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Week 6: Positional classes: nominal, adjectival, adverbial, verbal

TEST 6

Complete the table with the correct answers (25)

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1. By position, the units of a sentence can be classified as:

a. nominal, adjectival, adverbial, and verbal
b. noun, adjective, adverb, and verb
c. subject, object, complement, modifier
d. lexical and functional
2. Which of the following is true about nominal?
a. A nominal is any unit taking the position of a noun
b. A nominal is a noun clause
c. A nominal is a noun phrase
d. A nominal is a modifier of a noun
3. Which of the following is true about adjectival?
a. An adjectival is a modifier of a noun
b. An adjectival is a pre-nominal modifier
c. An adjectival is a post-nominal modifier
d. An adjectival is any unit taking the position of an adjective
4. An adverbial is any unit:
a. going with a sentence
b. in function modifier
c. going with a verb
d. taking the position of an adverb
5. A verbal is a:
a. unit in the position of a verb
b. verbal phrase
c. verb phrase
d. verb form
6. By position, the underlined part in ‘Coming home, I found my dog poisoned’ is a:
a. verbal b. adjectival c. nominal d. adverbial
7. By position, the underlined part in ‘Coming home, I found my dog poisoned’ is a:
a. adverbial b. adjectival c. verbal d. nominal
8. By position, the underlined part in ‘Coming home, I found my dog poisoned’ is a:
a. adverbial b. adjectival c. nominal d. verbal
9. By position, the underlined part in ‘Coming home late at night is dangerous’ is a:
a. verbal b. adjectival c. adverbial d. nominal
10. By position, the underlined part in ‘Coming home late at night is dangerous’ is
a:
a. adjectival b. nominal c. adverbial d. verbal
11. By position, the underlined part in ‘Coming home, I found my dog poisoned’ is a:
a. verbal b. nominal c. adverbial d. adjectival

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12. By position, the underlined part in ‘To be successful doesn’t mean to be wealthy’
is a:
a. nominal b. adjectival c. adverbial d. verbal
13. By position, the underlined part in ‘Your requirement is over my ability’ is a:
a. verbal b. adjectival c. adverbial d. verbal
14. By position, the underlined part in ‘To be late to an interview is disappointing’is
a:
a. adjectival b. verbal c. adverbial d. nominal
15. By position, the underlined part in ‘To be late to an interview is disappointing’is
a:
a. adjectival b. nominal c. adverbial d. verbal
16. By position, the underlined part in ‘To be late to an interview is disappointing’is
a:
a. verbal b. nominal c. adverbial d. adjectival
17. By position, the underlined part in ‘The client whose stock he was handling died’
is a:
a. nominal b. adjectival c. adverbial d. verbal
18. By position, the underlined part in ‘The client whose stock he was handling died’
is a:
a. adjectival b. nominal c. adverbial d. verbal
19. By position, the underlined part in ‘The client whose stock he was handling died’
is a:
a. adjectival b. verbal c. adverbial d. nominal
20. By position, the underlined part in ‘The client whose stock he was handling died’
is a:
a. verbal b. adjectival c. adverbial d. nominal
21. By position, the underlined part in ‘I come here to see you’ is a:
a. verbal b. adjectival c. adverbial d. nominal
22. By position, the underlined part in ‘I come here to see you’ is a:
a. verbal b. adjectival c. nominal d. adverbial
23. By position, the underlined part in ‘I come here to see you’ is a:
a. nominal b. adjectival c. adverbial d. verbal
24. By position, the underlined part in ‘I come here to see you’ is a:
a. adverbial b. adjectival c. verbal d. nominal
25. By position, the underlined part in ‘I come here to study’ is a:
a. adverbial b. adjectival c. nominal d. verbal