MAJOR AND MINOR PART OF SPEECH BY Lucky ONEBUNNE

Question 1

……… plurals some nouns form their plural by deleting ‘f’ and adding ‘yes’ or changing the inner vowel from a to e. E.g. dwarf-dwarves, man-men

Answer 1

Irregular

Question 2

Nouns that end with ‘y’ replace the ‘y’ for ……

Answer 2

‘ies’.

Question 2

Nouns that end with ch, x, s, sh, o add…….. to the end of the word.

Answer 2

es

Question 3

Regular plurals: Here nouns add plural marker ……… to indicate plural.

Answer 3

‘s’

Question 4

Plurality in nouns can be shown in 2 different ways namely…….. and ……. plurals.

Answer 4

regular plurals and irregular

Question 5

noun also exhibit ……..

Answer 5

plurality

Question 6

When we group words into different classes, we refer to class as a…….

Answer 6

part of speech

Question 7

The……..parts of speech are; noun, adjective, adverb and verb.

Answer 7

major

Question 8

…….. can be defined as the name of a person, place, thing, concept, quality, and abstract idea.
Nouns are usually the subject or object of sentences.

Answer 8

noun

Question 9

Common noun are……. names. It is the opposite of a proper noun.

Answer 9

general

Question 9

………. are nouns that can not be experienced with the five senses.

Answer 9

Abstract nouns:

Question 10

These are specific names of people, place, things, days of the week, institutions etc. They
start with capital letters irrespective of their position in a sentence……………..

Answer 10

Proper nouns

Question 11

A ……. can function as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, a complement, an apposition, and a preposition .

Answer 11

noun

Question 12

Nouns show ownership or possession by adding apostrophe and……

Answer 12

‘s’.

Question 13

Nouns under plural tantrum have only……forms. E.g. scissors. They are quantified by adding a measure word. E.g. A pair of scissors.

Answer 13

plural

Question 14

Plural tantrum is a Latin word that means ………

Answer 14

plural only.

Question 15

Concrete nouns are nouns that are……. and can be identified through the five senses.

Answer 15

tangible

Question 15

…………. are names of people, place, thing as one unit.

Answer 15

Collective nouns

Question 16

The three degrees of adjectives are …….., ………. and ……….

Answer 16

positive, comparative and superlative

Question 16

………… modifies a noun or fellow adjective or pronoun.

Answer 16

An adjective

Question 17

…….adjective this is used to describe rather than compare

Answer 17

positive

Question 18

…….adjective compares two things at a time

Answer 18

comparative

Question 19

superlative adjective compares ………..

Answer 19

three things at a time

Question 20

…….. descriptive adjective, quantitative adjectives, qualitative adjectives, possessive adjectives demonstrative adjectives, interrogative adjectives and indefinite
adjectives.

Answer 20

Types of Adjectives

Question 21

……..adjectives talk about the quantity of something

Answer 21

quantitative

Question 21

………adjectives describes the quality of living and nonliving things.

Answer 21

qualitative

Question 22

possessive adjectives modifies a…….

Answer 22

noun phrase

Question 22

The…… of adjectives in English are as follows; Quantity or number, Quality or opinion, size, age, shape, color, proper adjective, purpose or qualifier.

Answer 22

order

Question 23

……. are words that modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs in a sentence.

Answer 23

Adverbs