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How many main word classes are recognised in modern English grammar?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these word classes is an open class that keeps gaining new words?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these belongs to a closed class of words?Read the answer and worked solution →Words such as ah, oh, ouch and wow belong to which word class?Read the answer and worked solution →What kind of phrase is 'my very good friend Peter'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which suffix is used to build the noun 'sisterhood'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is an abstract noun?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these nouns is normally uncountable?Read the answer and worked solution →Which noun has the same form in the singular and the plural?Read the answer and worked solution →Which shows the correct possessive of the plural noun 'dogs'?Read the answer and worked solution →In the phrase 'the college student', what is the word 'college'?Read the answer and worked solution →Two consecutive phrases that refer to the same thing are said to be in what relation?Read the answer and worked solution →Which noun carries gender in its form?Read the answer and worked solution →Feminine pronouns are sometimes used in English for which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these words is a determiner?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a complete, grammatical English sentence?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'Dogs are dangerous', why can the noun 'dogs' appear without a determiner?Read the answer and worked solution →Pronouns are best described as which kind of word class?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are personal pronouns called 'personal'?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'It is raining', the pronoun 'it' is used as a dummy subject for what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word correctly completes 'This pen is ___'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which interrogative pronoun refers to a person and has the oblique form 'whom'?Read the answer and worked solution →The interrogative word 'which' is used to ask about what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which relative pronoun is normally found only in restrictive clauses?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word completes 'an idea ___ time has come'?Read the answer and worked solution →A relative clause with no antecedent, as in 'I like what he likes', is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'There are two cups on the desk', what is the word 'there'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pronoun is a more formal alternative to generic 'you'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word is a verb formed with the suffix -fy?Read the answer and worked solution →Regular English verbs form the past tense and past participle with which ending?Read the answer and worked solution →

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How many main word classes are recognised in modern English grammar?

  1. Twelve
  2. Six
  3. Eight
  4. Nine
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Correct answer: C. Eight

Modern grammar lists noun, determinative, adjective, verb, preposition, adverb, conjunction and interjection, which makes eight.

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Which of these word classes is an open class that keeps gaining new words?

  1. Articles
  2. Nouns
  3. Pronouns
  4. Modals
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Correct answer: B. Nouns

Nouns, main verbs, adverbs and adjectives accept new coinages, while articles, prepositions and conjunctions form a nearly fixed set.

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Which of these belongs to a closed class of words?

  1. Main verbs
  2. Pronouns
  3. Adverbs
  4. Adjectives
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Correct answer: B. Pronouns

Pronouns form a small fixed set to which new items are rarely added, unlike adjectives, adverbs and main verbs.

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