C2 Grammar and Language Use Flashcards
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Which sentence correctly uses a double genitive?
Answer: That friend of mine is a doctor.
The double genitive 'a friend of mine' uses both 'of' and a possessive pronoun, which is standard in English.
Identify the sentence that uses a causative structure correctly:
Answer: She had her car repaired at the garage.
The causative 'have + object + past participle' means someone else performed the action on behalf of the subject.
Which option correctly uses a comment adverbial to modify a whole clause?
Answer: Frankly, the results were disappointing.
Comment adverbials like 'frankly' modify the entire proposition and are typically placed at the start of the clause, set off by a comma.
Which sentence correctly uses a gerund as the subject?
Answer: Swimming in cold water is refreshing.
A gerund phrase 'Swimming in cold water' functions as the subject and takes a singular verb.
Which sentence uses parallel structure correctly?
Answer: She likes hiking, swimming, and cycling.
Parallel structure requires all items in a list to have the same grammatical form; here all three are gerunds.
Choose the sentence that correctly demonstrates a pseudo-cleft (wh-cleft):
Answer: What she needed was more time.
A pseudo-cleft uses a wh-clause as subject ('What she needed') followed by 'be' and the focused element ('more time').