GRAMMAR QUESTION

-WEEK 11-
COURSE OUTLINE
● Overview
● Types of Grammar Question
● Discussion
 An Overview
In the reading section, there will be several questions require
the readers’ knowledge of grammar to answer the reading
questions. There are many types of grammar questions,
however, two of them commonly appear: (1) Pronoun, and
(2) Transition. Therefore, you are recommended to brush up
on these aspects. The other aspects of Grammar will be
discussed thoroughly in the Grammar Section of TAEP TM
TYPES OF GRAMMAR QUESTION
IN READING

01 PRONOUN

02 TRANSITION
CHAPTER 01
PRONOUN
 TYPES OF PRONOUN
● Some reading questions ask your understanding of
pronoun. Some types of pronoun include personal,
demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, possessive,
reciprocal, relative, reflexive, and intensive pronoun.
The following explanations are as follow:
Personal pronouns
Personal pronouns are associated primarily with a
particular person, places, things, and ideas. Personal
pronouns fall into three which are subject, object, and
possessive.
Examples
 DEMONSTRATIVE
PRONOUN
Demonstrative pronouns usually refer to specific
persons, animals, places, things or ideas.
 CHAPTER 02
TRANSITION WORDS
TRANSITION WORDS
In addition to pronoun, some questions test your understanding
of the reading passages through the transition signal or the
connectors used. For example, if the question asks about a
conclusion, the transition words are usually used in
conclusion, in brief, etc.
Types of Transition Words
Next.....
EXAMPLE OF GRAMMAR QUESTION
EXAMPLE OF GRAMMAR QUESTION
So, can you guess what
is the answer?
The Correct Answer is...
 Discussion

The first question asks about the pronoun it. The pronoun “it” is personal pronoun.
You can answer this question by looking at the noun that the pronoun could refer to.
The possible answers are scientific reason and chilling your cookie dough. Then, you
need to understand the context. The previous sentence is talking about chilling the
cookie dough. Try to replace the pronoun to check which one is correct from the
possible answers. The answer for scientific reason is the information related to chilling
cookie dough. Therefore, the correct answer is B.
 Discussion

The second question asks the pronoun “its”. You can indicate that “its” is a
possessive pronoun. To answer this question, take a look to the nouns in the previous
sentence. There are several nouns that can become the possible answer: the fats, the
dough, the butter, and the oven. It is stated “its perfect texture”, the phrase perfect
texture is describing the pronoun. Therefore, the correct answer is A.
 Discussion

The third question, dealing with transition, asks about another advantage of chilling your
dough besides solidify the fats and making it dry out a bit. To answer this question, you can do
a quick skimming to find the transition as the clue to answer the question. One of the
advantages is solidifying the fats so it won’t make the dough expand rapidly. Another
advantage is preventing the dough spread by drying out the dough a bit. The transition marker
‘In addition’ (line 9) means that two sentences is connected and continual. Therefore, the
correct answer is A.