Articles | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 |

Search the corpus:

[Articles #1]
FOCUS: The choice between the definite, indefinite, and Ø (zero) articles

1) Search for "process" and "processing" in the corpus; which of the following statements is true about this search?
Both "process" and "processing" can be immediateley preceded by the indefinite article
Only "process" can be immediateley preceded by the indefinite article
Only "processing" can be immediateley preceded by the indefinite article

2) Based on the corpus results, do you normally "have picnic" or "have a picnic" in English?
You "have picnic"
You "have a picnic"
You can have both

3) Search for "the picnic"; when preceded by the definite article, "picnic" can have which of the following functions?
modifier (of another noun)
head (of noun phrase)
both

4) Use the search string "in the * language"; what kind of word is typically found between the definite article and "language"?
a general adjective
an adjective denoting language in general
an adjective denoting a specific language

5) Search for "natural language"; which of the following statements is true in connection with this search?
"natural language" is typically preceded by the indefinite article
"natural language" is typically preceded by the definite article
"natural language" is typically preceded by the Ø (zero) article

6) Search for "of glass", "of the glass" and "of a glass"; in which of the three expressions does "glass" typically have the meaning of "a drinking vessel"? (i.e. most occurrences with that meaning)
"of glass"
"of the glass"
"of a glass"

7) Search for "of glasses" and "of the glasses"; in the corpus, in which of the two expressions does "glasses" have the meaning of "a drinking vessel"?
"of glasses"
"of the glasses"
both

8) Search for "of glasses" and "of the glasses"; in the corpus, in which of the two expressions does "glasses" have the meaning of "spectacles"?
"of glasses"
"of the glasses"
both


Last updated 4 October 2023, SOE
© 2004, 2005, 2006-2022 ILOS, University of Oslo