TEST BORRADO, QUIZÁS LE INTERESE:
Mock exam unit 1 Gramática Inglesa

Which of the following is a communicative act?: a. a representational act. b. a speech act. c. a textual act.

Which of the following is NOT a speech act?: a. a statement. b. a question. c. a hierarchical sentence.

What type of reality does a state of affairs belong to?: a. the world. b. the speaker’s mind. c. none of the above.

Which of the following is NOT a semantic role?: a. attribute. b. circumstance. c. function.

Which of the following types of meaning has to do with the content of the message?: a. interpersonal. b. textual. c. representational.

Which of the following is the basic unit that embodies both representational and interpersonal meaning?: a. the word. b. the phrase. c. the clause.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?: a. Representational meaning has to do with the content of the message. b. Interpersonal meaning is encoded in the communicative exchange between two speakers. c. Textual meaning has to do with the presence of processes in the text.

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?: a. A clause is the linguistic representation of our experience of the world. b. A clause is a communicative exchange between persons. c. A clause is an arbitrarily organised message or text.

What type of structure is the following: They (Theme) solved the problem after a while (Rheme)?: a. Experiential. b. Interpersonal. c. Textual.

Which is of the following is NOT a concept that can be used for structural disambiguation?: a. passivization. b. transitivization. c. fronting.

Which of the following three lists of linguistic units is the most complete?: a. clause-group-word-morpheme. b. language-speech act-message. c. sentence-clause-phrase-word.

What is the difference between a finite and a non-finite clause?: a. A finite clause has a limited number of verbs. b. A finite clause has a verb with tense or modality. c. A finite clause has a subject and a verb with aspectual meaning.

What is the difference between an independent and a dependent clause?: a. An independent clause is complete in itself. b. A dependent clause is non-finite. c. An independent clause is not linked to another one by means of juxtaposition or coordination.

What type of clause is a supplementive unit?: a. An independent clause. b. A subordinate clause. c. A non-finite clause.

How can we distinguish a verbless clause from a group?: a. A verbless clause has a subject. b. A verbless clause has no verb. c. The omitted verb of a verbless clause can be recovered from the context.

The following is an example of a verbless clause: a. Wonderful!. b. I’ll find you, wherever you are. c. Terry Wogan.

What does an abbreviated clause typically consist of?. a. At least one abbreviation. b. A subject and an operator. c. A conversation.

The following is NOT a type of group: a. An adverbial group. b. An adjectival group. c. A prepositional group.

What is a finite operator typically for?. a. The formation of negative and interrogative clause structures. b. Carrying tense. c. Carrying modality.

Which of the following is NOT an assertive word?: a. much. b. already. c. still.

What type of concept is “state of afairs” (=the speaker’s conceptualization of reality)? Could you reason your answer?. A) situational. B) extralinguistic. C) strictly linguistic. D) semantic.

Which of the following is NOT a semantic role (=a component of a state of afairs)? Do you know why?. A) attribute. B) circumstance. C) participant. D) explanation.

Which of the following statements about meanings (=interpretations of clause structure) is NOT true?. A) Representational meaning has to do with the content of the message. B) The representational meaning of the clause is encoded through the transitivity structures. C) The roles adopted as speakers to exchange information, get things done, etc. are those of “questioner” and “informant”. D) The rheme is the point of departure for the message,which in English coincides with the initial element(s) ofthe clause.

Which of the following statements about meanings (=interpretations of clause structure) is NOT true?. A) Representational meaning derives from the consideration of the clause as the linguistic representation of our experience of the world. B) Interpersonal meaning derives from the consideration of the clause as a communicative exchange between persons. C) Textual meaning derives from the consideration of the clause as an organized message or text. D) Semantic meaning derives from the consideration of the clause as a structure net of lexical items and function words.

Why are there three types of clause structure?. A) To show the tripartite nature and analysis of clauses from a functional perspective. B) Each type of clause structure corresponds to a diferent mood, i.e., declarative, interrogative and negative. C) Each type of clause structure corresponds to the following distinction: simple, complex (subordination) and compound (coordination). D) To refect the diferent conceptualizations of reality by the speakers.

Which of the following is a defnition of a non-fnite clause? Which terms do the other three defnitions correspond to?. A) A clause where the form of the verb chosen refects the speaker’s wish to express tense or modality. B) A clause which is complete in itself, i.e., it does not form part of a larger structure. C) A clause where the form of the verb chosen refects the speaker’s wish not to express tense or modality. D) A clause which is not integrated into the main clause and adds supplementary information.

What does a verbless clause lack? Think of a couple of examples. A) A verb and often a subject also. B) A verb. C) A subject. D) Supplementary information, like subject and verbal tense.

Which of the following is NOT a syntactic element of a clause? Do you understand why?. A) Circumstantial adjunct. B) Stance adjunct. C) Connective adjunct. D) Subjunctive adjunct.

Identify which of the following is NOT a primary element or function of a group. A) Agent. B) Head. C) Complement. D) Qualifer.

Which of the following elements are obligatory in a prepositional phrase?. A) Head. B) Head and complement. C) Head, complement and modifer. D) Head, complement, modifer and qualifer.

What is a fnite operator used for?. A) For expressing tense and modality together. B) To form fnite clauses. C) To form negative and interrogative clause structures. D) To describe a fully informative state of afairs.

What type of operator is ‘do’?. A) It forms a type of its own. B) Primary. C) Modal. D) Finite.

Which of the following is NOT a way of negating a clause?. A) Using a fnite operator with the particle ‘not’. B) Using the particle “not” with a non-fnite verb in a dependent clause. C) Using a non-verbal negative word. D) Using an assertive verb in combination with a non-assertive determiner.

What are non-factual meanings related to?. A) Positive declarative clauses. B) Non-fulfllment or potentiality. C) Assertive units. D) Negative, interrogative, declarative, comparative and conditional clauses.

What is the Theme in the sentence: “The students were awarded the prize”?. A) A participant. B) A circumstance. C) A process. D) A beneficiary.