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Parts of speech classify words according to their function as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. Questions may test a word that changes class by context, such as a noun used as a verb or an adjective formed from a participle.

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  • A. she
  • B. her
  • C. hers
  • D. herself

Explanation: The correct answer is she. The sentence should read: "Whenever Rose goes, she makes friends easily."The pronoun "she" is a subject…

Correct answer: she
  • A. then
  • B. there
  • C. when
  • D. where

Explanation: The correct answer is D. 'where'. The sentence should read: "You should make it a rule to leave things where you can find them again." The…

Correct answer: where
  • A. which
  • B. when
  • C. that
  • D. it

Explanation: The correct answer is C. 'that'. The sentence should read: "Carol said that the work would be done by October, personally I doubt it very…

Correct answer: that
  • A. that
  • B. what
  • C. where
  • D. which

Explanation: The correct answer is D. 'which'. The sentence should read: "Dr. Black comes from either Oxford or Cambridge, I can't remember which." The…

Correct answer: which
  • A. all
  • B. no one
  • C. nothing
  • D. none

Explanation: The correct answer is D. 'none'. The sentence should read: "We couldn't buy anything because none of the shops were open." The pronoun…

Correct answer: none
  • A. none
  • B. either
  • C. both
  • D. neither

Explanation: The correct answer is D. 'neither'. The sentence should read: "I asked two people the way to the station, but neither of them knew." The…

Correct answer: neither
  • A. you borrowed his car
  • B. his car you borrowed
  • C. which car you borrowed
  • D. whose car you borrowed

Explanation: The full question would be: "What's the name of the man whose car you borrowed?" This is a common way to ask for the identity of the…

Correct answer: whose car you borrowed
  • A. he's enjoying
  • B. he's enjoying it
  • C. that he's enjoying
  • D. which he's enjoying

Explanation: ''which he's enjoying" is the correct answer. "which" is a relative pronoun that refers to the job, and the clause "which he's enjoying"…

Correct answer: which he's enjoying
  • A. it
  • B. that
  • C. what
  • D. which

Explanation: The correct answer is B. 'that'. The sentence should read: "Sheila couldn't come to the party, that was a pity." The word "that" is a…

Correct answer: that
  • A. herself
  • B. oneself
  • C. himself
  • D. themselves

Explanation: The correct answer is C. 'himself'. The sentence should read: "He did the exercises himself." The word "himself" is a reflexive pronoun…

Correct answer: himself
  • A. itself
  • B. myself
  • C. himself
  • D. themselves

Explanation: This is the correct answer if the subject of the sentence is a plural entity, such as multiple people.

Correct answer: themselves
  • A. It
  • B. Her
  • C. Who
  • D. That

Explanation: This is the correct answer because "her" is the object of the linking verb "was".

Correct answer: Her
  • A. my
  • B. and
  • C. nothing
  • D. your

Explanation: This is the correct answer because "your" is the correct possessive adjective to use in this context.

Correct answer: your
  • A. better
  • B. happenings
  • C. who
  • D. to be considered

Explanation: This is the incorrect answer because "who" is a relative pronoun used to refer to people, whereas "that" is the correct relative pronoun…

Correct answer: who
  • A. Ourselves
  • B. Us
  • C. our
  • D. ours

Explanation: "Ours" is a possessive pronoun that indicates that the acquaintance is someone known to both the speaker and their brother.

Correct answer: ours
  • A. Whom
  • B. Who
  • C. Which
  • D. That

Explanation: The sentence is: "There was nobody whom she could turn to for help."In this sentence, "whom" is the object of the verb "turn to", and it's…

Correct answer: Whom
  • A. will you
  • B. will he
  • C. will they
  • D. will someone

Explanation: The sentence is: "Don't close the room, will you?"This is a request or a polite command, and "will you" is the correct choice because it's…

Correct answer: will you
  • A. They
  • B. We
  • C. He
  • D. She

Explanation: he sentence is: "Let Ali and her complete this job as they like to do it."The subject of the sentence is "Ali and her" (which is a plural…

Correct answer: They
  • A. It's, as far as I know, the only one of its' kind growing in our country.
  • B. Its, as far as I know, the only one of its kind growing in our country.
  • C. It is, as far as I know, the only one of it's kind growing in our country
  • D. It is, as far as I know, the only one of its kind growing in our country.

Explanation: It is, as far as I know, the only one of its kind growing in our country.The sentence is a statement about something being the only one of…

Correct answer: It is, as far as I know, the only one of its kind growing in our country.
  • A. He later avenged him on one's brother's killer.
  • B. He later avenged his on his brother's killer.
  • C. He later avenged him on his brother's killer.
  • D. He later avenged himself on his brother's killer.

Explanation: The sentence is describing an act of revenge, and "himself" is the correct reflexive pronoun to use, indicating that the person took…

Correct answer: He later avenged himself on his brother's killer.