Syntax 9

Question 1

Predicate

Answer 1

provides some information about the subject

Question 2

The subject

Answer 2

the finite verb agrees with

Question 3

the subject isn’t necessarily the

Answer 3

agent of the sentence, the passive demonstrates this as it may seem that the doer is still the agent but in fact the grammatical subject would be the thing having something done to it

Question 4

What does the subject precede?

Answer 4

The main verb (this can also be the case for auxiliary verbs)

Question 5

What is a rule of subjects in English?

Answer 5

They are obligatorily present

Question 6

What is the pro drop?

Answer 6

The possibility of leaving out a non emphasised pronoun in the sentence

Question 7

Give two ways that a predicate can exist in a sentence

Answer 7

as main verb phrase or as a copula where the lexical content is provided by the NP, PP or AP

Question 8

What is the effect of passivisation?

Answer 8

the event is described as being about the ‘undergoer’

Question 9

Double object construction

Answer 9

when the order of the indirect and direct objects are reversed so that the indirect object is the first complement of the verb