces a NP object of certain verbs in the original expression.

True

Speakers use words or phrases known as complementizers to relate subordinate clauses to an existing main idea.

True

In English, the Verb Phrase usually ______________ the Noun Phrase subject.

goes after

English speakers commonly convey the future tense by using the auxiliary verb . . .

going to

We classify verbs in our mental dictionary by . . .

grammatical usage

The only agreement required within the English NP is that articles and demonstratives must show the same number as the noun they accompany.

True

Situations that express a state or condition rather than an action are called . . .

linking verbs

Since adult learners have advanced cognitive skills in their native language, their highly developed ideas _______________ in the L2.

must initially be expressed in simplified fashion

English passive expressions are only used when talking about past tense actions.

False

English uses gender to classify nouns and marks them with case endings to indicate their grammatical function.

False

Intransitive means that there must be two or more NP participants in the verbal action.

False

In English active expressions, ____________ and ___________ usually appear in the VP as the DO and IO respectively.

patients . . . experiencers

Speakers combine words into cohesive chunks that work together called . . .

phrases

Demonstrative determiners show . . .

spatial or temporal relationships between the noun and speakers

Passive expressions are useful when . . .

the agent is unknown or not important

Fully formulated ideas in the spoken language are known as . . .

utterances

Which expression below best reflects the structure of a ditransitive verb?

which takes a subject and two objects which refer to a theme and a recipient. According to certain linguistics considerations, these objects may be called direct and indirect, or primary and secondary. Mom put the milk in the fridge it ya a theme

Speakers often shift the focus to other parts of a message unintentionally.

False

Subordination is much more frequent in the spoken language than in writing since listeners easily process them.

False

Adverbial complements generally come before the DO and IO and speakers rarely move them.

False

Agents must be people or animals since only they have agency to act.

False

The IO is introduced by the prepositions to or for and always follows the DO in the Verb Phrase.

False

The structure of sentences seldom varies with respect to the number and type of elements involved in the phrases.

False

Very few English verbs may include one or more complementary ideas indicating the circumstances of the action.

False

The embedded subordinate clauses may act as a(n) _____________ in the independent expression.

Noun, adjective, adverb

Which of the following ideas is NOT associated with do?i

✔️ It is primarily used as an auxiliary verb ✔️ It provides more emphasis to our ideas ✔️ It is pronounced with greater stress in speech ⭕️ It is needed to negate a verb in the future tense

English is known as a SVO language, which stands for . . .

Subject Verb Object word sequence

All well-formed English sentences must have a Noun Phrase and a Verb Phrase.

True

Complex expressions allow speakers to make speech more fluid by avoiding starting and stopping between each individual idea.

True

Descriptive words often accompany nouns in Noun Phrases, such as . .

adjectives

In the preferred English word order, adverbs are typically placed . . .

as the final element of a sentence

Children and L2 adult learners achieve a significant level of mastery when they . . .

begin producing simple sentences with accuracy

When expressing complex ideas, English speakers prefer to . . .

combine multiple ideas with shared elements

Content words are those that . . .

convey the fundamental ideas of a message

Some language instructors call subordinate expressions . . .

dependent clauses

A conjunction is a . . .

function word