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    Mohamed V University in Rabat

    Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences


    English Studies Department
    Semester 3

    Grammar 3

    Prof. Tarik Lahyany

    Name:
    Group :

    Quiz 2: auxiliaries, complementation,


    modification, functional categories &
    subordination
    Exercise 1. Consider these sentences:

    (1) John is thinking about quitting his job.


    (2) John shall quit his job next month.

    ☛ Study the placement of the auxiliaries in (1) and (2) and identify their major
    properties.
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    ☛ What’s the main difference between a primary and a modal auxiliary according to
    (2)?
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    ☛ Why does the lexical verb (i.e., quit) in (2) appear as a stem?
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    ☛ What are the four differences between a lexical and an auxiliary verb?
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    Exercise 2. There are three grammatical constructions that depend on the


    incorporation of auxiliaries: (a) passivization; (b) negation; and (c)
    question formation. Provide an example of each, as per construction
    below, and state how it depends on the auxiliary to be formed.

    ☛ Passivization:
    o …
    ☛ Negation:
    o …
    ☛ Question formation:
    o …

    Exercise 3. How is each complementation constructed in the following


    sentences?

    (1) John put it on a table and left.


    (2) John passed away just yesterday.
    (3) To whom would you attribute the invention of the telephone?
    (4) Who do you think John invited last week?

    Exercise 4. Define the following functions with examples:

    ☛ Nominative:
    o …
    ☛ Accusative:
    o …
    ☛ Dative:
    o …

    Exercise 5. Put forward three examples of sentences containing adverbials


    as they would appear in the following order: PP, Adv, AdjP.

    ☛ PP:
    o …
    ☛ Adv:
    o …
    ☛ AdjP:
    o …
    Exercise 6. According to the examples you provided in Exercise 5, what are
    the main properties of modifiers? (Write a brief paragraph in your worn
    words)
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    Exercise 7. In the following sentences, why is the adjunct adverbial
    considered a sister of VP not V?

    (1) Emily rode the horse fast.

    Exercise 8. Explain how the functions change in shifting voice from active
    to passive in the following sentence:

    Active: ☛ John played the clarinet.


    Passive: ☛ The clarinet was played (by John).

    Exercise 9. How is tense related to subject in English? (write a short


    paragraph in your own words)
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    Exercise 10. According to the verb in the following embedded clause,


    explain how its argument structure can help in identifying the empty
    subject category:

    (1) John wants [to evacuate the town].

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