English Grammar

Question 1

What are the 8 main word classes?

Answer 1

Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Pronouns
Conjunctions
Determiners
Prepositions

Question 2

Are attributive adjectives pre or post modifying?

Answer 2

Pre-modifying

Question 3

Are predicative adjectives pre or post modifying?

Answer 3

Post-modifying

Question 4

What are the 3 primary auxiliaries?

Answer 4

To do, To have, To be

Question 5

What are the 9 modal auxiliaries?

Answer 5

Can, Could, Will, Would, Must, May, Might, Shall, Should

Question 6

Active Voice

Answer 6

Active voice is when the subject is the focus and performs the action described by the verb

Question 7

Passive Voice

Answer 7

The Passive Voice is less direct. It focuses on the object and the order comes first, followed by the subject e.g The ball was kicked by Ahmed

Question 8

Progressive Aspect

Answer 8

The progressive/continuous aspect refers to actions that don’t have a definite ending

Question 9

Perfect Aspect

Answer 9

The perfect aspect tells you about actions that have a definite end