Word class test
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Multiple-choice exercise
Focus on the words in italics.
Identify the word class in italics.
John is happier than I am.
- adverb
- adjective
- conjunction
- demonstrative
Identify the word class in italics.
John is happier than I am.
- adverb
- adjective
- conjunction
- demonstrative
In this sentence: "She took her coat but she didn't need it." but is
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a coordinating (adversative) conjunction
- an additive conjunction
- a subordinating conjunction
- a negative conjunction
In this sentence, "The deer are in the park.", the word deer is ...
- ... an uncountable noun
- ... an uncountable plural noun
- ... a countable plural noun
- ... a countable singular noun
We can make 'furniture' countable by ...
- ... changing it to 'tables and chairs'
- ... adding a quantifier like 'some pieces of'
- ... making the word into 'furnitures'
'The waters of the Atlantic' is an example of ...
- ... making a usually uncountable noun countable for poetic effect
- ... a wrong use of a noun.
- ... an ordinary countable noun
- ... an uncountable noun used normally
'Two coffees, please.' is an example of ...
- ... making a normally uncountable noun countable but changing the meaning
- ... incorrect use of the noun
- ... uncountable plurality
- ... a missing apostrophe
In 'He gave her the book', give is ...
- ... doubly transitive
- ... intransitive
- ... transitive
'We arrived at the hotel after midnight' is an example of ...
- ... an intransitive verb with a preposition of position
- ... a transitive verb taking the object 'hotel'
- ... an intransitive verb with a preposition of direction
- ... a transitive verb taking the object 'midnight'
'The book is lying onto the green table' is an example of ...
- ... using a preposition of movement and direction when one of position is needed.
- ... using the wrong conjunction
- ... using the wrong transitivity
- ... not putting in an object when one is needed