Gramática Ingles UNED 1

Which of the following verbs is NOT an operator?. do. can. go.

Which of the following words can be considered “assertive”?. ever. much. still.

What does a compound sentence involve?. A superordinate clause and embedded clauses. Two or more coordinated clauses.*. A superordinate clause and supplementive clauses.

Which of the following sentences does NOT have an embedded clause?. Sorry for pulling your leg like that. It shocked them that she was so blunt about her experience. Having being in danger, I have a whole new perspective of life.

Which function encodes the primary participant in a clause?. The object. The subject. The verb.

What is the main difference between an object and a complement?. Objects encode constituents that semantically are participants and complements do not. Complements can be the subject of a passive structure and objects cannot. Objects characterize or identify a subject or an object, as the case may be.

Which of the following statements about locative elements is correct?. Locative elements occur with transitive verbs only. Locative elements are a type of place adjunct. The locative element is necessary syntactically and semantically for the sentence to be complete.

Which of the following statements about copular verbs is correct?. Copular verbs are a type of transitive verb. Copular verbs are a type of intransitive verb. Copular verbs are a type of predicative verb.

Which of the following sentences contains a stance adjunct?. I like red meat but, on the other hand, it is fattening. They might be going there for an evening out. Frankly, dear, I don’t give a damn.

What is the syntactic structure of the sentence: “They called the child a liar”?. Subject – Predicate – Direct Object – Indirect Object. Subject – Predicate – Direct Object – Object Complement. Subject – Predicate – Direct Object – Adjunct.

Which of the following features is NOT relevant for the identification of the subject of a given sentence?. Concord. The presence of pre--‐/post--‐modifiers. Reflection in question tags.

Which of the following sentences contains a stranded preposition?. She is very difficult to talk to. From where is she travelling?. The person on whom you can rely the most is your partner.

What type of verb is “switch off” in “You switched the hoover off”?. Phrasal verb. Prepositional verb. None of the above.

Which of the following statements about phrasal verbs is correct?. Phrasal verbs normally admit an adverb between the verb and the particle. A pronoun precedes the particle of a phrasal verb. The particle in phrasal verbs is unstressed.

Which of the following sentences does NOT contain an object complement?. The Americans elected Obama president. The police had the robber locked up. My friend made me realize I was mistaken.

Which is the direct object in the following sentence: “She pushed the window open to get in”?. the window open to get in. the window open. the window.