28 Chapter 2 A rapid overview
v One of her daughters is training to be a
pilot.- The underlined expressions in the following
examples are all NPs. State the function of
each one (either subject or direct object or
predicative complement).
i I've just seen your fa ther.
ii The old lady lived alone.
iii Sue wrote that editorial.
iv She 's the editor ofthe local paper.
v It sounds a promising idea to me. - Assign each word in the following examples
to one of the part-of-speech categories: noun
(N), verb (V), adjective (Adj), determina
tive (D), adverb (Adv), preposition (Prep),
subordinator (Sub), coordinator (Co).
i She lives in Moscow.
ii The dog was barking.
iii Sue and Ed walked to the park.
iv I met some friends of the new boss.
v We know that these things are extremely
expensive. - Construct a plausible-sounding, grammati
cal sentence that uses at least one word
from each of the eight categories listed in
the previous exercise (and in [7] in the text
of this chapter).- Is it possible to make up an eight-word
sentence that contains exactly ONE word of
each category? If it is, do it; if not, explain
why. - Classify the underlined clauses below as
canonical or non-canonical. For the non
canonical ones, say which non-canonical
clause category or categories they belong
to.
i Most Q,fus en joyed it very much.
ii Have you seen To m recently?
iii He tends to exag"rate.
iv Who said she was ill?
v I've never seen anything like it.
vi They invited me, but I couldn 't go.
vii This house was built by my
grandfather.
viii It's a pity you live so fa r away.
ix I'm sure she likes you.
x Te ll me what you want.