Basic English Grammar with Exercises

Suggested answer forExercise 1 (1) d DP AP DP A' D' A D NP almost all N' N PP e P' P DP of D' D NP these N' AP N' A' N A animals ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 4 (1) e DP D' D NP any N' N PP e P' P DP of D' D you ...

Suggested answer forExercise 1 (1) f DP D' D NP any N' AP N' A' N PP A solution P' possible P DP for D' D NP this N' N PP exerci ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 4
Exercise 2 Both tree structures are correct. The sentence can be regarded as an ambigu ...

Exercise 4
Exercise 4 (1) DP DP D' the D NP President ’s N' N' PP N P' speech P DP in D' D NP the N' N Congress ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 4 (2) DP D' D NP some N' N PP e P' P DP of D' D NP the N' AP N' most N PP recent assumptio ...

Exercise 4 (3) DP D' D NP the N' AP N' most N PP interesting books P' P DP on D' D NP N' N Physics ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 4 (4) DP D' D NP all N' N PP e P' P DP e D' D NP N' N PP essays P' P DP on D' D NP the N' ...

Exercise 5
Exercise 5 In the Italian DP il mio libro the sequence determiner+possessive pronoun is grammatical. According to t ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 4 DP D' D NP an NP PP N' P' N PP P DP analysis P' with D' P DP D NP of D' ø AP N' D NP A' ...

Exercise 8 DP D' D NP an N' N PP analysis P' P DP of D' D NP ø NP PP N' with s. mistakes N sentences
Exercise 8 Meaning 1: One ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 4 (3) a DP DP D' D' D^0 NP D^0 NP ’s N' e AP N' N^0 one N^0 PP books e P' P^0 DP of D' D^0 ...

Exercise 9 b DP D' D^0 NP e AP N' one N^0 PP e P' P^0 DP of DP D' D' D^0 NP D^0 NP ’s N' the N' N^0 N^0 books children
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Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 5 jeans in the shop window forms a phrase. It is a DP. Thus the PP in the shop window is p ...

Check Questions contribute to the meaning of the construction they appear in, the contribution to meaning made by light verbs is ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 5 involves three sub-events, there are two light verb phrases erected on top of the themat ...

Exercise 2 Multiple complement verbs: More than two (usually three) arguments Dative alternation possible Locative structure Bas ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 5 c Michael moved my map from the middle. three arguments  multiple complement verb vP DP ...

Exercise 2 f Kevin killed Karen. agent and patient arguments Karen was killed by Kevin.  transitive vP DP v' Kevin v VP kill 1 ...

Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 5 h Norah knows Nick. experiencer and theme arguments  transitive vP DP v' Norah v VP kno ...