Quiz 1

Write yes or no in the box at the right, as appropriate:

1	Does the sentence She has bought you some fresh grapes contain a past participle?	yes
2	Does the preterite of the lexeme forge have the same shape as its past participle?	yes
3	Does the preterite of the lexeme forget have the same shape as its past participle?	no
4	Does the sentence He left the ball out in the park contain a verb in its plain form?	no
5	Does the sentence He hit the ball right out of the park contain a preterite form?	yes
6	Does the plain form of the lexeme open have the same shape as its past participle?	no
7	Does the preterite of the lexeme beat have the same shape as its plain form?	yes
8	Look at the verb in Beam me up, Scotty. Is it in the present tense form?	no
9	Look at the verb in I hate this stupid planet. Is it a present tense form?	yes
10	Consider the sentence I was just leaving. Does it contain a gerund-participle?	yes
11	Consider the sentence Britney got married again. Does it contain a preterite?	yes
12	Consider the sentence I simply loved your book. Is there is a preterite form in it?	yes
13	Consider the sentence I have always loved your work. Does it contain a preterite?	no
14	Say whether there is a plain present tense verb in the sentence Kiss me, you fool.	no
15	Is the form had in the sentence I had someone shut the door an auxiliary verb?	no
16	Is the form had in the sentence I had sometimes shut the door an auxiliary verb?	yes
17	In the sentence She dared to defy the Army, is the form dare an auxiliary verb?	no
18	In the sentence She dared not defy the Army, is the form dare an auxiliary verb?	yes
19	Is the main difference between modal and non-modal auxiliaries a syntactic one?	no
20	Is the main difference between auxiliary and non-auxiliary verbs a syntactic one?	yes
21	Is there a semantic difference between He isn’t in there and He is not in there?	no
22	Is there a semantic difference between We can’t just not go and We can just go?	yes
23	Say whether there is an auxiliary verb in the sentence Have you no shame?	yes
24	Are there any modal auxiliary verbs in English that have preterite forms?	yes
25	Are there any modal auxiliary verbs in English that lack preterite forms?	yes