18 Questions
What is the primary function of the rise-fall tone in intonation?
Conveying surprise and admiration
How does intonation modify the syntactic structure of utterances?
By moving the boundaries of intonation phrases
What is the importance of phonetic transcription in dictionaries for learners of English?
To check the pronunciation of words
What is the difference in meaning between 'I fed her | I cat I food' and 'I fed her ↗ I cat | ↘ I food'?
I gave her cat some food vs. I gave her food for cats
What is the purpose of extraposition in the structure 'It is common knowledge that Jane is very thoughtful'?
To avoid ending the sentence with a long subject
In the structure 'A book was published today which reveals new information about the religious belief of William Shakespeare', what role does the relative clause 'which reveals new information about the religious belief of William Shakespeare' fulfill?
Object
What function do subordinate clauses typically fulfill in a sentence?
Provide additional details about the main clause
How are subordinate relative clauses embedded in a phrase typically used?
As post-modifiers in an NP
What is the area of grammar dealing with the way in which words combine to form larger units such as phrases, clauses, and sentences?
Syntax
Which aspect of language construction deals with the internal structure of words?
Morphology
What is the term for the process of adapting words according to the grammatical context in which they occur, such as plural, possessive, or past forms?
Inflection
From the largest to the smallest, grammatical units can be analyzed in what order according to the text?
Sentence, clause, phrase, word, morpheme
Which type of subordinate clause is not marked for tense and usually does not have a subject?
Non-finite clause
In which type of sentence is the largest unit of syntactic structure made up of one or more clauses, with one being the main/independent one?
Complex sentence
Which type of subordinate clause can function as subject, complement, or object of a verb, and can also be embedded as modifiers in noun phrases or adjective phrases?
Non-finite clause
Which type of clause is introduced by 'as' or 'than' and post-modifies a gradable adjective or adverb in its comparative form?
Comparative clause
In which type of sentence can non-finite subordinate clauses be embedded as modifiers in noun phrases or adjective phrases?
Complex sentence
Which clause often helps to provide additional context and interpretation to the main clause?
-ed or -ing clauses
This quiz covers the concepts of extraposition and coordination in English grammar, focusing on sentence structures and transformations. Test your understanding of unmarked SVC structure, structure after extraposition, unmarked SVA structure, and coordination and subordination.
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