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