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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.   a simple mass noun
    4.   uncountable
  2. In this sentence: They'll have been driving all night., the tense is
    1.   future modal
    2.   future perfect progressive
    3.   future perfect simple
    4.   the future with -ing
  3. In this sentence: I think it's dead easy., the word dead is
    1.   an adverbial adjective
    2.   an intensifying adverbial
    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 adjective to describe 'enjoy his company'
    3.   an adverb of time
    4.   an adverb of extent
  5. In this sentence, Technically, it's called a grommet., the word Technically is
    1.   a viewpoint disjunct
    2.   a viewpoint adjunct
    3.   a conjunction
    4.   an attitudinal adverb
  6. In this sentence, He looks exhausted., the word looks is
    1.   a copular verb
    2.   a mental process verb
    3.   a verb of appearance
    4.   a verb in the continuous aspect
  7. This sentence, The hotel was what she enjoyed most. is
    1.   a compound sentence
    2.   an it-cleft
    3.   a fronted subject
    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 minor linker
    2.   a correlative conjunction
    3.   a subordinating conjuction
    4.   a coordinating conjunction
  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.   a descriptive genitive
    2.   an objective genitive
    3.   an origin genitive
    4.   a possessive genitive
  12. In this sentence, She daren't phone her mother., the word dare is
    1.   an attitudinal verb
    2.   a pure modal auxiliary verb
    3.   a semi-modal auxiliary verb
    4.   a lexical or main 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 demand verb
    4.   a lexical or main verb
  14. Prepositions can be described as
    1.   words which join verbs
    2.   locative determiners
    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.   a gerund
    2.   a stative perception verb
    3.   an opinion verb used dynamically
    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 relative adverb, 'which'
    2.   a reduced relative clause
    3.   a defining relative clause
    4.   a non-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 relative clause with omitted relative pronoun because it stands for the object
    3.   a reduced relative clause
    4.   a non-defining relative clause with omitted relative pronoun
  18. 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
  19. In I gave it to him. we have
    1.   three types of pronoun: nominative, accusative and dative
    2.   a genitive and an indirect object
    3.   two direct objects
    4.   a tri-transitive verb
  20. In The old house with a thatched roof, the words old and thatched are, respectively
    1.   two simple adjectives
    2.   two epithets
    3.   an adverb and an adjective
    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 pre-modifier or an adverbial
    2.   we don't know where the man was
    3.   the prepositional phrase can be acting as a noun post-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.   the focus is moving
    2.   the second sentence is wrong
    3.   English conforms to end weighting
    4.   we use tonic syllables
  23. In the question: Do you know where John is living now?, the clause where John is living now is
    1.   a reduced relative clause
    2.   a prepositional clause
    3.   a nominalised clause acting as the object of the verb
    4.   an adverbial clause
  24. How many non-finite verb forms are there in English? What are they?
    1.   Two: gerund and infinitive
    2.   Four: gerund, participle, infinitive and subjunctive
    3.   One: the infinitive
    4.   Three: gerund, participle and infinitive
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    In the question: Will you do half this work?, the word half is
    1.   a demonstrative determiner
    2.   an adverbial determiner
    3.   a partitive determiner
    4.   a pre-determiner