MOCK TEST UNIT 1 - SOLUTIONS

1. Which of the following is a communicative act?:

a. a representational act
b. a speech act*
c. a textual act

2. Which of the following is NOT a speech act?:

a. a statement
b. a question
c. a hierarchical sentence*

3. What type of reality does a state of affairs belong to?:

a. the world
b. the speaker’s mind*
c. none of the above

4. Which of the following is NOT a semantic role?:

a. attribute
b. circumstance
c. function*

5. Which of the following types of meaning has to do with the content of the
message?:
a. interpersonal
b. textual
c. representational*

6. Which of the following is the basic unit that embodies both representational
and interpersonal meaning?:
a. the word
b. the phrase
c. the clause*

7. Which of the following statements is FALSE?:

a. Representational meaning has to do with the content of the message.
b. Interpersonal meaning is encoded in the communicative exchange
between two speakers.
c. Textual meaning has to do with the presence of processes in the text.*

8. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?:

a. A clause is the linguistic representation of our experience of the world.
b. A clause is a communicative exchange between persons.
c. A clause is an arbitrarily organised message or text.*
 9. What type of structure is the following: They (Theme) solved the problem
after a while (Rheme)?:
a. Experiential
b. Interpersonal
c. Textual*

10. Which is of the following is NOT a concept that can be used for structural
disambiguation?:
a. passivization
b. transitivization*
c. fronting

11. Which of the following three lists of linguistic units is the most complete?:
a. clause-group-word-morpheme*
b. language-speech act-message
c. sentence-clause-phrase-word

12. What is the difference between a finite and a non-finite clause?:

a. A finite clause has a limited number of verbs.
b. A finite clause has a verb with tense or modality.*
c. A finite clause has a subject and a verb with aspectual meaning.

13. What is the difference between an independent and a dependent clause?:

a. An independent clause is complete in itself.*
b. A dependent clause is non-finite.
c. An independent clause is not linked to another one by means of
juxtaposition or coordination.

14. What type of clause is a supplementive unit?:

a. An independent clause.
b. A subordinate clause.*
c. A non-finite clause.

15. How can we distinguish a verbless clause from a group?:

a. A verbless clause has a subject.
b. A verbless clause has no verb.
c. The omitted verb of a verbless clause can be recovered from the context.*

16. The following is an example of a verbless clause:

a. Wonderful!*
b. I’ll find you, wherever you are.
c. Terry Wogan.

17. What does an abbreviated clause typically consist of?

a. At least one abbreviation.
b. A subject and an operator.*
c. A conversation.
18. The following is NOT a type of group:
a. An adverbial group.
b. An adjectival group.
c. A prepositional group.*

19. What is a finite operator typically for?

a. The formation of negative and interrogative clause structures.*
b. Carrying tense.
c. Carrying modality.

20. Which of the following is NOT an assertive word?:

a. much*
b. already
c. still