Qu2

Question 1

What are intransitive verbs?

Answer 1

Verbs that do not take objects e.g. he yawned, she ran

Question 2

What is the difference between direct and indirect object

Answer 2

Direct object is the thing which changes location/ possession, often inanimate, does not come after the preposition e.g. “she gave the ball to Jack” the ball is the direct object.

Indirect object is the thing which receives the transferred entity, often animate and often comes after preposition e.g. “my mum sent me a birthday card” me is the indirect object

Question 3

What are subject and object complements

Answer 3

Phrases which describe a property of the subject or property of the object

Question 4

What is the object complement in “I consider him my best friend”

Answer 4

“My best friend”- describes the object ‘him’

Question 5

What is the subject complement in “Ali appears to be in a mood at the moment”

Answer 5

“In a mood”

Question 6

What are adverbials

Answer 6

A phrase which modifies the sentence, occupies a peripheral position in the sentence, can occur in either peripheral position.

E.g. On Tuesday we should have a picnic. Adverbial= on tuesday
With a bit of luck we will have good weather. Adverbial= with a bit of luck

Question 7

What is the difference between an adverbial and a post modifier

Answer 7

Adverbials modify the verb, post modifiers modify the noun. They only modify the noun phrase not the entire sentence and they are not moveable, only coming after the noun e.g.
The man with the red hat followed me home. Post modifier=with the red hat

Question 8

Nominative vs accusative pronouns

Answer 8

Nominative for subject pronouns, accusative for non-subject pronouns.

Question 9

What is the genitive case

Answer 9

Genitive case denotes possession ie ‘s