Business English

There are _________ parts of speech.

 

• Seven

• Six

• Nine

• Eight

     A pronoun is a word used ________________.

 

 

• In place of a verb

• In place of a noun

• in place of an adjective`

• in place of a predicate

An abstract noun, names a ______or ________ rather than something physical.

 

• Quantity or commodity

• Quality or concept

• Quotation or character

  Quotation or

• Figure or assessment

A sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and verb or predicate and that expresses a _______________________.

 

• Persons facial expression

• A complete thought

• A criticism

• An emotion

  A __________ is a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea.

 

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

• noun

If you were asked to give an example of a noun, you would probably think of a ____________, a physical object that you can see, hear, feel, taste, or smell.

 

• Abstract noun

• Common noun

• concrete noun

• improper noun

A ____________, as its name suggests, is the name of a general person, place, thing, or idea.

 

• abstract

• common noun

• concrete noun

• proper noun

A ________ is a word (or group of words) that expresses action or a state of being.

 

• adverb

• adjective

• predicate

• verb

If you want to give the name of a ____________ person, place, thing, or idea, you would use a proper noun.

• specific

• number

• vague

• inaccurate

Proper nouns are always __________________. 

 

• Italicized

• Underlined

• Capitalized

• Highlighted