Lexicography - Word classes

How does the word "mine" function?

• Personal pronoun

• Possessive determiner

• Possessive pronoun

• Demonstrative determiner

What do Degree adverbs do in a sentence?

• show the extent of an adjective or another adverb

• represent when an action happens

• describe how an action is performed

• connect sentences

Which word class shows relationships between nouns or other words in a sentence and indicates direction, time, cause, etc. ?

• Conjunctions

• Determiners

• Pronouns

• Prepositions

Numerals belong to which category in English grammar?

• Indefinite determiners

• Quantifiers

• Identifiers

• Adverbs

Which grammatical element connects the subject of a sentence to its complement, expressing a state or condition?

(a)  

Which word class describes or only modifies nouns?

(a)  

Which of the following is an action verb?

• sound

• feel

• rise

• seem

Which word in the following sentence is a pronoun?

My sister, who is always taking my things without asking, is sorry.

• my sister

• who

• my

• sister

What is the role of the verb in this sentence: This fruit tastes a little tart.

• show an action

• replace the noun to avoid repetition

• identify the noun

• express a state or condition

Which word is an adjective in the following sentence: My arrival delays for a long time.

(a)