Quiz #1 Answers

1.  What are the three main periods of grammar? (3)

• Traditional

• Transformational

• Structural

2.  Who is the "father" of transformational grammar? (1)

         Noam Chomsky

3.  What does traditional grammar focus on? (1)

        The form of the word

4.  Define structural grammar. (2)

           Structural grammar looks at the order of how things are put together, the parts of speech. 

5.  Name three of the eight parts of speech as discussed in traditional grammar. (3)

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Adjective

• Verb

• Conjunction

• Preposition

• Adverb

• Interjections

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