16 Questions
What part of speech describes a noun?
Adjective
Which part of speech links a noun to another word?
Preposition
Which part of speech joins clauses or sentences or words?
Conjunction
Which part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb?
Adverb
What part of speech replaces a noun?
Pronoun
What part of speech limits or 'determines' a noun?
Determiner
What type of noun is the word 'London'?
Proper noun
Which of the following is an example of a concrete noun?
Car
Which type of noun cannot be counted and requires 'measure words' to quantify?
Uncountable noun
What is the function of the word 'Doctors' in the sentence 'Doctors work hard'?
Subject of the verb
Which of the following is a countable noun?
Furniture
What part of speech replaces a noun?
'Pronoun'
Which type of noun refers to people, places, and things in general?
'Common nouns'
What type of noun refers to names of people, places, or organizations?
'Proper nouns'
Which part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb?
'Adverb'
What is the function of the word 'Mona' in the sentence 'Mona helps me'?
'Object of the verb'
Study Notes
Parts of Speech
- An adjective describes a noun.
- A preposition links a noun to another word.
- A conjunction joins clauses, sentences, or words.
- An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.
Nouns
- A pronoun replaces a noun.
- A determiner limits or 'determines' a noun.
- A proper noun is a specific name, such as 'London'.
- A concrete noun is a tangible object, such as 'book'.
- A mass noun, also known as an uncountable noun, cannot be counted and requires 'measure words' to quantify, such as 'water'.
- A noun can function as a subject, such as 'Doctors' in the sentence 'Doctors work hard'.
- A countable noun, also known as a count noun, can be counted, such as 'dog'.
- A common noun refers to people, places, and things in general.
- A proper noun refers to names of people, places, or organizations.
- A noun can function as an object, such as 'Mona' in the sentence 'Mona helps me'.
Explore the table of contents for the EFG POLYGLOT English Grammar course prepared by Dr. Ashraf Kouta. This includes coverage of parts of speech, nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, determiners, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, international placement tests and bibliography.
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