CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR EACH QUESTION

1. The sentence: “The people living on Mars are strong and handsome.”
A. Has no sense
B. Has no reference
C. Has reference
2. The phrase: “My mother”
A. Has co-reference
B. Has no reference
C. Has constant reference
D. Has variable reference
3. The phrase “a cat” in the sentence “This morning, I saw a cat sitting on the table.” is
A. A referring expression
B. Not a referring expression
C. A predicator
4. A referent can be an entity in the real world or in your imagination.
A. True
B. False
5. The sentence: “Snow White looks absolutely stunning in that dress.”
A. Has no sense
B. Has no reference
C. Has reference
6. In the set: trudge, tiptoe, walk, stomp. The hypernym is
A. Stomp, and trudge
B. Tiptoe and walk
C. Walk
D. Stomp, trudge and tiptoe
7. What is the participant role of “the book” in the sentence: “My father is putting the book on
the shelf.”?
A. Agent
B. Beneficiary
C. Theme
D. Experiencer
8. What is the participant role of “me” in the sentence: “At the party, Tom poured me some
drink.”?
A. Beneficiary
B. Theme
C. Affected
D. Experiencer
9. What is the participant role of “Jane” in the sentence: “The news surprised Jane.”?
A. Affected
B. Experiencer
C. Theme
D. Beneficiary
10. What is the participant role of “trees” in the sentence: “They cut down a lot of trees.”?
A. Experiencer
B. Affected
C. Theme
D. Beneficiary
11. What is the participant role of “The rock” in the sentence: “The rock is rolling down the
hill.”?
A. Theme
B. Affected
C. Experiencer
D. Beneficiary
12. What is the participant role of “He” in the sentence: “He tasted the soup.”?
A. Theme
B. Affected
C. Experiencer
D. Beneficiary
13. What is the participant role of “The pair of scissors” in the sentence: “The pair of scissors cut
the paper.”?
A. Theme
B. Affected
C. Agent
D. Instrument
14. The sentence: “Jannie is his father’s mother.”
A. Has no reference
B. Has no sense
C. Has sense
15. “She is expecting.” is a euphemism of
A. She is waiting for someone.
B. She hopes something will happen.
C. She intends to do something.
D. She is pregnant.
16. What is the predicator in the sentence: “A young lady came to the office yesterday.”?
A. Young
B. Come
C. Came
D. Office
17. A taboo word has a
A. Positive connotation
B. Negative connotation
C. Neutral connotation
D. Negative denotation
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18. What is the superordinate of this set: “factory, house, flat,”?
A. House
B. Flat
C. Factory
D. Building
19. The phrase “The students of this class”
A. Has constant reference
B. Has variable reference
C. Co-reference
D. No reference
20. The sentence: “Anyone who is in love is really emotional.”
A. Contains one referring expression
B. Contains two referring expressions
C. Contains no referring expression