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Întrebarea nr. 1 0 points Save
Specify the aspectual class to which the underlined predications belong
according to Vendler's classification of VPs:
1) The car crashed on the bend , killing its driver and two
passengers.
2) Eat up your cornflakes!
3) The cat rolled itself into a ball.
4) He stumbled on a stone.
a) achievement
b) state
c) accomplishment
d) activity
1 1d, 2c, 3d, 4c
2 1a, 2b, 3a, 4b
3 1a, 2c, 3c, 4a

Întrebarea nr. 2 0 points Save
Identify the type of aspectual recategorization undergone by the
underlined verbal phrase in the following sentence:
He pushed the armchairs to the wall to make room for a coffee table.
1 from a state to an activity
2 from an activity to an achievement
3 from an activity to an accomplishment