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DELTA grammar terms Test

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5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. it normally forms the sub, obj or complement of a clause. It contains an obligatory HEAD and optional elements before or after the head, e.g. the BRIDGE over the River Kwai
  2. a group of words forming a grammatical unit, containing a subject and finite verb. It forms a sentence or part of a sentence.
  3. is the speaker's 'view' of the event as to whether it has duration or not, is completed or not, is repetitive or not, or connected to the time of speaking or not.
  4. a verb that doesn't show person, number and tense, e.g. Before WORKING for his father, he used TO WORK in an office
  5. a word or group of words that gives further information about another word or group of words.

5 True/False Questions

  1. finite verba verb that doesn't show person, number and tense, e.g. Before WORKING for his father, he used TO WORK in an office

          

  2. causativea group of words forming a grammatical unit, containing a subject and finite verb. It forms a sentence or part of a sentence.

          

  3. predicative positionthe position of an adjective after the verb e.g. The man is TALL

          

  4. cleft sentencea sentence which has been divided into two parts, each with its own verb, to emphasise a particular piece of information, e.g. It was Mark who did most of the Quizlets / it was Alex who paid for the meal

          

  5. determinera class of words, generally adverbs, which are used to modify gradable adjectives, adverbs, vers, or 'ed participles, e.g. It is VERY good, It was COMPLETELY destroyed, I ABSOLUTELY detest it.