What is nominative classification based on?

C) Structure and relations between components

What is the key difference between a phrase and a sentence?

B) Sentences express a complete thought with predication

Which is not a characteristic of a phrase?

A) Contains a subject-predicate structure

Which of the following is a characteristic of a kernel phrase?

C) One word dominates the others

Traditional classification of phrases is based on:

B) Part of speech of the main word

What is a phrase in syntax?

C) A group of related words functioning as a unit

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1
What is nominative classification based on?
D) Use of punctuation
A) Word order rules
C) Structure and relations between components
B) Lexical meaning
2
What is the key difference between a phrase and a sentence?
D) Sentences never contain phrases
B) Sentences express a complete thought with predication
A) Phrases are always longer
C) Phrases contain more nouns
3
Which type of syntactic relation involves listing several items without any conjunctions?
B) Subordination
A) Accumulation
D) Predication
C) Coordination
4
Identify the type of syntactic relation in this sentence: "She read and wrote all evening."
C) Subordination
A) Coordination
B) Accumulation
D) Predication
5
Which is not a characteristic of a phrase?
B) Has a main (head) word
D) Functions as one part of speech
C) May include modifiers
A) Contains a subject-predicate structure
6
Which of the following is a characteristic of a kernel phrase?
C) One word dominates the others
B) The elements are equally ranked
All elements are subordinated to outside words
A) It has no head word
7
Traditional classification of phrases is based on:
D) Number of words in the phrase
B) Part of speech of the main word
A) Function in a sentence
C) Sentence length
8
Which phrase type includes elements of different grammatical classes that are dependent on each other?
A) Independent one-class
C) Dependent hetero-class
B) Independent hetero-class
D) Accumulative one-class
9
What is a phrase in syntax?
B) A complete sentence
D) A group of verbs only
C) A group of related words functioning as a unit
A) A group of clauses
10
Which of the following is a sentence, not a phrase?
B) In the corner
A) Singing loudly
C) The tall girl
D) She smiled

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