T R A N S I T I V I T Y    —    O NL I N E    Q U I Z

Consider the following text:

Alexander Popov stole the show at the European swimming championships in Helsinki on Tuesday, producing a sizzling 100m freestyle time which nobody but he himself has ever matched. The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning and then burst out with an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec.

1. Which one of the following represents a relational process?

"stole"
"producing"
"burst out"
None of the above

2. In the clause "producing a sizzling 100m freestyle time which nobody but he himself has ever matched", identify the process type in "producing".

Mental
Material
Circumstantial
The clause is non-finite; there is no process

3. Which of the following is a circumstantial adjunct in the text?

"on Tuesday"
"The Russian Olympic champion"
"of 48.34sec"
"the European swimming championships"

4. Which of the following is a participant in the text?

"The Russian Olympic champion"
"Helsinki"
"burst out"
"the European swimming championships"

5. Provide an analysis of the following clause: "The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning"

"The Russian Olympic champion" (Participant: Actor)
          "swam" (Process: Behavioural)
          "a languid heat" (Participant: Behaviour)
          "in the morning" (Circumstance: Time)
"The Russian Olympic champion" (Participant: Actor)
          "swam" (Process: Material)
          "a languid heat" (Participant: Scope)
          "in the morning" (Circumstance: Time)
"The Russian Olympic champion" (Participant: Actor)
          "swam" (Process: Material)
          "a languid heat" (Participant: Goal)
          "in the morning" (Circumstance: Time)
"The Russian Olympic champion" (Participant: Goal)
          "swam" (Process: Material)
          "a languid heat" (Participant: Scope)
          "in the morning" (Circumstance: Time)

6. Which of the following represents a material process?

"stole"
"has ... matched"
"swam"
All of the above

7. Identify the number of participants in the following clause: "producing a sizzling 100m freestyle time which nobody but he himself has ever matched"

The clause is non-finite; it does not have any participants
The clause is non-finite; the participant is ellipsed
Two
One

8. If the first clause in the text were to be rewritten as "Alexander Popov was in brilliant form at the European swimming championships in Helsinki on Tuesday", what would be the process type of the rewritten clause?

Material
Existential
Relational-Identifying
Relational-Attributive

9. Identify the non-circumstantial adjunct from the list below.

"ever"
"on Tuesday"
"in the morning"
There's no such thing as a non-circumstantial adjunct

10. Identify the only circumstance of location in the text.

"in the morning"
"on Tuesday"
"at the European swimming championships in Helsinki"
None of the above