QUESTION 1 An example of a NP is: a. is drinking a tea b. recycle…

Question Answered step-by-step QUESTION 1 An example of a NP is: a. is drinking a tea b. recycle… QUESTION 1An example of a NP is: a. is drinking a tea b. recycle plastic c. over the moon d. the cat on the red tin roof QUESTION 2In “My friend’s father’s ex-wife”, : a. “friend’s” is the head. b. “father’s” is the head. c. “friend’s father’s” are the heads. d. “ex-wife” is the head. QUESTION 3Identify the AdvP in the sentence “They ran to reach the finish line.” a. They ran to reach b. the finish line c. to reach the finish line d. They ran  QUESTION 4In general, English is defined as a “head-initial language.” However, in some cases, it is also a “head-final language.” A phrase showing the LATTER case is: a. waiting for Godot b. grandiose Italian Renaissance paintings c. the man with a hat d. Think twice. QUESTION 5″My friend’s father’s ex-wife” is an example of: a. a phrase with two heads. b. headful phrase. c. left-embedded phrase. d. right-embedded phrase. QUESTION 6An example of a “passive sentence” is: a. Today people read a lot on the computer. b. I was reading an ebook last summer. c. Books are being read a lot on the computer today. d. Work makes people read a lot on the computer. QUESTION 7The sentence “*A plant wrote a book.” is impossible in English because of: a. the inanimate object. b. the inanimate subject. c. the animate subject. d. the animate object.  QUESTION 8In the sentence, “John thought that Helen said that Bill reported that Tom came late.”, there are: a. five embedded clauses. b. four embedded clauses. c. three embedded clauses. d. two embedded clause. QUESTION 9An example showing “center embedding” in English is: a. She passed the book to him. b. The boy who is crying is my son. c. Will Tom read the book to Bill? d. Tom’s children QUESTION 10The sentence, “*Do you know where is she?” is incorrect because: a. you and she are not specified. b. the direct question in the sentence includes inversion subject-verb. c. the indirect question in the sentence includes inversion subject-verb. d. no one would ever think of embedding an indirect question into a direct question. Arts & Humanities English English Literature ENGLISH 123 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)