TEFL Parts of Speech 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What part of speech is 'up' in 'She gave up smoking'?
- Preposition
- Adverb
- Adjective
- Phrasal particle (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Phrasal particle
In phrasal verbs like 'give up,' 'up' is a phrasal particle that combines with the verb to create a new meaning.
Question 2: Which sentence uses an attributive adjective?
- The sky looks blue.
- She seems tired.
- He is happy.
- The tall man left. (Correct answer)
Correct answer: The tall man left.
In 'The tall man left,' 'tall' directly precedes and modifies the noun 'man,' making it an attributive adjective.
Question 3: In 'Neither the students nor the teacher was ready,' 'neither…nor' is a ___.
- Coordinating conjunction
- Correlative conjunction (Correct answer)
- Subordinating conjunction
- Conjunctive adverb
Correct answer: Correlative conjunction
'Neither…nor' is a correlative conjunction—a pair of conjunctions used together to link parallel elements.
Question 4: Which sentence contains a gerund?
- Swimming is good exercise. (Correct answer)
- She is swimming now.
- He swam across the lake.
- They will swim tomorrow.
Correct answer: Swimming is good exercise.
In 'Swimming is good exercise,' 'swimming' functions as the subject of the sentence, making it a gerund (a verb form used as a noun).
Question 5: What part of speech is 'on' in 'Put it on the table'?
- Adverb
- Adjective
- Preposition (Correct answer)
- Particle
Correct answer: Preposition
Here 'on' shows the relationship between 'it' and 'the table,' functioning as a preposition.
Question 6: A student writes 'He runned to school.' What type of verb error is this?
- Using a linking verb instead of an action verb
- Applying regular past tense inflection to an irregular verb (Correct answer)
- Omitting the auxiliary verb
- Using the wrong verb form after a modal
Correct answer: Applying regular past tense inflection to an irregular verb
'Run' is an irregular verb; its past tense is 'ran,' not 'runned' (regular -ed ending incorrectly applied).
Question 7: In 'The more you practice, the better you get,' what are 'more' and 'better'?
- Comparative adjectives
- Superlative adverbs
- Comparative adverbs
- Comparative adjective and comparative adverb (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Comparative adjective and comparative adverb
'More' modifies the noun 'practice' as a comparative adjective, while 'better' modifies the verb 'get' as a comparative adverb.
TEFL Parts of Speech 4
What part of speech is 'up' in 'She gave up smoking'?