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English grammar covers how words, phrases and clauses combine to form correct sentences. It includes tenses, parts of speech, prepositions, articles, voice, reported speech, agreement, infinitives, gerunds, adverb position, transitions, punctuation, sentence structure and inversion, with special attention to distinctions such as phrases versus clauses and active versus passive voice.
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- A. Absolute phrase
- B. Verb phrase
- C. Infinitive phrase
- D. Prepositional Phrase
Explanation: - "to pay for the repair to the pavement" is an infinitive phrase, functioning as the object of the verb "expecting".- The infinitive…
Correct answer: Infinitive phrase- A. (A) Such friends as are false should be avoided.
- B. (B) such friends who are false should be avoided.
- C. (C) such friends which are false may be avoided.
- D. such friends those are false should be avoided.
Explanation: Option (A) provides the correct relative pronoun "as" to introduce the clause "are false." This usage is appropriate when referring to…
Correct answer: (A) Such friends as are false should be avoided.- A. Noun clause
- B. Adjective clause
- C. Adverb clause
- D. Adverb phrase
Explanation: Adjective clause provides additional information about a noun (the workers in this case).
Correct answer: Adjective clause- A. Noun phrase
- B. Appositive phrase
- C. Adverb phrase
- D. Adjective phrase:
Explanation: Adverb phrase: An adverb phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Correct answer: Adverb phrase- A. Simple
- B. Compound
- C. Complex
- D. Compound-Complex
Explanation: A complex sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses (clauses that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence).
Correct answer: Complex- A. Appositive phrase
- B. Verb phrase
- C. Infinitive phrase
- D. Adverb phrase
Explanation: Appositive phrase: An appositive phrase renames or clarifies the noun next to it. "A. Q.
Correct answer: Appositive phrase- A. Subject phrase
- B. Object phrase
- C. Appositive phrase
- D. Adjective phrase
Explanation: Appositive phrase: An appositive phrase renames or clarifies the noun or noun phrase before it.
Correct answer: Appositive phrase4188. I will be able to get in although I have no ticket. The underlined part of the sentence is a/an:
- A. noun clause
- B. adjective clause
- C. adverb clause
- D. main clause
Explanation: Adverb clause: As mentioned previously, an adverb clause modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Correct answer: adverb clause- A. anaphoric reference
- B. cataphoric reference
- C. cross reference
- D. historical reference
Explanation: Anaphoric reference refers to a word or phrase in a text that refers back to another word or phrase used earlier in the text.
Correct answer: anaphoric reference- A. noun clause
- B. adjectival clause
- C. adverbial clause
- D. independent clause
Explanation: Adverbial clauses function like adverbs, modifying verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
Correct answer: adverbial clause- A. noun phrase
- B. noun clause
- C. adjective phase
- D. adjective clause
Explanation: Noun clauses function as nouns in a sentence. In this case, "that she would succeed one day" acts as the object of the preposition "of"…
Correct answer: noun clause- A. interrogative
- B. simple
- C. compound
- D. compound complex
Explanation: Compound-complex sentences combine the features of compound and complex sentences.
Correct answer: compound complex4193. Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was as white as a snow. The underlined part of the sentence is:
- A. Adjective Clause
- B. Independent Clause
- C. Noun Clause
- D. Adverb Clause
Explanation: Adjective clauses provide additional information about a noun or pronoun.
Correct answer: Adjective Clause- A. Infinitive phrase
- B. Noun phase
- C. Verb phase
- D. Appositive phrase
Explanation: An appositive phrase renames or clarifies the noun or pronoun before it.
Correct answer: Appositive phrase- A. Compound
- B. Complex
- C. Compound- complex
- D. Simple
Explanation: Compound-complex: A compound-complex sentence combines the features of compound and complex sentences.
Correct answer: Compound- complex- A. It is of no use
- B. I like to see a Smiling face
- C. Once upon a a time, there lived a king
- D. She wore a scarf made of silk.
Explanation: In sentence (c), "Once upon a time" functions as an adverb phrase modifying the verb "lived." It describes when the king lived.
Correct answer: Once upon a a time, there lived a king- A. Appositive phrase
- B. Infinitive phrase
- C. Noun phrase:
- D. Verb phrase
Explanation: Appositive phrase: An appositive phrase renames or clarifies the noun or noun phrase before it. In this case, "Mr.
Correct answer: Appositive phrase- A. Simple
- B. Compound
- C. Complex
- D. Compound complex
Explanation: Complex sentence: A complex sentence has an independent clause and a dependent clause (which cannot stand alone as a complete thought).
Correct answer: Complex- A. He fell to the ground.
- B. Nelson was a boy without fear.
- C. Horses prefer living in dark stables.
- D. Do not talk like that.
Explanation: An adjective phrase is a group of words that function together to describe or modify a noun or pronoun in a sentence.
Correct answer: Nelson was a boy without fear.- A. Adverb clause
- B. Adjective clause
- C. Noun clause
- D. Main clause
Explanation: Adverb clause: An adverb clause modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb by expressing time, manner, reason, condition, contrast…
Correct answer: Adverb clause