Topic 9 The noun phrase – Revision questions

 

1. Which three components can be distinguished when describing a complex noun  

    phrase?

 

 

2. What is the difference between premodification and postmodification?

 

 

 

3. What do you know about discontinuous modification?

 

 

 

4. Which types of premodifying items do you know?

 

 

 

5. What is apposition? Present one example expressed by a noun phrase and one by a nominal clause!

 

 

 

6. Which two types of postmodification are most frequent? Present their examples!

 

 

 

7. Which types of relative clauses can you distinguish?

 

 

 

8. Which relative pronouns can be used both in restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses?

 

 

 

 

9. Which relative adverbs do you know?

 

 

 

10. Explain multiple modification!