English Grammar and Clauses

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What is the purpose of the 'dummy do' in yes-no questions?

  • To make the sentence more formal
  • To add emphasis to the question
  • To fill the gap when there is no auxiliary verb (correct)
  • To form a wh-question

What is the main characteristic of declarative clauses?

  • They begin with a question word
  • They express an emotion
  • They have a subject and a VP (correct)
  • They have an inversion of the normal ordering

What type of clause does the sentence 'How many chocolate bars have you eaten?' belong to?

  • Interrogative clause (correct)
  • Declarative clause
  • Imperative clause
  • Exclamatory clause

What type of sentence does the sentence 'If I were fat, I'd be happy' belong to?

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What is the function of inversion in interrogative clauses?

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What is the purpose of using 'were' instead of 'was' in the sentence 'If I were fat, I'd be happy'?

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What is the function of wh-words in interrogative clauses?

<p>To indicate the beginning of an interrogative sentence (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for sentences that express strong emotions, such as 'What a fat man!'?

<p>Exclamatory sentence (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence 'Penny is my dog', what type of process is involved?

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In the sentence 'She gave her friend a piece of cake', what is the role of 'her friend'?

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In the sentence 'It is cold outside', what type of process is involved?

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What type of process is involved in the sentence 'Mr.Jones smiled broadly'?

<p>Behavioural process (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of process is involved in the sentence 'He told her “Hello”'?

<p>Verbal process (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence 'Jane heard a loud noise', what is the role of 'Jane'?

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What type of process is involved in the sentence 'Ann is nice'?

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In a prototypical active sentence, what is the role of the direct object?

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Which type of sentence structure is used to emphasize the doer of the action?

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What is the correct form of the verb 'to be' in hypothetical situations?

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Which sentence structure involves shifting the ending elements to the initial position?

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What is the purpose of using inversion in sentence structures?

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Which sentence structure introduces a clause with 'what' or 'all'?

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What is the correct form of the sentence 'If I am you, I would be careful'?

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Which sentence structure is used to create a sense of drama or surprise?

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What is the difference between 'It was Mike who scored the goal' and 'Mike scored the goal'?

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Study Notes

Process Types

  • Material process: doing, creating (e.g., actor, goal, recipient)
  • Mental process: sensing, feeling, thinking, perceiving (e.g., senser, phenomenon)
  • Relational process: being, having (e.g., carrier, attribute, identifier, identified)
  • Verbal process: saying, expressing, indicating (e.g., sayer, target, verbiage)
  • Behavioural process: behaving (e.g., behaver)
  • Existential process: existing, happening (e.g., existent)

Participant Roles

  • Actor: carries out an action
  • Goal: affected by the action
  • Recipient: goal of the action and profits from it
  • Senser: senses, feels, thinks, or perceives
  • Phenomenon: what is sensed, felt, thought, or perceived
  • Carrier: possesses or has an attribute
  • Attribute: quality or characteristic of the carrier
  • Identifier: identifies or characterizes
  • Identified: what is identified or characterized
  • Sayer: says, expresses, or indicates
  • Target: what is said, expressed, or indicated
  • Verbiage: what is said
  • Behaver: behaves
  • Existent: exists or happens

Exercise

  • Penny is my dog: relational process (being), carrier (Penny), attribute (my dog)
  • She gave her friend a piece of cake: material process (giving), actor (she), goal (her friend), recipient (her friend)
  • Mr. Jones smiled broadly: behavioural process (smiling), behaver (Mr. Jones)
  • It is cold outside: existential process (being), existent (it)
  • He told her “Hello”: verbal process (telling), sayer (he), target (her), verbiage (“Hello”)
  • Jane heard a loud noise: mental process (hearing), senser (Jane), phenomenon (a loud noise)
  • Ann is nice: relational process (being), carrier (Ann), attribute (nice)

Semantic Roles

  • Agent: carries out an action
  • Patient: affected by the action
  • Recipient: goal of the action and profits from it
  • Adverbials: define time, place, source, goal, or instrument

Non-Prototypical Sentence Structures

  • Cleft sentences: It + to be + that/who…
  • Pseudo-cleft sentences: clause introduced by what or all
  • Left dislocation: shifting ending elements to the initial position
  • Inversion: placing the verb before the NP subject

Declarative and Interrogative Clauses

  • Declarative clauses: have a subject and a VP
  • Interrogative clauses: have a subject-verb inversion and begin with a question word (wh-word)

Interrogative Clause Types

  • Wh-questions: begin with a wh-word and have subject-verb inversion
  • Yes-no questions: have subject-verb inversion or use auxiliaries

Dummy Auxiliary “Do”

  • Used in questions to fill the gap when there is no auxiliary in the declarative sentence
  • Examples: Does Great Uncle Silas drink several screwdrivers a day?

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