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






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






4. Most general - most specific






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






6. 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






7. Will +bare inf






8. Each other - one another






9. Next - last - previous - subsequent






10. Er






11. Determiner - a - an - the






12. you - your - yours






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






21. Self and -selves






22. you - your - yours






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






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






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






26. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






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






30. Est






31. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






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






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






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






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






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






37. To + base form V






38. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






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






41. Happens to the subject






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






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






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






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






46. we - us - our - ours






47. Don't need an object - has died






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






49. Present Simple






50. Ing form - continuous tenses