Basic English Grammar with Exercises

Test your knowledge

Test your knowledge

Exercise 1

List the rewrite rules used in generating the following structure:

S

DP VP

The NP was VP

bishop S hiding DP PP

that just left a gun under DP

his mitre

Exercise 2

Identify the constituents in the following sentences.

a The postman lost his key yesterday.

b The student who has just passed the exam is very happy.

c This theory of language acquisiton is easy for students who understand

mathematics.

Exercise 3

Account for why the following sentences are ungrammatical.

a *Yesterday I met Paul and with Peter.

b *Whose did you see favourite film?

c *Mike invited the woman with long hair, Jamie invited the she with short

hair.

d *The student, I haven't seen of Physiscs lately.

e *She can paint with her mouth and with pleasure.