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  1. In this sentence: I'd like two slices of cake, please., the word cake is
    1.   uncountable
    2.   a simple mass noun
    3.   a mass noun made countable with a quantifier
    4.   a mass noun made countable with a partitive
  2. In this sentence: They'll have been driving all night., the tense is
    1.   the future with -ing
    2.   future modal
    3.   future perfect simple
    4.   future perfect progressive
  3. In this sentence: I think it's dead easy., the word dead is
    1.   an approximator
    2.   an uptoner
    3.   an intensifying adverbial
    4.   an intensifying adjective
    5.   an adverbial adjective
  4. In this sentence, I seldom enjoy his company., the word seldom is
    1.   an adverb of extent
    2.   an adverb of time
    3.   an adverb of manner
    4.   an adjective to describe 'enjoy his company'
  5. In this sentence, Technically, it's called a grommet., the word Technically is
    1.   a conjunction
    2.   a viewpoint disjunct
    3.   an attitudinal adverb
    4.   a viewpoint adjunct
  6. In this sentence, He looks exhausted., the word looks is
    1.   a verb of appearance
    2.   a mental process verb
    3.   a verb in the continuous aspect
    4.   a copular verb
  7. This sentence, The hotel was what she enjoyed most. is
    1.   an it-cleft
    2.   a fronted subject
    3.   a compound sentence
    4.   a reversed wh-cleft
  8. This sentence, Mary didn't believe him although he seemed very sure. is
    1.   a compound sentence
    2.   a simple sentence
    3.   a complex sentence
    4.   a compound-complex sentence
  9. In this sentence, Mary didn't believe him although he seemed very sure., the word although is
    1.   a subordinating conjuction
    2.   a coordinating conjunction
    3.   a minor linker
    4.   a correlative conjunction
  10. In this sentence, It was important that he be there., the word be is
    1.   an infinitive
    2.   in the subjunctive mood
    3.   a present form
    4.   a future form
  11. This phrase, the government's policy is an example of
    1.   an origin genitive
    2.   a possessive genitive
    3.   an objective genitive
    4.   a descriptive genitive
  12. In this sentence, She daren't phone her mother., the word dare is
    1.   a semi-modal auxiliary verb
    2.   a lexical or main verb
    3.   an attitudinal verb
    4.   a pure modal auxiliary verb
  13. In this sentence, She needs more time., the word need is
    1.   a lexical or main verb
    2.   a modal auxiliary verb
    3.   a semi-modal auxiliary verb
    4.   a demand verb
  14. Prepositions can be described as
    1.   a set of open-class grammatical words
    2.   words which join verbs
    3.   locative determiners
    4.   a closed class of function words
  15. In this sentence, I am loving this., the word loving is
    1.   an opinion verb used dynamically
    2.   a gerund
    3.   a dynamic material process verb
    4.   a stative perception verb
  16. This sentence, At the first meeting, which was held yesterday, the chair invited comments from everyone. contains
    1.   a non-defining relative clause
    2.   a reduced relative clause
    3.   a defining relative clause
    4.   a relative adverb, 'which'
  17. This sentence, She liked the car he arrived in. contains
    1.   a relative clause with omitted relative pronoun because it stands for the object
    2.   a non-defining relative clause with omitted relative pronoun
    3.   a relative clause with omitted relative pronoun because it stands for the subject
    4.   a reduced relative clause
  18. In this sentence, I thought long and hard about not telling you., the word telling is
    1.   a finite verb
    2.   a gerund
    3.   a participle
    4.   a future form
  19. In I gave it to him. we have
    1.   a tri-transitive verb
    2.   two direct objects
    3.   three types of pronoun: nominative, accusative and dative
    4.   a genitive and an indirect object
  20. In The old house with a thatched roof, the words old and thatched are, respectively
    1.   two simple adjectives
    2.   an adverb and an adjective
    3.   an adjective and a classifier
    4.   two epithets
  21. She spoke to the man behind the bar. is ambiguous because
    1.   we don't have any context
    2.   the prepositional phrase can be acting as a noun pre-modifier or an adverbial
    3.   the prepositional phrase can be acting as a noun post-modifier or an adverbial
    4.   we don't know where the man was
  22. We prefer to say: It's a shame that it's raining. instead of That it's raining is a shame because
    1.   the focus is moving
    2.   we use tonic syllables
    3.   English conforms to end weighting
    4.   the second sentence is wrong
  23. In the question: Do you know where John is living now?, the clause where John is living now is
    1.   a prepositional clause
    2.   an adverbial clause
    3.   a reduced relative clause
    4.   a nominalised clause acting as the object of the verb
  24. How many non-finite verb forms are there in English? What are they?
    1.   Four: gerund, participle, infinitive and subjunctive
    2.   One: the infinitive
    3.   Three: gerund, participle and infinitive
    4.   Two: gerund and infinitive
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    In the question: Will you do half this work?, the word half is
    1.   a partitive determiner
    2.   a pre-determiner
    3.   an adverbial determiner
    4.   a demonstrative determiner