Directions: Answer the following questions:Draw a tree diagram of constituent structure for each of the following two sentences.
The guide suggested the tourists take a rest.
Directions : Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate.
hierarchical structure
Directions: Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate.
branching nodes
Directions: Explain the following terms, using one or two examples for illustration.
Directions:Answer the following questions. Use appropriate phrase structure rules to draw a labeled constituent structure tree diagram for each of the following sentences.
The old man put the book on the table.
A boy found the book.
Directions:Answer the following questions.
Use appropriate phrase structure rules to draw a labeled constituent structure tree diagram for each of the following sentences.
The naughty boy cheated his teacher.
Directions: Explain the following term and give examples for illustration where appropriate.
I think that you are from the South.
Directions: Explain the following terms, using one or two examples for illustration, if necessary.
major lexical category
Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put T for true or F for false in the bracket in front of each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and give the correct version.
A logical subject may have different positions in a sentence.
Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false in the brackets in front of each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version.
In English and many other languages,the subject usually follows the verb and the direct object usually precedes the verb.
Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.
Combinational rules are rules that group words and phrases to form ()sentences.
Combinational rules are rules that group words and phrases to form grammatical sentences.
In English syntactic analysis, four phrasal categories are commonly recognized and discussed, namely, ().
combinational rule
()rules refer to the rules internalized in the mind of a native speaker that group words and phrases to form grammatical sentences.
( )categories refer to combination of words of different categories, such as noun phrases (NP), verb phrases (VP) in English.
Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false on the ANSWER SHEET for each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version.
NP and AP are essential components of a sentence, comprising the subject and the predicate of a sentence.