Multiple choice
What is the surface structure of "The teacher gave homework."
a. Given by the teacher, homework.
b. Homework was given by the teacher.
c. The teacher gave a challenging homework.
b. Homework was given by the teacher.
The deep structure of a sentence represents its basic, underlying meaning before any transformations are applied.
True
Transform the deep structure into surface structure.
1. "I saw him yesterday."
" _______, I saw him.”
Yesterday
What is the surface structure of "She will call you."
a. You will call her.
b. She will be called by you.
c. You will be called by her.
c. You will be called by her.
In the scrambled sentence "The book, she gave him," the object is placed at the end of the sentence.
False
Transform the deep structure into surface structure.
"They are playing soccer."
"Soccer is _____ played by them.”
being
"I will take the red shirt, and you will take the blue one."
Question: Does the sentence involve deletion or movement?
a. Deletion
b. Movement
c. Both Deletion and Movement
a. Deletion
Movement is a syntactic operation by which phrases can be rearranged in a sentence under specific conditions or constraints.
True
What is the correct transformation of the sentence "You saw the movie" to form a question?
_____ did you see?
What
Left Dislocation (Fronting with Pronoun)
In the sentence "John, he likes pizza," what happens to "John"?
a) It is the object of the sentence.
b) It is moved to the front and replaced with a pronoun.
c) It is omitted from the sentence.
b. It is moved to the front and replaced with a pronoun.
Surface structure is a clause in its derived order before movement and deletion rules have applied
False
Which of the following is the correct inversion of "She will arrive soon"?
_____ she arrive soon?
Will