Parts of Speech

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1. In the sentence "I'm not sure that I want to talk to them" the underlined pronoun has which of the following combinations of person, number, and case:
A. first person, plural, accusative
B. third person, singular, nominative
C. third person, plural, ergative
D. third person, plural, subjunctive
E. first person, singular, nominative

2. In the sentence "I talked to myself," the underlined word is an example of which of the following types of pronouns.
A. relative
B. genitive
C. personal
D. demonstrative
E. reflexive

3. In the sentence "I know that," the underlined word is an example of which of the following types of pronoun.
A. relative
B. genitive
C. personal
D. demonstrative
E. reflexive

4. In the sentence "She likes him," the underlined word is an example of which of the following types of pronouns?
A. relative
B. genitive
C. personal
D. demonstrative
E. reflexive

5. In the sentence "My dog is black," the underlined word is an example of which of the following parts of speech?
A. demonstrative pronoun
B. adverb
C. adjective
D. verb
E. nominative pronoun

6. In the sentence "The yellow dog slept on the porch," the underlined word is an example of which of the following parts of speech?
A. indefinite adjective
B. numeral adjective
C. article adjective
D. descriptive adjective
E. demonstrative adjective

7. In the sentence "Jesus wept," the underlined word is an example of which of the following parts of speech?
A. indefinite adverb
B. definite adjective
C. transitive verb
D. intransitive adjective
E. intransitive verb

8. In the sentence "Mary is extraordinarily happy," the underlined word is an example of which of the following parts of speech?
A. linking verb
B. transitive verb
C. auxiliary verb
D. modal verb
E. past tense verb

9. In the sentence "Mary was walking her dog," the underlined word is an example of which of the following parts of speech?
A. main verb
B. auxiliary verb
C. adverb
D. adjective
E. none of the above

10. In the sentence "I know you," the underlined word is an example of which of the following parts of speech?
A. main verb
B. auxiliary verb
C. adverb
D. adjective
E. none of the above

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