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1
What kind of phrase is being tested in: "She will eat pizza and pasta"?
Adjective Phrase
Verb Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
Noun Phrase
2
What does the Movement (Fronting) Test rely on?
Replacing words with pronouns
Coordinating two similar structures
Moving suspected constituents to sentence-initial position
Omitting parts of a sentence
3
Which element is the
head
in the verb phrase "has been singing"?
Been
Has
Singing
Has been
4
“Angry,” “beautiful,” and “strong” are all adjectives.
False
True
5
Adjectives modify verbs.
True
False
6
Clefting always proves that a group of words is a constituent.
True
False
7
Why can substitution fail as a constituency test?
Some idioms cannot be replaced
Substitution never shows boundaries
All substitutions are perfect
. It depends only on semantics
8
The predicate of a sentence typically includes:
The subject and verb
Only the verb
The verb and all elements governed by it
The noun phrase
9
In "Her brother plays soccer well", which phrase acts as a
modifier
?
Her brother
Well
Soccer
Plays soccer
10
“She runs quickly” contains an adverb.
False
True
11
What can the Ellipsis Test help identify?
Subject-verb agreement
Whether a group of words is a constituent
Coordinated adjectives
Syntactic ambiguity
12
“Happiness” is a noun
True
False
13
Which example best supports that "in the morning" is a constituent?
She studies in the morning and in the evening.
She in the morning studies hard.
It in the morning was that she studied.
She studies the morning in.
14
What is the subject in the sentence "The tall boy runs every
Runs
Every morning
Tall boy
The tall boy
15
“Under the table” is an adjective phrase.
True
False
16
Which answer provides evidence that “the blue car” is a constituent?
The blue car, she bought.
She bought it.
It was the blue car that she bought.
All of the above
17
“Fast” is always an adverb.
True
False
18
In dependency grammar, a
modifier
is:
A subject of the sentence
A word that completes the verb’s meaning
A word that gives additional info about the head
The main verb in the clause
19
In dependency grammar, the
head
of the phrase “very delicious cake” is:
delicious
cake
very
delicious cake
20
“And” is a coordinating conjunction.
False
True
21
Which of the following sentences demonstrates the
Clefting Test
?
Did she play a piano?
She went there.
It was a piano that she played.
She played and he did too.
22
In “the book on the table,” which phrase is the
complement
of the noun?
The book
The table
On the table
Book on the table
23
Identify the
verb phrase
in: “She has been working hard.”
Has been working
She
Has been working hard
Working hard
24
Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
False
True
25
Coordination test checks if two phrases of the same type can be joined with "and" or "or."
False
True
26
Adjective phrases always come before the noun.
True
False
27
Prepositions can form phrases together with their objects.
True
False
28
In the sentence "I bought a cake at the bakery," which test shows that "at the bakery" is a constituent?
Movement → "At the bakery, I bought a cake."
Substitution → "I bought a cake there."
Cleft → "It was at the bakery that I bought a cake."
All of the above
29
In the phrase “a teacher of math,” what is the
head
?
A
Math
Teacher
Of
30
In “She bought a new phone,” the complement of the verb is:
A new phone
Bought
She
Phone
31
In the sentence "The cat slept on the sofa", what is the
predicate
?
Slept on the sofa
The cat slept
On the sofa
Slept
32
“The red car” is a noun phrase.
False
True
33
“Very interesting” is an adjective phrase.
False
True
34
Which of the following is a
noun phrase
?
B. The old wooden table
D. Behind the wall
C. Is sleeping
Runs fast
35
In “He drives a car,” what function does "a car" serve?
Modifier
Complement
Head
Subject
36
The word “quickly” in “He ran quickly” is:
Head
Modifier
Subject
Complement
37
A noun phrase can include determiners, adjectives, and a head noun.
False
True
38
Some words can belong to more than one category depending on usage.
True
False
39
Which sentence contains a
noun phrase
as a subject?
Running fast is difficult.
He is singing.
I love to eat.
After the rain, we walked.
40
In the sentence "The cat sat on the mat," how would you test if "on the mat" is a constituent using substitution?
Use clefting
Add it to a coordination
Replace it with "there"
Move it to the front
41
Which of these is NOT a common constituency test?
Coordination
Substitution
Inversion
Clefting
42
“The boy and the girl” is a coordinated noun phrase.
False
True
43
In the sentence “He baked a cake and a pie,” the phrase “a cake and a pie” passes the coordination test.
True
False
44
The substitution test can be used to check if a group of words functions as a single unit.
False
True
45
Movement tests involve replacing a suspected phrase with a question word.
True
False
