Questions for exam preparation

Practical Grammar

II year

Questions for exam preparation

1. Classification of the parts of speech in English.

2. The Noun as a notional part of speech in English.

3. The Noun: the grammatical category of number.

4. The Noun: the grammatical category of case.

5. The Article as a functional part of speech. Use of articles.

6. The Adjective as a notional part of speech. Degrees of comparison of adjectives.

7. The Pronoun as a notional part of speech. Classification of pronouns.

8. The Adverb as a notional part of speech. Classification and degrees of comparison of adverbs.

9. The Preposition as a functional part of speech.

10. The Conjunction as a functional part of speech.

11. The Numerals as a notional part of speech. Grammatical characteristics of numerals.

12. The Functional parts of speech.

13. The Verb as a notional part of speech. Grammatical characteristics of verb.

14. The formation and use of the Present tenses in the Active Voice.

15. The formation and use of the Past tenses in the Active Voice.

16. The formation and use of the Future tenses in the Active Voice.

17. Ways of showing future actions in English.

18. The formation and use of the Passive Voice in English.

19. The Finite and non-finite forms of the English verb.

20. The Participle: definition, formation, use and functions.

21. The Infinitive: definition, formation, use and functions.

22. The Gerund: definition, formation, use and functions.

23. The use of modal verbs expressing advice, obligation and necessity.

24. The use of modal verbs expressing ability, permission and prohibition.

25. The use of modal verbs expressing degrees of certainty and criticism.

26. The Subjunctive Mood: forms and use.

27. The Conditional sentences: types, formation and use.

28. Wishes: types, formation and use.

29. Other forms of conditional sentences: use and examples.

30. Types of sentences.

31. The simple sentence.

32. The classification of the simple sentence according to the purpose of the utterance.

33. The classification of the simple sentence according to the structure.

34. The subject as the principal part of the sentence.

35. “It” as a subject of the sentence.

36. The predicate as the principal part of the sentence. Types of predicates.

37. The compound nominal predicate.

38. The compound verbal predicate.

39. The predicative.

40. The object as the secondary part of the sentence.

41. Ways of expressing the object.

42. The attribute as the secondary part of the sentence.

43. Ways of expressing the attribute.

44. The adverbial modifier as the secondary part of the sentence.

45. Ways of expressing the adverbial modifier.

46. The independent elements of the sentence.

47. The sentences with homogeneous parts.

48. The apposition.

49. The compound sentence. General characteristics. Types of connection.

50. The compound sentence: types of coordination.

51. The complex sentence. General characteristics. Types of connection.

52. The complex sentence: subject and predicative clauses.

53. The complex sentence: object clauses.

54. The complex sentence: attributive clauses.

55. The complex sentence: adverbial clauses.

56. Adverbial clauses of time and place.

57. Adverbial clauses of cause, purpose, condition and concession.

58. Adverbial clauses of result, manner, comparison.

59. The compound-complex sentence.

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