QUIZZES

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMAN Introducción a la Gramática
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QUIZZES
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PARTS OF SPEECH: QUIZ Nº 1
Answer the following questions. (Booklet Unit Nº 1)
1. What is Grammar?
2. Is Grammar a science?
3. What two areas does Grammar study?
4. What are the linguistic units? Define each and exemplify.
5. Identify the types of sentences.
 Erik said goodbye.
 Erik said goodbye and he left.
 Erik said goodbye as he left.
6. What are the two classes of words? What parts of speech belong to the two classes?
7. Which class can incorporate new words?
8. Which class is stable and does not incorporate new words?
9. What else are the words in each category called? (Lexical/content; grammatical/function/structure
words)
10. What is a noun?
11. What is an adjective? What kind of info can it give?
12. What is an adverb? What can they modify?
13. What is an article? What are the different articles? What type of reference does each
indicate?
14. What is a pronoun? What two functions can they have? What are the different pronoun types?
15. What are prepositions? What is the difference between a simple and a complex one? What
meanings can they express?
16. What is a lexical verb? What are auxiliary ones? How are the latter classified?
17. How are numerals classified?
18. What are interjections?
19. What are conjunctions? How are they classified? What are the main differences between
the two types?
20. What are quantifiers? How can they be used?

SPELLING RULES OF VERBS: QUIZ Nº 2
Read The Morphology of Lexical Verbs (Source: Quirk, R. & Greenbaum, S. (1973) A
University Grammar of English. Essex: Longman) and answer the questions below.
1. How many types of Lexical Verbs are there?
2. Which forms are predictable from the base in both regular and irregular verbs?
3. Which forms cannot be predicted from the base in irregular verbs?
4. What does “straightforward addition” mean?
5. How many spellings does the -s form have?
6. How many phonological realizations does the –s form have?
7. How do you spell the –ed form?
8. How many phonological realizations does the –ed form have?
9. When does the doubling of consonant take place?
10. When isn’t there doubling? What are the two exceptions to the rule?
11. What happens with words that finish in consonant + “y”? How are their “-s” form and “past”
form built?
12. Before the –ing inflection is added, what happens with verbs that end in “-ie”?
13. What’s the regular situation with words that finish in “-e” when the “-ed” and “-ing” inflections
are added?
14. Which typical base endings are exceptions to this rule?
15. How are irregular verbs different from regular verbs?
16. What are the different classes of verbs?

VERB TENSES: QUIZ Nº 3
1. Read about Verb Tenses and answer the following questions. (Source: Collins Cobuild
English Grammar (2005). Thompson Learning Publishers. USA. Chapter Nº 5)
1. How do we express “time” in a certain statement?
2. State the uses of the Simple Present.
3. State the uses of the Present Continuous.
4. Discuss the use of Adjuncts with the Present Tenses.
5. State the uses of the Simple Past.
6. State the uses of the Past Continuous.
7. State the uses of the Present Perfect Tenses and the use of Adjuncts in relation to them.
8. State the uses of the Past Perfect Tenses.
9. Discuss the Adjuncts used with the Future Tenses.
10. State the different ways of expressing Future Time.
11. Discuss the Adjuncts used with the different ways of Tenses.
12. State the special uses of the different tenses.

SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION OF VERBS: QUIZ Nº 4
1. Answer the following questions.
1. What type of classification is the “semantic” one?
2. What is an event? What verbs express events?
3. What is a state? What verbs express states?
4. Can a same verb belong to both these categories?
5. What are State Verbs of Being and Having?
6. Explain the different uses of “Be”.
7. What are Verbs of Inert Cognition?
8. When these verbs are used dynamically, what is the meaning they express?
9. What are Verbs of Emotion and Attitude?
10. What is the difference between an Attitudinal verb in the simple and in the progressive
aspects?
11. What are Verbs of Inert Perception? Why are they called “inert”?
12. What is the difference between Passive and Active Perception?
13. Can all Verbs of Perception be used to express Passive and Active Perception?
14. What are Verbs of Bodily Sensation?
15. What is the difference in meaning when they are used in the simple and progressive
aspects?
16. What are Stance Verbs? Mention their main features.
17. What are Dynamic Durative Verbs? What are Dynamic Punctual Verbs?
18. How are Activity Verbs classified?
19. How are Process Verbs different from Transitional Verbs?
20. What are Accomplishment Verbs?
21. What are Momentary Verbs? What are the different meanings when used in the simple and
progressive aspects?

