alleryWhat grammatical category expresses time reference?
- Tense
- Voice
- Person
- Gender
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Correct answer: A. Tense
Tense is a grammatical category that expresses time reference.
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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 →Which category shows how an event relates to time?Read the answer and worked solution →What aspect denotes situations seen as complete events?Read the answer and worked solution →What marks tense using auxiliary verbs in sentences?Read the answer and worked solution →How many morphological tenses does English possess?Read the answer and worked solution →What affix marks past tense inflection in English weak verbs?Read the answer and worked solution →What stem change marks past tense in English strong verbs?Read the answer and worked solution →Using the present tense to refer to past events is:Read the answer and worked solution →What is another recognized term for sequence of tenses?Read the answer and worked solution →What linguistic term is synonymous with grammatical agreement?Read the answer and worked solution →In English, a finite verb must agree with its subject in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which verb form correctly agrees with a singular subject?Read the answer and worked solution →Two subjects joined by 'and' normally take which verb?Read the answer and worked solution →Compound nouns denoting a single combined concept take:Read the answer and worked solution →A subject followed by 'along with' agrees with which element?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the proximity rule, a verb linked by correlatives matches:Read the answer and worked solution →In formal concord, pronouns such as 'everyone' select:Read the answer and worked solution →In subject concord, how are either and neither treated?Read the answer and worked solution →How is a unit of measurement or quantity treated in agreement?Read the answer and worked solution →When a collective noun acts as a single unit, its verb is:Read the answer and worked solution →Nouns for two-part tools like 'scissors' in crude form take:Read the answer and worked solution →Match determiner: 1. This: p. These 2. That: q. Those 3. He: r. -s suffixRead the answer and worked solution →Match pronoun concord: 1. Every: p. Singular 2. Each: q. Has vote 3. Many a: r. 1 poundRead the answer and worked solution →Match pronoun type: 1. One: p. Sows 2. Other: q. Reaps 3. Indef: r. SingularRead the answer and worked solution →Match plural noun: 1. Cattle: p. Stand 2. Police: q. Plural 3. Dozen: r. PluralRead the answer and worked solution →Match tense forms: 1. Pres: p. He goes 2. Past: q. He went 3. Eng: r. 2 tensesRead the answer and worked solution →Match 3rd person: 1. Have: p. Has 2. Do: q. Does 3. Say: r. SaysRead the answer and worked solution →
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What are the three primary tenses in many languages?
- Past, case, and mood
- Past, present, future
- Aspect, mood, and voice
- 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.
Tense expressed relative to the moment of speaking is:
- Habitual tense
- Relative tense
- Absolute tense
- 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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