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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Answer 'how often'. taught on a cline - always - usually -






2. Answer 'how much' - very - extremely - pretty - fairly






3. Answer how was it done - beautifully - quickly etc. Often end in -ly - but also hard - fast






4. Tiny - fantastic - can't be used with 'very'






5. Help a main V - do - have - be






6. Answer where/when - upstairs - somewhere - a year later






7. Have/has been +present participle (-ing)






8. Est






9. First - second - third (Determiners when they appear before a N)






10. The determiner 'the' - used for sing or plural Ns






11. They - them - their - theirs






12. Describes N or PN - fits into 'a - N'






13. Must preceed an object - dyed (your hair)






14. Preceeds and limits N or N phrase - the - a/an - any - cannot be replaced by N- quantity - all - both - no - numerals when they appear before the N






15. Will be +ing






16. Mine - yours - his - hers - ours - theirs






17. Was/were +present participle (-ing) connection to past






18. you - your - yours






19. Most general - most specific






20. Have/has +past participle (-ed reg.)






21. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






22. Present simple of 'to be' (am/is/are) - V - -ing (present participle) for behaviour - unfinished actions - temporary situations






23. Introduce a dependant clause - that - which - who - whose - whom - when - where (the car that passed us)






24. V endings - indicate tense and person






25. Modifies V - Adj - or Adv - often end in -ly






26. Refer to people (including 'it'). can be 1st - 2nd - 3rd person - singular or plural






27. Before the N






28. Had +past participle (-ed reg.)






29. Can't be counted - no article - singular






30. Will have +past participle (-ed reg.)






31. Perfect 'have' -ed form (reg)






32. Ing form - continuous tenses






33. The determiner a/an - used where the N is singular






34. we - us - our - ours






35. Will have been +present participle (-ing)






36. Determiner - a - an - the






37. What the subject does






38. He - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its






39. Happens to the subject






40. Er






41. Help the main V - always followed by a bare infinitive - can - could - must - should






42. Self and -selves






43. Who - what - why - where - when - whatever






44. Bare Infinitive V






45. I - me - my - mine






46. Can be counted - take an article 'a' - singular and plural forms






47. Know - want - believe - like






48. Present Simple






49. Expresses action or state of being






50. Often -s form - for permanent states or general - repeated - for frequency - spoken actions (I promise)