Syntax 2:

Week 9 in-class exercises-  

1. Phrasal categories + constituency tests
2. Identify the phrasal categories of the underlined parts of the following sentences (Subject/NP, Predicate/VP, PP).
3. Determine whether the underlined parts are constituents.
4. Steve ate a tasty carrot
5. Steve ate a tasty carrot
6. Steveate a tasty carrot
7. The scary snowman chased Olaf
8. The scary snowman chased Olaf
9. The scary snowman chased Olaf

 

2. Identify the complementizer and complementizer phrase in the following sentences –
3. They say that you can’t buy happiness.

 

1. I don’t know whether I should stay or go.

 

1. He asked if you liked the movie.

 

Draw tree diagrams for the following sentences-

1. The dog ran

 

2. Steve bought a car

 

3. Shelly laughed at the clown

 

4. The child dropped his cookie on the ground

 

5. The cat slept.

 

6. A boy bought a mask.

 

7. Trucks go over the bridge