GENERAL REVISION OF NOUNS: QUIZ Nº 5
Answer the following questions.
1. Provide three characteristic noun endings.
2. Provide two nouns and verbs distinguished by stress.
3. How many classes of nouns do you know?
4. Which are the main features of uncountable nouns?
5. Give four examples of concrete uncountable nouns.
6. Some nouns can be countable or uncountable depending on their use. Discuss “Nouns can
refer to objects or materials”.
7. Write a countable equivalent for: luggage- clothing-veal-mutton
8. What are “partitives”? What can they refer to?
9. As regards number, what do singular and plural imply?
10. List the five cases of regular spelling and the five cases of irregular spelling of plural
formation.
11. Give four examples of zero plural (choose different categories)
12. In which contexts are foreign and anglicized plurals used?
13. Which are the four classes of ordinarily singular nouns?
14. Define and exemplify summation plurals and pluralia tantum.
15. How are nouns classified according to gender?
16. What’s the gender counterpart and the meaning of: spinster – patron – usherette – executrix
– passenger – barmaid – landlord – hind?

NOUNS: QUIZ Nº 6
Read and answer the questions below. (Source: Grammar Of Contemporary English:
Greenbaum, Quirk & St. Chapter Nº 4)
1. What is a Noun Phrase? (p.127)
2. Mention characteristics of nouns that set them apart from other word classes (p.127)
3. What are nouns with dual membership? (p.128)
4. What is countability? (p.130)
5. What is gradability? (p.130)
6. How many types of partitives are there? (p.131)
7. Explain what number is. (p.165)
8. Which are the singular invariable nouns? (p.167)
9. Which are the plural invariable nouns? (p.168)
10. Which are invariable unmarked nouns? (p.171)
11. Which are variable nouns? (p.172)
12. How is the regular plural formed? (p.172)
13. Which is the pronunciation of “-s plural”? (p.172)
14. Which is the spelling of “-s plural”? (p.172)
15. How do compounds form the plural? (p.174)
16. How is the irregular plural formed? (p.175)
17. Explain what “voicing” is and give examples. (p.176)
18. What is mutation? (p.177)
19. What are “-en” plurals? (p.178)
20. What is zero plural? Which are the words that have zero plural? (p.178)
21. When do people use foreign plurals? (p.181)
22. Which are the typical foreign singular and plural endings?
23. Gender: Mention the differences between the classification provided in the worksheet and
the one given in the bibliography.

NUMBER AND GENDER OF NOUNS: QUIZ Nº 7
Answer the following questions.
NUMBER
1. What are “Invariable & Variable Nouns”? Why are they called so?
2. What are they called in the booklet?
3. What nouns belong to the category of “Singular Invariables”? Mention each type, define it
and exemplify.
4. How are “Singular Invariable Nouns” presented in the booklet? Take into consideration type
of noun and terminology.
5. Are there any “Singular Invariable Nouns” that are not included in the booklet classification?
6. What nouns belong to the category of “Plural Invariables”? Mention each type, define it and
exemplify.
7. How are “Plural Invariable Nouns” presented in the booklet? Take into consideration type of
noun and terminology.
8. Are there any “Plural Invariable Nouns” that are not included in the booklet classification?
9. Are there any nouns presented in the booklet that are not included in the bibliography by
Quirk?
10. What is the classification of “Variable Nouns”? State a full description of each noun type.
11. How are these nouns presented in the booklet? Establish the differences and similarities
between both classifications.

