Basic English Grammar with Exercises

Test your knowledge

l Peter has broken a vase.

m It surprised everyone that the visitors arrived.

n They wondered what to do.

o Mary is beautiful.

p John is in Paris.

q That the purse was stolen shocked everyone.

Exercise 4

Give sentences according to the following patterns:

(1) a N+V

b N+V+N

c D+N+V+V+P+D+N

d D+N+V+D+N+P+D+N

e D+V+NEG+V+C+D+V+V+D+N

f D+Adv+V

g Adv+N+V+D+N

h N+Adv+V+D+N

i N+V+D+N+Adv

j V+D+Adv+V+P+N

k N+V+P+D+N+P+D+A+N

l D+A+N+P+D+N+V+Adv+A

m N+P+N+V+A+N

n N+V+D+C+D+V+Adv+V+P+N

o D+A+N+V+D+A+N

p D+N+V+V+A

q D+Adv+V+P+A+N

r D+N+V+A

Exercise 5

Give two examples for a one-place predicate, two-place predicate and three-place

predicate.

Exercise 6

Identify the thematic and the functional categories in the following sentence and give

the feature matrix of each item by making use of the following features [±F], [±N] and

[±V]:

The boy in the neighbourhood may have made a big mistake.