Test Descriptive Grammar of English - Paulina Stępniewska

Name Paulina Stępniewska 30037 .Date 07-12-2022 .
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1. Identify the number of morphemes in the words
unavoidably – 3
overgrown- 2
disheartened- 3
reclassify- 3
untouchables- 4
wheelchair- 2
2. Which elements in the word untouchables are free and which are bound morphemes?
Free is touch
Bound are un-; -able; -s
3. What is the (main) difference between inflectional and derivational affixes?
Derivational morpheme is a bound morpheme that changes the form of the word classes
in a sentence. Inflectional morphemes never involve a change of class.
4. Which compound-words in the table are endocentric and which are exocentric compounds?
pickpocket, highbrow, girlfriend, duty-free, rock hard, blockhead, beehive, red skin, armchair,
fire-alarm,
5. Clauses with transitive verbs are characterized by :

a) absence of objects b) presence of objects c) neither of the two
6. In the following sentences identify direct and indirect objects
a) He gave her a bunch of red roses for her birthday.
b) Peter lent Alice a few dollars.
c) Betty sang a song for me.
d) The teacher taught the students a lot of new words.
7. The following verbs ( bring, give, hand, lend, offer, pay, post, read, rent, sell, send, show,
sing, teach, tell, write, etc) are:
a) non-transitive b) linking c) ditransitive
8. Make three sentences with the reflexive verbs (busy oneself, content oneself, pride oneself)
using your own ideas
a) The children busied themselves with puzzles all day.
b) We had to content ourselves with a relaxing day at home.
c) I pride myself on my math skills.
9. The following phrases have a shower, take a photopgraph, give a reply, make a signal, have
a good cry, etc. are examples of :
a) reflexive verbs b) multi-word verbs c) delexical verbs
10. The following definition ‘ Designating a particular kind of verb with which the same noun can
be used as the subject when the verb is intransitive and as the object when the verb is
transitive’ relates to:
a) phrasal verbs b) ergative verbs c) modal verbs
11. Provide two examples of clauses containing reciprocal verbs
a) We agreed with one another.
b) The fans fought with each other.
12. The following sentences containing multi-word verbs He took his jacket off , The secretary
put me through to the manager, He hunted them down are examples of:
a) intransitive phrasal verbs b) transitive phrasal verbs c) prepositional verbs
13. One of the many characteristics of modal verbs is that in questions they:
a) undergo inversion b) are supported by do/does operator c) attract the –s affix in
the third person singular
14. In the following sentences containing modal verbs She might be late , It could be worse, In
rare cases the jaw may be broken during extraction the modals express:
a) permission b) ability c) possibility
15. The following nouns beer, cake, cheese, coffee, cotton, fabric, fertilizer, fuel, ink, insecticide,
iron, jelly, meat, medicine, milk, oil, poison, ribbon, salad, soap, soil, steel, sugar,etc.
represent:
a) compound nouns b) countable nouns c) mass nouns
16. The following nouns aristocracy, army, audience, bacteria, committe, community, company,
council, crew, family, gang, government, herd, jury, nobility, press, staff, etc. are instances of:
a) common nouns b) proper nouns c) collective nouns
17. The main division of nouns in English hinges upon the polarity of the concepts:
a) collective vs mass nouns b) countable vs uncountable nouns c) common vs
proper nouns
18. The following adjectives in English chemical, cultural, democratic, domestic, double, eastern,
educational, electric, financial, historical, human, official, possible, professional, ready, etc.
are instances of:
a) classifying adjectives b) qualitative adjectives c) superlative adjectives
19. Classifying adjectives are generally incapable of:
a) being used comparatively b) being used predicatively c) being used attributively
20. The following adjectives in English attractive, big, busy, clean, close, cold, dangerous, easy,
effective, famous, heavy, important, powerful, serious, tall, terrible, warm, young, etc. are
instances of:
a) classifying adjectives b) qualitative adjectives c) superlative adjectives
21. Attributive adjectives are the adjectives which can only stand:
a) after a noun b) before a noun c) in either position
22. Superlative adjectives in English are usually preceded by:
a) definite article b) indefinite article c) either definite or indefinite article

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Name Paulina Stępniewska 30037 .Date 07-12-2022 .

1. Identify the number of morphemes in the words

3. What is the (main) difference between inflectional and derivational affixes?

5. Clauses with transitive verbs are characterized by :

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