Basic English Grammar with Exercises

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Exercise 9 Give the tree structure of the following sentences and explain the derivation. (1) a John was b ...

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Check Questions Q1 Native speakers of a language have at their disposal a system that en ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 1 the predicate arguments. Arguments are theta-marked by their predicates, each receives a ...

Exercise 2
Exercise 2 A given verb may subcategorise for more than one type of complement. (1) a [Peter] left [his family]. b ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 1 g Mary cut the cake with a knife. Mary: Agent the cake: Theme/Patient i There arrived so ...

Exercise 4
Exercise 4 a John sneezed. b Dogs hate cats. c The boy was waiting for the girl. d The president sent a message to ...

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Exercise 6 The definite article the, the indefinite article a and the demonstrative pr ...

Exercise 7 un+happi+est This word consists of three morphemes. The basic stem is the adjective happy. The derivational morpheme ...

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Exercise 8 a John likes eating nice food. John is a proper noun. Likes is a verb in 3r ...

Exercise 10 (9) a In the present situation, we cannot but wait. (Adj) b He gave me a fabulous present for my birthday. (N) c The ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 1 Lexical entries are given here: Verbs a go category: [–F, –N, +V]
-grid: <agent, goa ...

Exercise 11 Degree adverbs a c very category: [+F, +N, +V] subcat: [adjectival] d most category: [+F, +N, +V] subcat: [adjectiva ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 1 c John gave a book to his friend. give is a three-place predicate, a verb that describes ...

Exercise 13 f Jane broke the vase. The verb break in this sentence is a two-place predicate; the subject (agent) causes the obje ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 1 d travel category: [–N, +V]
-grid: <agent, source, goal> subcat: [prepositional, ...

Check Questions Chapter
Check Questions Q1 Sentences are made up of words but these words are also organised into units which ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 2 differences in how the structures can be passivised: in the double-object construction o ...

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Check questions Q1 Rewrite rules establish the nature of structures in languages. They become maximall ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 3 Q4 An endocentric phrase has a head that lends its properties to the whole projection, w ...