Grammar II

Question 1

What is a phrase=

Answer 1

grammatical unit which may consist of 1 or more words & which is 1 of the classes of constituent into which simple sentences can be divided

Question 2

Tests for ‘phrasehood’= (4)

Answer 2

> substitution
movement
co-ordination
question

Question 3

Substitution test

Answer 3

can the ‘phrase’ be replaced with a single word and the sentence still makes sense grammatically; if yes=phrase

Question 4

Movement test

Answer 4

can the ‘phrase’ be moved to another location in the sentence & still make sense; if yes=phrase

Question 5

Co-ordination test

Answer 5

> only can be used on complete units
linking together of bits of a sentence as ‘equals’ - by and, or and but; if can=phrase

Question 6

question test

Answer 6

Does phrase sound okaty when standing alone (as ans to a qn)

Question 7

Noun phrases/ NP

Answer 7

phrases where the head word is a noun, pronoun or sometime just determiner

Question 8

Prepositional phrases/ PP

Answer 8

prepositions + NPs (usually: [PP ___[NP____NP] PP]

Question 9

Adjectival phrase/ AdjP

Answer 9

adjective (+modifiers)= AdjP
(can consist of several modifiers)

Question 10

Adverbial phrase/ AdvP

Answer 10

adverb (+modifiers)= AdvP
(can consist of several modifiers)

Question 11

verb phrase/ VP

Answer 11

verbs + auxiliaries= VP