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FINAL TEST – GRAMMAR I

Name:
Date:
Theory section: Answer the following questions.
1- What is “Grammar”? Also, explain Morphology, Syntax and Semantics.
2- Explain the grammatical units. Provide examples.
3- Define “Number”. Give examples when necessary.
4- Explain the types of nouns. Exemplify
5- What is a verb? In which senses can it be used?
6- Define tense, time and aspect. Mention the different verb tenses.
7- Explain the concept of modality.
8- What is a determiner? Explain types of determiners.

Practice section
1- Classify the following nouns into countable nouns or uncountable (or both). Also, indicate if they
are abstract or concrete.

1- Dust _____________
2- Camping __________
3- Chair ___________
4- Courage ______________
5- Paintings _______________
6- Life ________________
7- Engineer _______________
8- Education ______________
9- Cotton _________________
10- Honesty ________________

2- Write the regular or irregular plural forms of the following nouns and indicate the rule applied. If
the nouns are resistant to number contrast, write the type of nouns (ordinarily plural or singular).

1- Wife ____________________________________________________________________________
2- Hero ____________________________________________________________________________
3- Acoustics________________________________________________________________________
4- Mouse ___________________________________________________________________________
5- Album ___________________________________________________________________________
6- Scissors __________________________________________________________________________
7- News ____________________________________________________________________________
8- Match ___________________________________________________________________________

3- Classify the following nouns according to gender (feminine or masculine). Then, write down the
dual gender for each noun whenever possible.

1) Aunt ______________________________________________________________________
2) Singer _________________________________________________________________________
3) Sister __________________________________________________________________________
4) Cow __________________________________________________________________________
5) Widow ________________________________________________________________________

4- Write the corresponding “genitive‘s” when possible.

1- The car of the boy______________________________________________________________

2- The poverty of America __________________________________________________________
3- The bottom of the box ____________________________________________________________
4- The price of fame_________________________________________________________________
5- The desks of the students __________________________________________________________
6- The graduation of Juan ___________________________________________________________

5- Fill in the blank with the appropriate partitive construction.

1- A _________ Matches
2- ____________Chocolate
3- _____________dust
4- _____________news
5- _____________paper
6- _____________water
7- _____________salt
8- ____________ smoke

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