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