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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. you - your - yours






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






3. What the subject does






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






5. Self and -selves






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






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






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






9. Er






10. Know - want - believe - like






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Happens to the subject






19. Est






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






21. Don't need an object - has died






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






23. To + base form V






24. you - your - yours






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






26. Present Simple






27. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






29. V endings - indicate tense and person






30. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Bare Infinitive V






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






39. Will be +ing






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






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






42. we - us - our - ours






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






44. I - me - my - mine






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






46. Most general - most specific






47. Expresses action or state of being






48. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






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