Review ST #2 GRAMMAR I

The normal English verb has 5 forms

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

The statement is TRUE because the normal English verb has 5 forms: base form, present participle, past tense, past participle, and third person singular present tense.

Finite verb phrases express the grammatical categories of....

• tense, mood

• tense, number, person, gender

• tense, number, person, mood

• time, number, person, mood

Select correct pattern for the verb phrase: " By 2027, I will have finished my university studies"

• A+B+D

• A+B

• C+D

• B+C

Select the correct pattern for the verb phrase: His breakup needn’t have been mentioned during the dinner.

• A + B + C + D

• A + B + B

• B + D

• A + B + D

TIME and TENSE ...

• Mean the same

• Time is an extralingusitic concept and Tense is lingusitic

• Time is a lingusitic concept and Tense is extralingusitic

• are two gramatical categories expresed by the verb

The subjunctive mood expresses:

(mark all the correct options)

• Opinions

• Suggestions and Commands

• Wishes

• Hypothtical situations

Which are 3 subjective forms?

• Present

  Past

  Future

• Only Present and Past

• Present

  Past

  Past Perfective

• Only present

Verbs in the Present Subjunctive take the base form for all persons

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Verbs in the present subjunctive do not follow subject-verb agreement. Instead, they take the base form for all persons: "The doctor suggested that she REST"

The Past Subjunctive and the Past Perfect Subjunctive are used in CONDITIONAL CLAUSES

• TRUE

  Past -> 2nd Cond

  Past Perf ->3rd Cond

• TRUE but the other way around

  Past -> 3rd Cond

  Past Perf ->2nd Cond

• FALSE they are only used in THAT clauses

Select all the STATE verbs

• BE

• GET

• KNOW

• LIVE