Determiners: articles, possessive pronouns, quantifiers and demonstratives | English

Starter quiz

What is the word class of the word 'language' in the following sentence? 'He spoke a different language at home.'
- verb
- adverb
- adjective
- noun ✓
Match the word classes to the examples, using this sentence: 'As the sun slowly set, we gazed at the glorious sky.'
- noun
  
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  sky ✓
- adjective
  
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  glorious ✓
- verb
  
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  set ✓
- adverb
  
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  slowly ✓
Select all the nouns.
- rhythm ✓
- relevant
- signature ✓
- awkward
What are the noun phrases in the following sentence? 'We stepped into the dark cave as heavy rain fell outside.'
- we stepped
- the dark cave ✓
- fell outside
- heavy rain ✓
Select all the clauses.
- under the soft, cosy blanket
- we huddled together ✓
- when the snow began to fall ✓
- in gentle, white flakes
Match the sentence types to the examples.
- adverbial complex sentence
  
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  Before we had finished, the bell rang. ✓
- compound sentence
  
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  The bell rang and we went outside. ✓
- relative complex sentence
  
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  The bell, which was very loud, rang for the end of lunch. ✓
- non-finite complex sentence
  
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  The bell rang, filling the whole hall with its noise. ✓
- simple sentence
  
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  The bell rang loudly and quickly. ✓