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

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