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

TEST 6

Complete the table with the correct answers (25)

1A 2A 3D 4D 5D
6D 7C 8A 9D 10A
11D 12A 13B 14B 15A
16D 17A 18A 19B 20A
21A 22D 23A 24C 25A

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: after mean is Noun
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