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