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Which word class forms the largest word class in English?

  • Nouns (correct)
  • Determiners
  • Pronouns
  • Verbs

What has modern English largely abandoned from the Indo-European language family?

  • Adjectives
  • Inflectional case system (correct)
  • Analytic constructions
  • Pronouns

What is indicated only by word order, prepositions, and the 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s)?

  • Subject-verb agreement
  • Verb tense
  • Conjunctions
  • Grammatical function (correct)

Which form of speech and writing is used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news?

<p>Standard English (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What has largely retained morphological case more strongly than any other word class in Modern English?

<p>Pronouns (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what favor has Modern English largely abandoned the inflectional case system of Indo-European?

<p>In favor of analytic constructions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which word class is considered to be a closed class and is rare for new members to enter the language?

<p>Pronouns (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What part of speech do interjections belong to?

<p>Not described here (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for word classes that readily accept new members?

<p>Open classes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What serves the same function as a word from some particular word class and is therefore called a noun phrase?

<p>Determiner phrases (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which word class do most words in the English language belong to more than one?

<p>Lexemes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What consists of a verb together with any objects and other dependents?

<p>Verb phrase (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which word class do interjections not form part of?

<p>Clause and sentence structure (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of present perfect continuous tense?

<p>I have been working (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When referring to events or situations that have finished, which tense should be used in English?

<p>Past tense (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tense is used to summarize a book, film, or play when telling a story in the present tense?

<p>Present simple tense (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the past tense in English allow us to talk about?

<p>Long-standing events and situations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tense is formed using 'I have + past participle'?

<p>Present perfect tense (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the four present tense forms in the English language?

<p>Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect continuous (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the correct usage of 'your' in the sentence: '______ beautiful.'?

<p>Your (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which word should be used to refer to a place that isn't here?

<p>There (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How should the sentence 'Can I have ______ coat.' be correctly written?

<p>Your (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the correct form of the contracted word that indicates 'cannot'?

<p>Cant (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where should the apostrophe be placed to show that something belongs to more than one person?

<p>'S' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of adverb modifies the verb?

<p>Manner adverb (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the correct usage of 'were' in past simple?

<p>Was (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which word indicates possession and defines that something belongs to you?

<p>'s (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the correct use of adverbs aim to do in the context of story writing?

<p>Show, not tell the reader what is happening in the story. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is indicated by apostrophes?

<p>Ownership or belonging. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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