TKT Practice Test (Module 1 Unit 1 Grammatical Terms) 5

Question 1

Which of the following sentences contains a PARTICIPLE CLAUSE?

Accepted Answer

Having finished the exam, he left the room.

Answer

A participle clause uses a participle (present or past) to form a non-finite clause that modifies the main clause.

Question 2

The term 'LEXICAL VERB' refers to:

Accepted Answer

verbs that carry the main meaning in a sentence

Answer

Lexical (or main) verbs carry the primary meaning of the clause, as opposed to auxiliary verbs which support them.

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a SUFFIX?

Accepted Answer

-ness in 'happiness'

Answer

A suffix is an affix added to the end of a word; '-ness' is added to 'happy' to form the noun 'happiness.'

Question 4

In the sentence 'Neither the students nor the teacher was prepared,' which grammatical rule is illustrated?

Accepted Answer

subject-verb agreement with correlative conjunctions

Answer

With correlative conjunctions like 'neither…nor,' the verb agrees with the subject closest to it.

Question 5

Which of the following is a COORDINATING CONJUNCTION?

Accepted Answer

but

Answer

Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) join grammatically equal elements.

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