Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Facultad de Humanidades
Departamento de Linguistica y Literatura
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Morphosyntax Quiz
Analyse the syntactic patterns in the following sentences
! "ur ne# car $ro%e do#n!
&! 'ames( the man next)door( has *ust moved!
+! Specialists recommend a less stress,ul #ay o, li,e!
-! .he /cademy a#arded the young amateur movie)ma%ers a complete scholarship!
0! /,ter 0 years( my young $rother has $ecome a pro,essional pilot!
1! 2 do not consider that old man much o, a ,riend!
3! /t the hotel( 2 paid the driver the ,are and gave him a tip!
4! 5hen she arrived( ) she ) #as po#dered ) #ith dust!
6! 2 7ve $een cleaning ) the ,lat!
8! Un,ortunately( no cure exists!
! .hat tall dar% man is my $rother)in)la#!
&! 5ho #rote this document9
+! .he ne# manageress has ,ired all the assistants!
-! :ou should $e more care,ul!
0! :ou should drive more care,ully!
1! .he ,lat is per,ect $ut it is too expensive!
3! .hat strange message #ithout signature made the young girl extremely curious!
4! :ou should have $een a$out to ,inish that section then!
6! .hey have to ma%e him understand!
&8! .hey are going to stay here ,or a ,e# #ee%s!
&! Does passing through the sound $arrier a,,ect the passengers9
&&! 2t surprised no$ody that he ,ailed to turn up!
&+! Many Londoners pre,er traveling $y train!
&-! ;ro$a$ly( #hat she told you a$out the situation is not true!
&0! Call me no#<