Questions and Answers
What is required for subject-verb agreement in a sentence?
Which of the following sentences uses a regular verb in the past tense?
Which of the following is an example of an irregular verb in the past tense?
What distinguishes transitive verbs from intransitive verbs?
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Which example represents an auxiliary verb used correctly?
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Which of the following modal verbs indicates necessity?
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What does an adjective of quality do in a sentence?
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Which sentence uses a modal verb correctly?
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Which type of noun refers specifically to names of people, places, or things that are always capitalized?
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What do collective nouns represent?
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Which of the following examples represents a concrete noun?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of stative verbs?
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What type of noun are 'cats', 'houses', and 'children' classified as?
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Which of these is an example of a compound noun?
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Which noun type typically denotes intangible concepts or emotions?
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What is the function of subject-verb agreement in a sentence?
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Study Notes
CELTA and Grammar
- CELTA stands for Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults, now referred to as Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
- Grammar serves as a system to convey meaning in communication.
Word Classes (Parts of Speech)
- Major English word classes include noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, determiner, pronoun, conjunction.
Nouns
- Common Nouns: General names for people, places, or things (e.g., dog, city).
- Proper Nouns: Specific names that are capitalized (e.g., Maria, London).
- Singular Nouns: Refer to one entity (e.g., cat, tree).
- Plural Nouns: Indicate more than one (e.g., cats, trees).
- Collective Nouns: Represent groups (e.g., team, family).
- Abstract Nouns: Intangible concepts (e.g., love, freedom).
- Concrete Nouns: Physical entities that can be perceived (e.g., table, water).
- Compound Nouns: Formed by combining words, can be open (ice cream), hyphenated (mother-in-law), or closed (toothpaste).
Verbs
- Stative Verbs: Indicate a state or condition (e.g., know, love).
- Action Verbs: Represent physical or mental actions (e.g., run, eat).
- Subject-Verb Agreement: Ensures subject and verb match in number (e.g., "The dog barks," vs. "The dogs bark").
- Verb Tenses: Show the timing of actions (e.g., past: walked, present: walks, future: will walk).
- Regular Verbs: Follow a pattern in tense change, typically by adding "-ed" (e.g., talk to talked).
- Irregular Verbs: Do not follow regular patterns (e.g., go to went, write to wrote).
- Transitive Verbs: Require a direct object (e.g., "He kicked the ball").
- Intransitive Verbs: Stand alone without needing a direct object (e.g., "The baby cried").
- Auxiliary Verbs: Help form different tenses and aspects (e.g., is, have).
- Modal Verbs: Indicate necessity or possibility (e.g., can, must).
Adjectives
- Adjectives of Quality: Describe characteristics of nouns (e.g., beautiful voice, tall building).
- Enhance descriptions and provide specific information about the noun (e.g., delicious cake, brave soldier).
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Description
Explore the basics of grammar and word classes in this quiz aimed at CELTA certification. Understand the various types of nouns including common, proper, and collective nouns. Test your knowledge on how these components contribute to effective communication.