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AP English Language and Composition Unit 7E: Parts of Speech and Grammatical Conventions — practice questions

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Complete the agreement ruleRead the answer and worked solution →Which subject takes this form?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: tense across timeRead the answer and worked solution →Matching form to subject and timeRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →A clause that depends on another clause is:Read the answer and worked solution →A subordinate clause acting as a subject or object is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A subordinate clause that describes a noun is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Words that come before nouns and specify quantity are:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'some clay', the word 'some' is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A relative clause acts like which part of speech?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'she realised that the pot was ready', the underlined subordinate part is a:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'She sensed that something momentous had happened', the main clause is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which word usually begins a relative clause?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'the potter's hands, which shaped the clay', the clause is:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'as many pots as they could', the determiner is:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'any individual', the word 'any' shows:Read the answer and worked solution →A sentence with one main and one subordinate clause has how many clauses?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is NOT a job of a determiner?Read the answer and worked solution →'Enough days of sunshine' uses 'enough' as a:Read the answer and worked solution →A noun clause can work in a sentence as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Relative clauses are also called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence part can never stand alone?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'who had suddenly found momentum', the clause describes a:Read the answer and worked solution →Noun clause or relative clause?Read the answer and worked solution →Tap the determinersRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about clausesRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the clause ruleRead the answer and worked solution →Name that clauseRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →

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Complete the agreement rule

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    time
    Choices
    1. time
    2. place
    3. manner
  2. Answer
    person
    Choices
    1. person
    2. gender
    3. length
  3. Answer
    right
    Choices
    1. right
    2. wrong
    3. missing
Complete the statement
The tense fixes the {0} of the action. The exact form still depends on the {1} and number of the subject, which is why 'he are' is wrong even though its tense is {2}.
Tense sets the time; person and number set the exact form. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.

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Which subject takes this form?

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Items
  1. Item
    am
    Category
    I
  2. Item
    was
    Category
    I
  3. Item
    is
    Category
    He or she
  4. Item
    are
    Category
    We or they
  5. Item
    were
    Category
    We or they
Categories
  1. Item
    I
  2. Item
    He or she
  3. Item
    We or they
Person and number, alongside tense. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.

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True or false: tense across time

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    A change of tense signals a change of time.
  2. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    The same verb form serves every time equally.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Tense applies to verbs of being as well as of action.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Old English marked the future with its present tense.
  5. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Tense is a property of nouns.
How the language marks when something happens. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.

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Unit 2: Reasoning and Structure of ArgumentUnit 6: Syntax and Sentence StructureUnit 7A: Sentence Boundaries and Structural ImprovementUnit 7B: Verb Tense Consistency and Agreement RulesUnit 7C: Modifiers, Clauses and Sentence TransformationUnit 7D: Determiners, Articles and Prepositional UsageUnit 1B: Evidence and Argument Structure in NonfictionUnit 1C: Purpose, Audience and Context in Rhetoric