Exercise 12
Sentences (1a–h) below are all grammatical. On the basis of the examples, provide the lexical entry for each underlined predicate.
| (1) | a | My brother ate a lot of chocolate. |
| b | John is keen on wild animals. | |
| c | John gave a book to his friend. | |
| d | He always parks his car near a nice old hotel. | |
| e | I love Vermeer’s painting of the young girl. | |
| f | Jane broke the vase. | |
| g | The vase broke. | |
| h | Everybody got a letter from the Prime Minister. |