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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. This - that - these - those (that is a fast car)






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






3. V endings - indicate tense and person






4. Will +bare inf






5. Each other - one another






6. Er






7. Present Simple






8. you - your - yours






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






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






11. Happens to the subject






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






13. Know - want - believe - like






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






15. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






17. Before the N






18. Ing form - continuous tenses






19. Bare Infinitive V






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






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






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






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






24. Most general - most specific






25. Expresses action or state of being






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






27. we - us - our - ours






28. They - them - their - theirs






29. What the subject does






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






31. Est






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. I - me - my - mine






41. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






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






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






45. you - your - yours






46. Determiner - a - an - the






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






48. Self and -selves






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






50. 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