Grammar- Pronouns And Adjectives

Question 1

Type of pronoun:

If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well

Answer 1

Reflexive

Question 2

Type of pronoun:

They’d banish us, you know

Answer 2

Objective pronouns

Question 3

Type of pronoun:

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; no where do they touch upon absolute truth.

Answer 3

Reciprocal pronoun - other type is each other

Question 4

Type of pronoun:

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see

Answer 4

Demonstrative pronouns

Question 5

Type of pronoun:

What’s in a name?

Answer 5

Interrogative pronouns

Question 6

Type of pronoun:

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind

Answer 6

Relative pronouns

Question 7

…. Adjectives are …… adjectives which are placed in front of a noun that they modify.
E.g. A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man

Answer 7

Attributive

Qualitative

Question 8

…… adjectives follow such linking verbs as be, seem, become, or appear and give information about the subject
E.g the roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet

Answer 8

Predicative

Question 9

….. adjectives can be used both attributively and predicatively.

Answer 9

Central

Question 10

An example of a ….. adjective is:

The fool doth think himself wise, but the wise mans knows himself to be a fool

Answer 10

central

Question 11

What are the three degrees of comparisons?

Answer 11

Positive
Comparative
Superlative

Question 12

If fair is positive (three degrees of comparisons), what are the remaining two words and its type?

Answer 12

Fairer (comparative)

Fairest (superlative)

Question 13

Demonstrative determiners are the same as demonstrative ….

Answer 13

Adjectives

Question 14

Adjectives can be:

- Round, jolly, outrageous etc - Type?

Answer 14

Qualitative

Question 15

Adjectives can be:

- Demonstrative adjectives -E.g.?

Answer 15

This, that, these and those

Question 16

Adjectives can be:
- each, every, either, neither - Type?

An adjective that refers to members of a group individually

E.g. ….. Adjective: Each player scored a goal.
Pronoun: Each of the players scored a goal.

Answer 16

Distributive

Question 17

Adjectives can be:

a, some, any, no, none, little, few, many, much, 1, 2, 3 - Type?

Answer 17

Quantitive

Question 18

Adjectives can be:

- Interrogative adjectives -E.g.?

Answer 18

Which, what, whose

Question 19

Adjectives can be:

- Possessive adjectives -E.g.?

Answer 19

My, your, his, her, its, our, their

Question 20

Adjectives can be:

- Annual, French, chief, principal, unique, pregnant - Type?

Answer 20

Classifying

Question 21

…. adjectives) are verbs that function as adjectives by describing more about a noun. You can use both past participles and present participles as predicate adjectives.

Examples:
My cousin is annoying.
That cake looks tempting.
Skyler felt disappointed.
The restaurant seems closed.
Our cat is missing.

Answer 21

Participial

Question 22

Nouns can also follow linking verbs, but they function a little differently from predicate adjectives. When you use a linking verb between a subject and a noun, you’ve created a …… ….., or predicate noun. These nouns rename the subject rather than describe more about it.

My sister is a florist.
Mr. Patel was a millionaire.
I have been a barista for many years.
Your talent is a gift.
This investment could be a risk.

Notice that the subject complements here are nouns, not adjectives. While they tell us more about the subject, they are effectively ….. those nouns, not describing them.

Answer 22

predicate nominative

renaming

Question 23

One way to see if a sentence includes a predicate nominative is to substitute the verb with the word ….. If the basic meaning of the sentence stays the same, then it contains a predicate nominative. For example, “Ben is a fireman” can read “Ben …. a fireman” without changing the point.

Answer 23

equals x2

Question 24

Adjectives describe as well as limit.

Words that describe are known as … adjectives. E.g. wooden box,

Words that limit are known …. adjectives. E.g. this or that box.

Answer 24

descriptive

definitive

Question 25

An adjective is said to belong to the ….. which it describes or limit. Other parts of speech that belong to it include …. and …..

Answer 25

substantive

Noun and pronoun

Question 26

An appositive adjective is added to its noun to explain it, like a noun in apposition

“The castle, a ruin, stood on the edge of the cliff”. The appositive adjective is ….

“The castle, ancient and ruinous, stood on the edge of the cliff”. The appositive adjective is ….

Answer 26

a ruin

ancient and ruinous