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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. Know - want - believe - like






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






3. They - them - their - theirs






4. Present Simple






5. Happens to the subject






6. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






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






9. Will be +ing






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






11. you - your - yours






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






13. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






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






15. What the subject does






16. Self and -selves






17. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






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






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






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






22. Determiner - a - an - the






23. Before the N






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






25. Er






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






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






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






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






30. Expresses action or state of being






31. To + base form V






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






33. you - your - yours






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






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






36. 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






37. Bare Infinitive V






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






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






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






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






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






43. Next - last - previous - subsequent






44. I - me - my - mine






45. Est






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






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






48. Don't need an object - has died






49. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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