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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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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. Know - want - believe - like






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






3. Bare Infinitive V






4. Self and -selves






5. 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






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






7. Each other - one another






8. you - your - yours






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






10. Est






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






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






13. Will be +ing






14. Present Simple






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






16. Er






17. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






19. Ing form - continuous tenses






20. Before the N






21. I - me - my - mine






22. Answer 'how often'. taught on a cline - always - usually -






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






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






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






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






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






28. Ed form (reg). completed in the past. Did +inf - was/were +inf.






29. Defines object of the clause - me him her us them you it






30. you - your - yours






31. Don't need an object - has died






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






33. Determiner - a - an - the






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






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






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






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






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






39. To + base form V






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






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






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






43. we - us - our - ours






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






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






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






47. What the subject does






48. Anything - anybody - anyone - something - somebody - someone - nothing - nobody - none - no one






49. Substitute N - do not take the/a/an - generally cannot follow Adj.s






50. Most general - most specific