Entraînement à la Grammaire Anglaise à Distance

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NPs in English

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Identify the function AND form (phrase level) of the constituents in bold.

1. Certain NPs in English have a head noun that we referred to above as a collective noun.

Expected answer

Form NP, Function Direct Object
Form NP, Function Indirect Object
Form clause, Function Direct Object
Form clause, Function Indirect Object

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2. Collective nouns characteristically refer to entities made up of several members.

Expected answer

Form AdvP, Subject Complement
Form AdvP, Adjunct
Form AdjP, Subject Complement
Form AdjP, Adjunct

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3. The following are some details concerning collective nouns.

Expected answer

Form clause, Function Subject Complement
Form clause, Function Subject
Form NP, Function Subject Complement
Form NP, Function Subject

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4. He looked very disappointed.

Expected answer

Form AdvP, Function Subject Complement
Form AdvP, Function Direct Object
Form AdjP, Function Subject Complement
Form AdjP, Function Direct Object

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5. Leaving your kids at daycare shouldn't cause feelings of guilt.

Expected answer

Form finite clause, Function Subject Complement
Form finite clause, Function Subject
Form non-finite clause, Function Subject Complement
Form non-finite clause, Function Subject

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Introduction
Question formation
Constituents
Identifying forms and functions.
Identifying functions.
Identify Forms
Complementation
Interrogative clauses
Interrogative clauses - question tags
Lexical verbs and auxiliary verbs
Passive
Review
Auxiliary verbs
Ellipsis
Phrasal verbs
Identifying future time reference
Identifying modal meanings
Identifying past time reference with modals
Identifying situation types
Negation with modal verbs
Perfect tenses
Present tense
Tense and aspect overview
The function of progressive aspect
Time reference of modal verbs
Using modals
Using necessity modals
Using possibility modals
Using tenses
Will and shall

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Ilse Depraetere, Chad Langford, Benoit Leclercq - Université de Lille - SHS