#Linguistics

Question 1: (A)

Question 2: (C)

Question 3

Gave

Transitivity—Transitive

Robin

Grammatical role- subject

Semantic role- agent

A cake

Grammatical role- Direct object

Semantic role- patient/theme

Sandy

Grammatical role- Indirect object

Semantic role- recipient/ beneficiary

Question 4

The door

Grammatical role- subject

Semantic role- experiencer

A key

Grammatical role- oblique object

Semantic role- instrument

Question 5

Excited

Transitivity- transitive

Karen

Grammatical role- direct object

Semantic role- experiencer

Question 6

The two men who I met yesterday

Question 7

When the agent of the action is unknown

When the speaker wants to assign blame to a particular individual for their actions

To put noun phrases that denote prominent or important referents into the subject position

Question 8

1.that is wearing the purple vest

2.that have been selected to meet in person

3.that I recommended

4.it was useful

5.who I knew from home