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  1. In this sentence: I'd like two slices of cake, please., the word cake is
    1.   a mass noun made countable with a quantifier
    2.   a mass noun made countable with a partitive
    3.   uncountable
    4.   a simple mass noun
  2. In this sentence: They'll have been driving all night., the tense is
    1.   future perfect progressive
    2.   the future with -ing
    3.   future modal
    4.   future perfect simple
  3. In this sentence: I think it's dead easy., the word dead is
    1.   an intensifying adverbial
    2.   an approximator
    3.   an adverbial adjective
    4.   an intensifying adjective
    5.   an uptoner
  4. In this sentence, I seldom enjoy his company., the word seldom is
    1.   an adverb of manner
    2.   an adjective to describe 'enjoy his company'
    3.   an adverb of extent
    4.   an adverb of time
  5. In this sentence, Technically, it's called a grommet., the word Technically is
    1.   an attitudinal adverb
    2.   a viewpoint adjunct
    3.   a conjunction
    4.   a viewpoint disjunct
  6. In this sentence, He looks exhausted., the word looks is
    1.   a copular verb
    2.   a verb of appearance
    3.   a mental process verb
    4.   a verb in the continuous aspect
  7. This sentence, The hotel was what she enjoyed most. is
    1.   a fronted subject
    2.   a compound sentence
    3.   an it-cleft
    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 complex sentence
    3.   a simple 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 future form
    4.   a present form
  11. This phrase, the government's policy is an example of
    1.   a possessive genitive
    2.   an origin genitive
    3.   a descriptive genitive
    4.   an objective 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 semi-modal auxiliary verb
    2.   a modal auxiliary verb
    3.   a lexical or main verb
    4.   a demand verb
  14. Prepositions can be described as
    1.   locative determiners
    2.   words which join verbs
    3.   a set of open-class grammatical words
    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 stative perception verb
    3.   a dynamic material process verb
    4.   a gerund
  16. This sentence, At the first meeting, which was held yesterday, the chair invited comments from everyone. contains
    1.   a reduced relative clause
    2.   a relative adverb, 'which'
    3.   a non-defining relative clause
    4.   a defining relative clause
  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 reduced relative clause
    3.   a non-defining relative clause with omitted relative pronoun
    4.   a relative clause with omitted relative pronoun because it stands for the subject
  18. In this sentence, I thought long and hard about not telling you., the word telling is
    1.   a future form
    2.   a gerund
    3.   a participle
    4.   a finite verb
  19. In I gave it to him. we have
    1.   two direct objects
    2.   a tri-transitive verb
    3.   a genitive and an indirect object
    4.   three types of pronoun: nominative, accusative and dative
  20. In The old house with a thatched roof, the words old and thatched are, respectively
    1.   two epithets
    2.   an adjective and a classifier
    3.   two simple adjectives
    4.   an adverb and an adjective
  21. She spoke to the man behind the bar. is ambiguous because
    1.   we don't know where the man was
    2.   we don't have any context
    3.   the prepositional phrase can be acting as a noun pre-modifier or an adverbial
    4.   the prepositional phrase can be acting as a noun post-modifier or an adverbial
  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.   the second sentence is wrong
    4.   English conforms to end weighting
  23. In the question: Do you know where John is living now?, the clause where John is living now is
    1.   an adverbial clause
    2.   a reduced relative clause
    3.   a prepositional 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.   One: the infinitive
    2.   Two: gerund and infinitive
    3.   Three: gerund, participle and infinitive
    4.   Four: gerund, participle, infinitive and subjunctive
  25. This is the last question. Note your score now!
    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