Linguistics 322

Exercise 6

Week 7

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Exercise 6:

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The following sentences are to be generate on Grammar 4 when it is ready. These sentences will be applied to Exercise 6:

  1. quickly eat a yellow banana
  2. see the very blue sky
  3. write those three rather long letters
  4. rather suddenly visit several dear friends
  5. steal many very clean bottles

Ultimately, these sentences will taken on the following forms:

  1. The child had quickly eaten a yellow banana.
  2. The monkey has seen the very blue sky.
  3. The secretary is writing those three rather long letters.
  4. Several dear friends have been rather suddenly visited.
  5. Many very clean bottles have been being stolen by derelicts.

Open up two files and read them:

Draw by hand the tree structure for:

  1. The child has been getting very good marks.

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