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11. In coordinate sentences,

A. two sentences are juxtaposed with equal status

B. one sentence is dependent on another

C. we always find three clauses

12. In complex sentences,

A. two clauses always have independent status

B. one clause functions as grammatical part of the other one

C. we always discuss difficult subject matters

13.Did you know that mice eat peanuts? The underlined part represents

A. the main clause

B. the embedded clause

C. both A & B

14. The following words are subordinators:

A. and, or

B. the, this

C. whether, until, that

15. The past tense suffix of the verb 'begged' has the following allomorph:

A. [-t]

B. [-d]

C. [-ed]

16. 'Underneath the rug' represents

A. NP

B. S

C. PP

17. Which set shows converseness:

A. sofa/couch

B. toe/foot

C. tenant/landlord

18. The syntactic encoding of semantic roles is

A. language-specific

B. irrelevant for translation

C. neither A nor B

19. The adverbs 'now, last week' are markers of

A. spatial deixis

B. temporal deixis

C. personal deixis

20. 'The puppy snored in the barn.' Verb type?

A. transitive

B. intransitive

C. ditransitive 

21. Which syntactic operation can show two movements?

A. yes/no-questions

B. hypernymy

C. wh-questions

22. 'Pete wrote Mary a letter.' This illustrates the following transformation:

A. passive

B. dative movement

C. wh-question formation

23. What is the semantic role of the underlined NP? (both 23. & 24.)

'The children scared the old lady

A. patient

B. experiencer

C. agent

24. This hotel forbids cats.

A. agent

B. patient

C. locative

25. Will they visit next month? The underlined part represents

A. AUX

B. NP

C. VP