GENDER
1. What is Gender? State the definitions discussed in the theory class.
2. Why is Gender in English said to be “notional or covert”?
3. What are the gender classes presented by Biber & Leech?
4. What are the gender classes presented by Quirk & Greenbaum?
5. What are the pronoun coreferents of Personal Male/Female Nouns?
6. What nouns belong to the Personal Male/Female category? Discuss each type and
exemplify.
7. What are Personal Dual Nouns? Define and exemplify.
8. What are nouns with Common Gender? Define and exemplify. What is the pronoun
coreferent of this noun type?
9. When does a noun have this type of gender?
10. What type of gender can Collective Nouns have? Exemplify.
11. What are the possible pronoun coreferents of these nouns?
12. Discuss the differences between Higher & Lower Animals.
13. What are Higher Organisms? What are the pronoun coreferents of these nouns?
14. Is the classification of Gender by Quirk the same as the one from the booklet? State the
differences and similarities.
15. Why can “Common” and “Collective” nouns have both personal and non-personal gender?

DETERMINERS: QUIZ Nº 8
1. Answer the following questions. (Source: Quirk R., Greenbaum S. and Leech G. (1985).
A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. Longman. Chapter Nº 5).
1. What are determiners? Provide a definition.
2. Are determiners in a “choice” or “chain” relation? Justify.
3. What are the six classes presented in the bibliography? How have they been established?
4. What are the closed-system premodifiers?
5. How have they been classified?
6. What are predeterminers? Discuss their main characteristics.
7. What are their co-occurrence restrictions with determiners and noun classes?
8. What are the main characteristics of multipliers?
9. What is said about fractions?
10. What are ordinals? What type of determiners are they?
11. What is said about cardinal numbers and quantifiers?
12. How are quantifiers classified?
13. Discuss in detail about the different types of quantifiers.

PRONOUNS: QUIZ Nº9
1. What is a pronoun?
2. Provide 10 pronouns that have determiner and pronominal functions. Exemplify.
3. Identify the classes of pronouns.
4. What does Person contrast distinguish?
5. Place the following words in the sentences below:
she – he
_________ and _________ had both been in England.
I - my cousin – you
___________, ____________, and __________ should go out more often.
you – all the candidates
______________ and ___________must fill in this form.
6. Choose the correct option. Justify.

- Who broke that window? Not me / not she.
- The student is as inquisitive as I / me / I am.
- Who’s knocking on the door? It’s we / us.
- Can you tell him about it? Me/I tell him?
- He’s had an accident. Poor him/he!
7. Explain Number regarding Personal Pronouns. Provide examples.
8. Classify the personal pronouns you find in the sentence below:
He kindly offered us some warm milk when we arrived, but it was sour.
9. Explain Case regarding Personal Pronouns. What determines the choice of subjective and
objective pronouns?
10. Is there Gender Distinction in Personal Pronouns?
11. What can the pronoun “it” refer to? Provide examples.
12. What is the “empty it”?
13. Explain the uses of the pronoun “One”.
14. Explain the following statement: “Reflexive Pronouns are always coreferential with a noun
or another pronoun”.
15. Explain the differences in meaning:
1. a. Mark cut him with a knife.
b. Mark cut himself with a knife.
2. a. Sarah and Rachel introduced themselves to the class.

b. Sarah and Rachel introduced them to the class.

3. a. The adolescents hurt each other with a penknife.

b. The adolescents hurt themselves with a penknife.
16. Mention the verbs which are always followed by a reflexive pronoun.
17. How are the following verbs used: amuse, blame, cut, enjoy, hurt, introduce?
18. The Reflexive pronouns in the following sentences are used to emphasize different
meanings. Explain those meanings.
- I decorated my house by myself.
- They live by themselves.
- The teacher herself checked all the exercises before coming to class.
19. What do we use Reciprocal Pronouns for?

