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






2. you - your - yours






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






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






5. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






7. Each other - one another






8. Present Simple






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






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






11. you - your - yours






12. Will +bare inf






13. They - them - their - theirs






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






15. Bare Infinitive V






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






17. This - that - these - those (that is a fast car)






18. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






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






20. Happens to the subject






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






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






23. Ing form - continuous tenses






24. Know - want - believe - like






25. Before the N






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






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






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






29. Determiner - a - an - the






30. Will be +ing






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






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






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






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






35. Defines subject of the clause - I he she we they you it






36. I - me - my - mine






37. What the subject does






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






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






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






41. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






43. To + base form V






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






45. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






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






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






49. Don't need an object - has died






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