choose the correct answer to each of the following questions from the given options
1. Traditionally, there are......parts of speech in English. (a) Five (b) Nine (c) Eight (d) Six
2. The following word classes were introduced by Huddleston (1996) except.... (a) Coordinators
(b) Determinators (c) Demonstrators (d) Subordinators
3. The following are open class items except.... a) Adverb (b)Preposition (c) Noun (d) Adjective
4. ......noun refers to names given to persons or things of the same kind. (a) Collective (b) Concrete
(c) Proper d) Common
5. .....adjectives come before nouns they modify. (a) Demonstrative (b) Post-positive (c) Predictive
(d) Attributive
6. ....verbs are restricted in tense and number with their corresponding subjects. (a) Auxiliaries (b)
Modals (c) Primary auxiliaries (d) Finite
7. ....usually answer questions beginning with when, where, how and why. (a) Adverbs (b)
Adjectives (c) Finite verbs (d) Modals
8. The following are classifications of words representing nouns except.... (a) Personal (b)
Universal (c) Objective (d) Indefinite
9. .... show relationship between nouns or pronouns with some other words in a sentence. (a)
Prepositions (b) Pronouns (c) Auxiliaries (d) Conjunctions
10. In terms of grammatical rank,.... is the largest element. (a) Paragraph (b) Sentence (c)
Morpheme (d) Word
11. A group of words without a subject and finite verb is called a..... (a) Prepositional phrase (b)
Clause (c)Phrase (d) Predicate
12. Broadly, a clause is classified into..... (a) Three (b) Six (c)Two (d) Four
13. The following are ways of understanding word meaning, except (a) Origin of word (b) Root of
word (c) Context (d) Computer
14. Vocabulary Development involves all these concepts, except (a) Denotation (b) Phrasal Verbs
(c) Jargons (d) Teaching
15. The dictionary meaning of the word is called... meaning a) Critical (b) Lexicon (c) Content
(d) Denotative
16. The idiomatic meaning of word is called...
a) Sense b) Connotation c) Reference d) Context?
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