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Grammar Parts Of Speech 2
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english
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Answer 26 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Posessive/genitive inflection of N/PN - I/me/mine
9 main Modals
Always - usually - often - sometimes
Case
A year later - yesterday - tomorrow
2. 2-3 words acting as a unit followed by a N: according to - apart from
Conjunctions
Three word combination Prepositions
Complex Prepositions
Semi-modals
3. Knowledge is shared
Over there - upstairs - somewhere
Additive conjunction
Use the definite article when...
Three word combination Prepositions
4. Prep+N+Prep followed by a N: in relation to
Simple Prepositions
Conjunctions
Clause
Three word combination Prepositions
5. Adverbs of place
Over there - upstairs - somewhere
Case
9 main Modals
Beautifully - hardly - slowly - softly - fast - hard
6. Join clauses - but - however - nevertheless - although - and - then
Complex Prepositions
Conjunctions
Temporal conjunction
Over there - upstairs - somewhere
7. Infinitive
To find - to do - to make - to see
Simple Prepositions
Use the definite article when...
Marginal Prepositions
8. Complex prepositions
But - however - although - nevertheless
Case
According to - because of - apart from - due to
Always - usually - often - sometimes
9. Then
Modals must preceed...
Temporal conjunction
Always - usually - often - sometimes
Really - very - absolutely - fairly - completely - hard
10. Adverbs of degree
Really - very - absolutely - fairly - completely - hard
To find - to do - to make - to see
Register
Marginal Prepositions
11. When the V is used as a N (try replacing G with N)
Three word combination Prepositions
Marginal Prepositions
Gerund
Conjunctions
12. Presenting new information
Use the indefinite article when...
Complex Prepositions
Marginal Prepositions
Modals must preceed...
13. Infinitive - Base form/bare infin - Past tense/simple - Past participle - 3rd Person Singular - Present participle/gerund
Verb forms
Simple Prepositions
9 main Modals
To find - to do - to make - to see
14. Adverbs of time
A year later - yesterday - tomorrow
Complex Prepositions
Marginal Prepositions
Conjunctions
15. Have to - used to - need to - ought to - tend to
Beautifully - hardly - slowly - softly - fast - hard
A year later - yesterday - tomorrow
Semi-modals
Verb forms
16. Adverbs of frequency
A year later - yesterday - tomorrow
Gerund
Marginal Prepositions
Always - usually - often - sometimes
17. Conjunctions
Register
But - however - although - nevertheless
Three word combination Prepositions
Verb forms
18. Base form/bare infinitive V
Conjunctions
According to - because of - apart from - due to
To find - to do - to make - to see
Modals must preceed...
19. Verbal: concerning - excluding - given - granted - pending - regarding - Non-verbal: worth - minus
Marginal Prepositions
Gerund
9 main Modals
Clause
20. Adverbs of manner
Three word combination Prepositions
Really - very - absolutely - fairly - completely - hard
9 main Modals
Beautifully - hardly - slowly - softly - fast - hard
21. Can - could - will - would - shall - should - might - may - must
Marginal Prepositions
9 main Modals
Prepositions
Always - usually - often - sometimes
22. Formal vs. informal
Register
9 main Modals
Over there - upstairs - somewhere
Simple Prepositions
23. And
A year later - yesterday - tomorrow
Beautifully - hardly - slowly - softly - fast - hard
Additive conjunction
Case
24. Subject + V
Clause
Additive conjunction
Prepositions
Use the definite article when...
25. One word followed by a N
Three word combination Prepositions
Over there - upstairs - somewhere
But - however - although - nevertheless
Simple Prepositions
26. Glue a V/Adj in the sentence - to express temporal or spatial concepts - location & time duration - always followed by N (including any determiners and adj.s).
Prepositions
Additive conjunction
Three word combination Prepositions
Really - very - absolutely - fairly - completely - hard