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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. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






3. Ing form - continuous tenses






4. I - me - my - mine






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






6. Will be +ing






7. Don't need an object - has died






8. They - them - their - theirs






9. Know - want - believe - like






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






11. you - your - yours






12. What the subject does






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






14. you - your - yours






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






16. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






18. Er






19. Most general - most specific






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






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






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






23. Bare Infinitive V






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






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






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






27. Est






28. Will +bare inf






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






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






31. Happens to the subject






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






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






34. Determiner - a - an - the






35. 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






36. Expresses action or state of being






37. Each other - one another






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






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






40. Self and -selves






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






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






43. Present Simple






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






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






46. we - us - our - ours






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






48. Before the N






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






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