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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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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. Self and -selves






3. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






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






6. you - your - yours






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






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






9. I - me - my - mine






10. Next - last - previous - subsequent






11. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






13. What the subject does






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






15. Bare Infinitive V






16. Happens to the subject






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






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






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






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






21. Present Simple






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






23. Before the N






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






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






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






27. 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






28. you - your - yours






29. Ing form - continuous tenses






30. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






31. Don't need an object - has died






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






33. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






36. To + base form V






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






38. Will +bare inf






39. we - us - our - ours






40. They - them - their - theirs






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






42. Most general - most specific






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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