20. Explain the rules that apply to the use of Reciprocal Pronouns.
21. Identify the two sets of Possessive Pronouns. Write sentences where their functions are
displayed.
22. What is the meaning associated with Possessive Pronouns?
23. What is the purpose of the word “own” when it is used with a Possessive?
24. Explain the difference between this / that and these / those when used with spatial meaning.
25. Refer to the use of Demonstratives in the following cases:
- Those dogs of yours are so noisy!
- This little princess is my daughter.
26. Apart from spatial meaning, what other meanings can Demonstratives have?
27. What can be said about the rules that apply to Demonstratives with pronominal function?
28. Identify Relative pronouns. What do they relate to? What is their grammatical function?
29. What items do the Relative pronouns in the examples below refer to? What are those
elements called?
- The house that I like is quite expensive.
- This is the student who played a joke on the teacher.
30. Are these statements True or False?
- Which and that must always relate to a non-personal noun.
- The antecedents of who, whom and whose usually have personal gender but can
also have non-personal reference.
31. What is “Case Distinction” in relation to relative Pronouns?
32. State the syntactic function of the following relative pronouns. (S, O, prep. complement)
- The girl who came a minute ago is my sister.
- The girl who I saw in the park was crying.
- The beggar whom I gave money to is standing over there.
- The student that passed the exam is called Mark Grey.
- The student that I failed complained with my superior.

33. How are Interrogative pronouns different from Relative pronouns?

34. Exemplify the uses of whom as an objective Interrogative pronoun and who as a subjective
and objective Interrogative.
35. Explain the differences in meaning:
- Which cookies would you like?
- What cookies do you like?
36. What are the characteristics of Indefinite pronouns? How can they be classified?
37. Identify the Universal Indefinite Pronouns that function as determiners. Write sentences to
exemplify.
38. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. Justify your choice.
- Everyone attending the conference (have) ____________ the right to take a look at the
catalogues
- Neither student (be) ____________ eager to answer my question.
- I think both books (be) ____________ useful for your project.
- I hate it when I talk and nobody (pay) ____________ attention to me.
- Each message you send (fill) ____________ me with hope.
39. What is the negative equivalent of all? Provide examples.
40. What is the negative equivalent of both? Provide examples.
41. Identify the Partitive Indefinite Pronouns that occur in assertive and in non-assertive
contexts.
42. Explain the uses of all the Indefinite Pronouns.
43. Are these sentences correct?
- The shop assistant showed me two sweaters but I didn’t like neither.
- He told me he didn’t see nobody when he went out.
- I have something to tell you: if you have any questions, call me at once.
- There aren’t none people willing to do that job.

QUANTIFIERS: QUIZ Nº10
1. Define QUANTIFIERS.
2. What are the different noun combinations quantifiers can enter? Exemplify each case.
3. Which three functions can quantifiers perform in a given structure?
4. What is it understood by “definite quantity” and “indefinite quantity”? Illustrate with examples
of your own.
5. When “no” is followed by a noun, what does it indicate?
6. Do quantity phrases always take the preposition “of”? In which cases?
7. When we want to specify a general idea of quantity, which quantifiers can we use?
8. How can we express specific references to quantity?
9. State the uses of “more”, “less”, “...left” and “…over” after quantifiers.
10. What are the four possible cases in which the word “not” can precede certain quantifiers?
11. Which are the different ways by means of which we can convey exact indications of
quantity? Exemplify in each case.
12. What are the two most frequently used quantity words in English? When are they generally used?
13. What are the four basic uses of “some”?
14. What are the different possible special meanings “some” can have apart from its common
use as a quantifier?
15. When is “some” usually stressed?
16. What are the four basic uses of “any”?
17. What are the different possible special meanings “any” can have apart from its common use
as a quantifier?
18. What are the three alternative ways of forming a negative?
19. Indicate the different uses of “much” and “many”.
20. Where do “a lot of”, “lots of”, “plenty of”, “several” normally occur?
21. What are the main differences between “few” and “a few”?
22. What are the main differences between “little” and “a little”?
23. What does “enough” mean? Which are the possible contexts where it can be used?
24. What are “distributives”?
25. Study the following distributives: “both”, “all” and “half” taking into account: meaning; uses;
reference and function(s).
26. What are the main differences between:
a) “all(the)” and “(the) whole” d) “all” and “anyone/anybody” g) “another” and “(the) other(s)”
b) “all” and “every” e) “all” and “everything” h) “each other” and “one another”
c) “all” and “everyone/everybody” f) “every” and “each” i) “either” and “neither

2. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate missing information.
1. Quantifiers often modify ______________.
2. Quantifiers can function as _____________, ____________ and some as__________.
3. The combination that “each book” enters is that of “______________ + _______________
_____________ noun”.
4. As regards degree, quantifiers can be ___________ or ____________. ______, ______
and ________ refer to a(n) indefinite number or amount, whereas ____________ say
exactly how many or how much of something we refer to.
5. DISTRIBUTIVES refer to ____________________ or to ___________________.
6. Some quantity phrases used as determiners always take the preposition ____. But when
they are used as pronouns, this preposition is __________________.
7. “More” can be used after certain quantifiers with _______________ ___________nouns,
whereas “less” can be used after other quantifiers with ________________ nouns.
8. _________ and _______ are the most frequently used quantity words in the language. We
generally use them when it is not important to ____________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
3. Answer by saying YES or NO.
1. Are there quantifiers that can combine with both countable and uncountable nouns? ____
2. Does the quantifier “A number of” always take “of” before a noun or a pronoun? ____
3. Do quantifiers like few or more go directly after the noun in general references? ____
4. If we need to speak in general terms, do we have to follow a quantifier with of + a determiner?
____
5. Is the quantifier “none” always specific and therefore must be followed by of + determiner? ____
6. Can cardinal numbers be used as quantifiers or pronouns? ____
7. Do some and any answer the questions How many? and How much? ____
8. Can a lot of, lots of and plenty of occur in questions when we expect the answer “yes”? ____
9. Can we use “not” in front of the quantifier each? ____

4. Answer the following questions by giving ONLY the answer you are asked for.
1. Which two quantifiers function as if they were the plural of a/an? ______ and _____.
2. Which quantifier can be used to mean “extraordinary” when stressed? ______
3. Which quantifier can be used to mean “I don’t care which” when stressed? ______
4. Which two quantifiers are negative and suggest “hardly any at all”? _____ and _____.
5. Which two quantifiers are positive and suggest “some”? _____ and _____.
6. Which is the quantifier that means “adequate in quantity or number”? _______
7. Which three distributives can be used equally with people and things? _____, _____and_____.
8. Which quantifier refers to a whole collection of things seen as one, or to an amount? _____
9. Which quantifier emphasizes single units within a group and is used only with singular countable
nouns? ________
10. Which two meanings can the quantifier another have? “______________” and “_____________”.
5. Underline the correct option.

1. When we ask a question expecting “yes” as an answer, we use the quantifier some / any.
2. As a pronoun, some is pronounced /səm/ - /sʌ m/.
3. Any is used in negative statements containing: hardly any / not.
4. No / None is a determiner and can only be used before a noun.
5. We normally use much and many in negative / positive statements.
6. When we are referring to a specific thing, we must use a / the after all and half.
7. All and whole + plural countable nouns have different / the same meanings.
8. Each / every is more individual and suggests “one by one”.
9. Either / Neither means “one or the other” and either / neither means “not one and not the other”.

PREPOSITIONS: QUIZ Nº 11
1. Answer the following questions. (Booklet Unit Nº 6)
1. What are prepositions? What is their function? Give examples (of your own) of prepositional
complements.
2. Provide examples of simple and compound prepositions (not the ones provided in the unit).
3. Which words can function as prepositions and as adverb particles? Which words are only
prepositions? Which ones are only adverbs? Write sentences to exemplify.
4. How can we distinguish between a word functioning as preposition and as conjunction?
Write examples to show the difference.
5. How can Space be regarded?
6. Can a same place be considered in different ways? Provide examples of your own.
7. How is Position different from Direction? Define each.
8. Do prepositions of position occur with the same verbs as prepositions of direction?
9. What is the major difference between at and in? How are they used?
10. What is the difference between at and in when used with nouns with zero article?
11. What is the difference between the prepositions “between” and “among”?
12. What other words are used as prepositions of position? Exemplify.
13. Which prepositions express Space Direction? What kind of verbs are used with them? Give
examples.
14. What is the difference between the prepositions to and towards?
15. Compare the uses of “in/into/inside”.
16. Compare the uses of “out of/outside”.
17. What prepositions are used to reflect time position?
18. What prepositions are used to reflect time duration? What can the different prepositions of
duration indicate?
19. What is the difference between “during” and “for”?
20. Which are the different time expressions used with “at”, “in”, “on”?
21. Can prepositions be omitted in any case? Exemplify.
22. What is a collocation?

