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TKT Module 1: Grammar Practice test 1

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Drag and drop the items on the right to match the items on the left.
Think only about the words in bold.
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The old man in the boat was enjoying his fishing
The old man in the boat was enjoying his fishing
The old man in the boat was fishing
NO MATCH!
The old man in the boat was enjoying his fishing
The old man in the boat should be careful
The old man in the boat was fishing
a prepositional phrase
a modal auxiliary verb
a primary auxiliary verb
a verb in the perfect aspect
an inflected verb form with the grammatical function of a noun
a noun phrase as the subject of the verb
a verb in the progressive aspect

1. 
   In "I looked but couldn't find it" the word 'but' is
   
   1. 
      ? a subordinating conjunction
      
   2. 
      ? a coordinating conjunction
      
   3. 
      ? a correlating conjunction
      
2. 
   In "That is a small house", the adjective is
   
   1. 
      ? dynamic
      
   2. 
      ? predicative
      
   3. 
      ? attributive
      
3. 
   In "She came home late as she'd missed the bus" the word 'as' is
   
   1. 
      ? a subordinating conjunction
      
   2. 
      ? a coordinating conjunction
      
   3. 
      ? a correlating conjunction
      
4. 
   In "Please don't smoke inside" the word 'inside' is
   
   1. 
      ? a preposition of place
      
   2. 
      ? a determiner
      
   3. 
      ? an adverb of place
      
5. 
   The head of the prepositional phrase "opposite the car park" is
   
   1. 
      ? car
      
   2. 
      ? opposite
      
   3. 
      ? park
      
6. 
   In the expression "Two sugars, please", the noun 'sugar' is
   
   1. 
      ? a proper noun
      
   2. 
      ? a mass noun
      
   3. 
      ? a count noun
      
7. 
   In "He has reluctantly joined the army", the verb phrase (including adverbs) is
   
   1. 
      ? joined
      
   2. 
      ? reluctantly joined
      
   3. 
      ? has reluctantly joined
      
8. 
   In "Don't open that!", the word 'do' is
   
   1. 
      ? a primary auxiliary verb
      
   2. 
      ? a modal auxiliary verb of prohibition
      
   3. 
      ? a lexical or main verb
      
9. 
   In "Nobody came to the party", the word 'Nobody' is
   
   1. 
      ? a demonstrative
      
   2. 
      ? a pronoun
      
   3. 
      ? a determiner
      
10. 
    In "I enjoyed the play enormously", the word 'enormously' is
    
    1. 
       ? an adverb of degree
       
    2. 
       ? a predicative adjective
       
    3. 
       ? an adverb of manner
       
11. 
    The two main types of words in English are:
    
    1. 
       ? grammar and structure words
       
    2. 
       ? content and lexical words
       
    3. 
       ? function and content words
       
12. 
    The -ed ending to show the past tense in English is a verbal
    
    1. 
       ? inflexion
       
    2. 
       ? addition
       
    3. 
       ? derivation
       
13. 
    In "She became angry" we have
    
    1. 
       ? a main verb and a predicative adjective
       
    2. 
       ? a copular verb and a predicative adjective
       
    3. 
       ? a copular verb and an attributive adjective
       
14. 
    In "That house is too small", the word 'that' is
    
    1. 
       ? a demonstrative determiner
       
    2. 
       ? a quantitative determiner
       
    3. 
       ? a demonstrative pronoun
       
15. 
    In "He seems very unhappy today", the word 'seem' is
    
    1. 
       ? a copular verb
       
    2. 
       ? a modal auxiliary verb
       
    3. 
       ? a lexical or main verb
       
16. 
    a binomial
    
17. 
    NO MATCH!
    
18. 
    a noun + verb compound
    
19. 
    changing a suffix to make the opposite meaning
    
20. 
    conversion of a noun to an adjective
    
21. 
    strong collocation
    
22. 
    metaphorical use
    
23. 
    synonyms with a difference in formality
    
24. 
    synonyms with a difference in dialect
    
25. 
    She burst into tears
    
26. 
    a high wall and a walled garden
    
27. 
    the words lender and borrower
    
28. 
    She drove round and round looking for a parking space
    
29. 
    I smell something dishonest in this
    
30.