Topics Combinations
A 1.Modality - (ability, permission).
B 8.The complex sentence (subordination and its indicators, matrix clause,
superordinate and subordinate clauses).
C 14.Nominal clauses (their function and their structural types).
A 2. Modality - (possibility).
B 9. The complex sentence (three main structural classes). Direct and indirect speech.
Free indirect speech and free direct speech. Transferred negation.
C 1. The semantics and grammar of adverbials (adjuncts, subjuncts).
A 3. Modality - (past activity, habit, refusal).
B 10. Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses (nominal clauses).
C 2. The semantics and grammar of adverbials (disjuncts, conjuncts).
A 4. Modality - (expectation, assumption, conclusion).
B 11.Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses (adverbial clauses -
time, place; comment clauses).
C 3.Sentence types and discourse functions and their relationships. Directives.
Exclamatives.
A 5. Modality - (obligation).
B 12.Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses (adverbial clauses –
condition [including types of condition], concession, and contrast).
C 4.Major classes of questions. Minor types of questions. Block language.
A 6. Semi-modal verbs (dare, used to, need).
B 13.Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses (adverbial clauses –
exception, similarity and comparison, proportion, preference).
C 5.Restrictive and nonrestrictive modification (relative clauses and other types of
postmodification).
A 7.The infinitive (types and constructions).
B 14.Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses (comparative clauses,
sentential relative clauses). The subject of nonfinite and verbless clauses.
C 6.Apposition. Premodification. Discontinuous modification.
A 8. The -ing forms (gerunds and participles and their constructions).
B 1. The simple sentence (syntactic characterization and semantic roles of clause
elements).
C 7. Multi-word verbs (3 groups). Adjective complementation.
A 9.The subjunctive (3 types - mandative s., were-subjunctive, formulaic s.).
B 2. The simple sentence (concord, vocatives, negation).
C 8. Verb complementation (intransitive, copular, and especially transitive verbs:
monotransitive, ditransitive and complex-transitive verbs).
A 10.Clauses of result and cause (reason).
B 3.Recoverability and substitution (pro-forms).
C 9.Words - phrases - clauses – sentences (their relationships). Two conventional
methods of representing the structure of sentences (tree diagrams, bracketing).
A 11.Clauses of purpose.
B 4.Recoverability and ellipsis (nature and types).
C 10.Word classes (open and closed). Details concerning the individual classes.
A 12.Clauses of concession.
B 5.Syndetic, asyndetic, and polysyndetic coordination (coordinators, correlatives).
C 11.Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, and prepositional phrases.
A 13.Clauses of time.
B 6.Simple and complex coordination and their types (e.g. gapping). Appended c.
C 12.Functions of phrases (relation between sentence elements and types of phrases).
A 14.Relative clauses (links and clause types).
B 7.The difference between simple and complex coordination. Pseudo-coordination.
Quasi-coordination.
C 13.Types of clauses (seven basic types, obligatory and optional sentence elements)