PREPOSITIONS: QUIZ Nº 12
1. Read and answer. (Source: Corder, P. (1967). An Intermediate English Practice Book.
Longman. Section Nº 9).
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
1. The preposition used:
a. With exact points in time.
b. To indicate the period within which an action will take place.
c. With Seasons, years, parts of the day, months.
d. To show the latest time an action will be finished.(generally used with the future)
e. With periods of time.
f. To designate the point in time at which an action began. (generally found with perfect
tenses)
g. With days and dates.
h. With the starting point of an action. Usually found with to or until.
UNDER, UNDERNEATH, BENEATH, BELOW, OVER, ABOVE

1. Which is the common preposition of position whose meaning is vertically below?
2. Which preposition means lower than?
3. Which preposition means vertically above and which higher than?
4. Which prepositions can be used figuratively? Exemplify in each case?
BETWEEN AND AMONG

1. What is the difference in use between the prepositions Between and Among?
AT & IN (PLACE)
1. Which preposition is used to designate exact points?
2. Which preposition is used with larger areas?
DIRECTION
1. Which preposition is used to indicate beginning of a movement?
2. What is the meaning of Against?
3. What is the difference between Towards & To?
4. What is the meaning of At?
5. Which preposition means from the interior?

6. Which preposition means from the surface or down from?
7. Which preposition indicates point of departure?
8. Which preposition is used in fixed expressions with the sense of from?
IN, WITH, OF (PEOPLE’S DESCRIPTION & CLOTHES)

1. Which preposition is used with things worn on the body?
2. Which preposition is used with anything carried, physical features and peculiarities?
3. Which preposition is used with permanent qualities of character and ages?
4. Which preposition is used with qualities of character suggesting less permanent

conditions?

ADJECTIVES: QUIZ Nº 13
1. What is an adjective? What information can an adjective give?
2. Which are the four characteristics of Adjectives? Exemplify.
3. What is gradability? Exemplify.
4. What are Central adjectives and Peripheral adjectives?
5. List the adjectives which are only attributive and the ones which are only predicative.
6. a. What is Postposition? Exemplify.
b. Which different classes of words are modified postpositively?
7. Give examples of adjectives according to their characteristic endings or suffixes.
8. How are adverbs and adjectives related? What are homomorphs?
9. How can a same word function as an adjective and as a noun? Exemplify.
10. a. What are Participial Adjectives? Exemplify by showing their different positions in the sentence.
b. Provide examples of ambiguous sentences with Participial adjectives and Participial verbs.
11. What type of complementation do postpositive adjectives take? Consider the rules which
apply to postpositive complementation.
12. a. What features apply to adjectives as Noun Phrase Heads?
b. What do these adjectives as NP Heads normally refer to?
13. Which is the order of adjectives when they cooccur in attributive position? Exemplify.
14. a. Explain and exemplify the three types of comparison which gradable adjectives can take.
b. What can Comparative and Superlative Adjectives be modified by?
c. How many people are involved in both comparative and superlative structures?
15. List the group of adjectives that have irregular forms of comparison. Write sentences with all
of them.
16. Exemplify and explain the changes that adjectives undergo when the regular comparative is
formed.
17. a. When is Inflectional comparison used?
b. When is Periphrastic comparison used? Exemplify.

