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KS5 Word Classes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an abstract noun?

a)

A noun that is not quite finished.

b)

A noun that has been drawn.

c)

An idea that has not been finished.

d)

A concept or idea rather than something concrete.

2.

What is a concrete noun?

a)

Name of a person or place

b)

Name of an object, something that is tangible

c)

Name of an emotion and feeling

d)

Name of a group of people, animals or objects

3.

What is an adjective?

a)

Describes an action

b)

Modifies an action

c)

Describes and modifies a naming word

d)

Words that indicate location

4.

What is a predicative adjective?

a)

An adjective that comes before a noun

b)

An adjective that compares a noun to another noun

c)

An adjective which comes after the verb 'to be' or linking verbs 'to become'

d)

An adjective that demonstrates tense

5.

What is a comparative adjective?

a)

An adjective that compares a noun to another noun

b)

An adjective that shows the greatest degree of a noun

c)

A word that refers to a group of people or places

d)

Words that indicate location

6.

What is a relational verb?

a)

Describes actions or events

b)

Describe perception, thought or speech

c)

Describes a situation as being constant

d)

Describe states of being or are used to identify

7.

What is a mental verb?

a)

Describe states of being or are used to identify

b)

Describe perception, thought or speech

c)

Describe actions or events

d)

Describes situations where there is a change in state

8.

What are the different types of non-finite verbs?

a)

Past participle, present participle and infinitive form

b)

Past participle, present participle and future participle

c)

Modal auxiliary, material and mental

d)

Stative, dynamic and infinitive

9.

Which is an example of a present participle?

a)

swam

b)

running

c)

bath

d)

London

10.

What is an example of an auxiliary verb?

a)

ran

b)

it

c)

under

d)

was

11.

Which is an example of a deontic modal verb?

a)

should

b)

hope

c)

most

d)

might

12.

What is a preposition?

a)

Words that indicate location.

b)

A word or phrase that modifies the meaning of an adjective, verb, or other adverb.

c)

Describes a noun.

d)

Describes an action or event.

13.

What is an adverbial phrase?

a)

Describes an action or event.

b)

Describes a noun.

c)

A word or phrase that modifies the meaning of an adjective, verb, or other adverb.

d)

Words that indicate location.

14.

Which of the following uses an adverbial of manner?

a)

We must complete our homework for tomorrow.

b)

The woman who lives next door is a doctor.

c)

The husband bought flowers for his partner.

d)

The carpenter hit the nail with a hammer.

15.

What is a collective noun?

a)

Name for a person

b)

Name for a place

c)

Name for an object

d)

Name for a group of people, animals or things

16.

What is an attributive adjective?

a)

An adjective that comes before a noun

b)

An adjective that compares a noun to another noun

c)

An adjective which comes after the verb 'to be' or linking verbs 'to become'

d)

An adjective that demonstrates tense

17.

What is a material verb?

a)

Describes actions or events

b)

Describe perception, thought or speech

c)

Describes a situation as being constant

d)

Describe states of being or are used to identify

18.

Which is an example of a past participle?

a)

swam

b)

running

c)

bath

d)

London

19.

Which is an example of an epistemic modal verb?

a)

should

b)

hope

c)

most

d)

might

20.

What is a superlative adjective?

a)

An adjective that compares a noun to another noun

b)

An adjective that shows the greatest degree of a noun

c)

A word that refers to a group of people or places

d)

Words that indicate location