Question

Tipo 1 – Página 9

The title "The refugee students building brighter futures" exemplifies common patterns in English nominal phrase construction. Accurate grammatical analysis requires identifying both lexical categories and syntactic functions of each constituent element. Which analysis accurately identifies the grammatical categories and functional roles of the constituent elements?

Accepted Answer

C) "The" = definite article; "refugee" = noun in attributive
position functioning adjectivally; "building" = present
participle in reduced relative clause; "brighter" =
comparative adjective

Answer

A) "The" = definite article; "refugee" = denominal adjective
modifying "students"; "building" = present participle
functioning as main verb; "brighter" = comparative adverb
modifying "futures"

Answer

B) "The" = demonstrative determiner; "refugee" = compound
noun in apposition to "students"; "building" = gerund
functioning as noun phrase head; "brighter" = intensifying
adjective

Answer

D) "The" = definite article; "refugee" = attributive adjective
derived from verb "to refuge"; "building" = gerundive
nominal; "brighter" = superlative adjective with elided
"most"

Answer

E) "The" = generic article indicating class membership;
"refugee" = predicative adjective; "building" = progressive
aspect marker; "brighter" = absolute adjective without
comparative function

Mais questões de Outros temas