ADVERBS: QUIZ Nº 14
1. Explain the relation adverb-verb in your own words.
2. Which elements can be modified by adverbs? Exemplify.
3. Explain and exemplify the morphological classification of adverbs.
4. “Some adverbs do not have typical endings”. Explain and provide examples.
5. Explain the different grammatical behaviour of the particle up in the following sentences:
a. The monkey climbed up the tree.
b. The monkey climbed up.
6. What parts of speech can the –ly words be? Adjectives, Adverbs or both? Justify through
clear examples.
7. Are the following sentences correct? Justify your answer.
a. She helped us in a motherly way.
b. I think he behaved cowardly.
c. He’s the fatherly type.
8. Give examples of corresponding adjective and adverb constructions.
9. Discuss Gradability in connection with adverbs. Give examples of your own.
10. Provide examples of your own to illustrate the different possibilities of adverb positions in
the sentence.
11. State the difference(s) between “still” and “yet”. Provide examples of your own.
12. State the meanings of “already” and then explain its use. Provide examples of your own.
13. List four common adverbs of time often used in story-telling.
14. What is the usual order of adverbs in a sentence when:
 there are several adverbs together?
 there is a verb of movement?
 the sentence is too long with other adverbs or adverbials?
15. List eight common adverbs of frequency and discuss their basic positions in affirmative
sentences, questions and negative sentences.
16. What happens with adverb order when there is more than one of the same type of adverbial
in a sentence?
17. How are adverbs classified according to meaning? List each type and indicate what they
express in each case.
18. What are “adverbs of degree”? Give examples of your own.
19. Explain the two meanings of “quite” and its differences with “fairly” and “rather”. Provide
examples of your own.
20. Discuss the different uses of “much”, “far” and “a lot” as adverbs of degree.
21. How do “focus adverbs” function in relation to their position in the sentence?
22. Which are the two meanings of “too”? Contrast it with “either” and give examples of your
own.
23. What is the function of “viewpoint” and “connecting” adverbs?

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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMAN Introducción a la Gramática

Inglesa FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA Y LETRAS QUIZZES

Cuadernillo Anual – Año 2014 Página 139

PARTS OF SPEECH: QUIZ Nº 1

Answer the following questions. (Booklet Unit Nº 1)

3. What two areas does Grammar study?

4. What are the linguistic units? Define each and exemplify.

5. Identify the types of sentences.

 Erik said goodbye.

 Erik said goodbye and he left.

 Erik said goodbye as he left.

7. Which class can incorporate new words?

8. Which class is stable and does not incorporate new words?

10. What is a noun?

11. What is an adjective? What kind of info can it give?

12. What is an adverb? What can they modify?

17. How are numerals classified?

18. What are interjections?

20. What are quantifiers? How can they be used?

Cuadernillo Anual – Año 2014 Página 140

SPELLING RULES OF VERBS: QUIZ Nº 2

1. How many types of Lexical Verbs are there?

3. Which forms cannot be predicted from the base in irregular verbs?

4. What does “straightforward addition” mean?

5. How many spellings does the -s form have?

6. How many phonological realizations does the –s form have?

7. How do you spell the –ed form?

8. How many phonological realizations does the –ed form have?

9. When does the doubling of consonant take place?

14. Which typical base endings are exceptions to this rule?

15. How are irregular verbs different from regular verbs?

16. What are the different classes of verbs?

Cuadernillo Anual – Año 2014 Página 141

VERB TENSES: QUIZ Nº 3

1. How do we express “time” in a certain statement?

2. State the uses of the Simple Present.

3. State the uses of the Present Continuous.

4. Discuss the use of Adjuncts with the Present Tenses.

5. State the uses of the Simple Past.

6. State the uses of the Past Continuous.

8. State the uses of the Past Perfect Tenses.

9. Discuss the Adjuncts used with the Future Tenses.

10. State the different ways of expressing Future Time.

12. State the special uses of the different tenses.

Cuadernillo Anual – Año 2014 Página 142

SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION OF VERBS: QUIZ Nº 4

1. Answer the following questions.

1. What type of classification is the “semantic” one?

2. What is an event? What verbs express events?

3. What is a state? What verbs express states?

4. Can a same verb belong to both these categories?

5. What are State Verbs of Being and Having?

6. Explain the different uses of “Be”.

7. What are Verbs of Inert Cognition?

9. What are Verbs of Emotion and Attitude?

12. What is the difference between Passive and Active Perception?

14. What are Verbs of Bodily Sensation?

16. What are Stance Verbs? Mention their main features.

18. How are Activity Verbs classified?

19. How are Process Verbs different from Transitional Verbs?

20. What are Accomplishment Verbs?

Cuadernillo Anual – Año 2014 Página 143

GENERAL REVISION OF NOUNS: QUIZ Nº 5

Answer the following questions.

_ and _ had both been in England.

_, , and should go out more often.

____ and _must fill in this form.

2. Quantifiers can function as ___, and some as.