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