Exercise

I. Identity each of the transitivity process of the following sentence.

1. John owns the car.

2. John washed the car.

3. John likes the car.

4. John told me something about the car.

5. John is looking at the car.

6. There is a beautiful car behind John’s house.

II. Tell whether polarity or modality expressed in the following sentences. If modality, then identify the type (modalization or modulation).

1. I have not been to that country.

2. He often goes abroad.

3. I’ll show you how to operate the machine.

4. I hardly noticed the change in the room.

5. You ought to tell her the truth.

6. It is a long distance from here.

7. It might be a long distance from here.

8. It isn’t far from here,

教师解析

I.

1. Relational

2. Material

3. Mental

4. Verbal

5. Behavioral

6. Existential

II.

1. Polarity

2. Modality

3. Modality

4. Polarity

5. Modality

6. Polarity

7. Modality

8. Polarity