Exercise 9
Given passivisation, subject–auxiliary inversion, topicalisation, extraposition and preposing, which movement types can be spotted in the sentences below? Classify them according to whether they qualify as substitution or adjunction.
| (1) | a | It surprised everyone that they left early. |
| b | What is the meaning and purpose of life? | |
| c | Is there any more coffee? | |
| d | Him, I don’t like. | |
| e | In the afternoon, they went fishing. | |
| f | Captain Link was examined by the vet. | |
| g | A man appeared in the doorway with flowers in his hand. | |
| h | Mary, Peter often meets. | |
| i | Mary is said to be beautiful | |
| j | Yesterday, they paid their electricity bill. |