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English Grammar Rules Quiz

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What are the eight word classes commonly distinguished in English?

Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, propositions, and conjunctions

Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, propositions, and participles

Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and participles

Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions (correct)

Which system has modern English largely abandoned in favor of analytic constructions?

Agglutinative system of Native American languages

Tonal system of African languages

Verb conjugation system of Latin

Inflectional case system of Indo-European (correct)

How is grammatical function indicated for nouns, adjectives, and articles in modern English?

By inflectional changes in the words

By capitalizing the first letter of the word

By word order, by prepositions, and by the 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s) (correct)

By using a specific punctuation mark after the word

Which word class forms the largest in English?

<p>Nouns</p> Signup and view all the answers

What has modern English retained more strongly than any other word class?

<p>Morphological case for personal pronouns</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Word Classes in English

There are eight word classes commonly distinguished in English.

Grammatical Function Indication

In modern English, grammatical function is indicated for nouns, adjectives, and articles through word order and prepositions rather than inflectional endings.

Abandoned System

Modern English has largely abandoned the inflectional system in favor of analytic constructions.

Largest Word Class

Verbs form the largest word class in English.

Retention of Word Class

Modern English has retained the pronoun word class more strongly than any other word class.

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Test your knowledge of English grammar with this quiz. Explore the rules governing words, phrases, clauses, and sentences, and deepen your understanding of the structure of the English language.