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Functional Grammar: Tenses and Verb Agreement (50)Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs (50)Transformation of Sentences (50)Vocabulary and Word Formation (50)

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What grammatical category expresses time reference?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the three primary tenses in many languages?Read the answer and worked solution →Tense expressed relative to the moment of speaking is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which tense relates an event to a past point in time?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What grammatical category expresses time reference?

  1. Tense
  2. Voice
  3. Person
  4. Gender
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Correct answer: A. Tense

Tense is a grammatical category that expresses time reference.

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What are the three primary tenses in many languages?

  1. Past, case, and mood
  2. Past, present, future
  3. Aspect, mood, and voice
  4. Person, number, gender
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Correct answer: B. Past, present, future

Most languages with tense divide time into the past, present, and future.

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Tense expressed relative to the moment of speaking is:

  1. Habitual tense
  2. Relative tense
  3. Absolute tense
  4. Periodic tense
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Correct answer: C. Absolute tense

Absolute tense expresses time relative to the current moment of speaking.

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