Grammar Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 18
What part of speech can be either transitive or intransitive?
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verb
What part of a sentence is included in the predicate along with its modifiers, objects, and complements?
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verb
In grammar, what part of speech can the abbreviation 'pr.' stand for, besides present?
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pronoun
What parts of speech join phrases together like "but" or "and"?
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conjunctions
What part of speech can modify another of its type?
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adverb
What is the correct noun form of 'to decline,' meaning to list the forms of a noun?
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declension
What is the third interrogative pronoun along with which and what?
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who
What term refers to a group of words with a subject and a predicate, which can be either independent or dependent?
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clause
What part of speech is the term 'half-baked' in the phrase 'half-baked idea'?
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adjective
What part of speech do words that typically end in 'LY' belong to?
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adverb
What term refers to the simple or base-form of a verb that is often preceded by the word 'to'?
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infinitive
What punctuation mark is used to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a contraction?
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apostrophe
In English grammar, what is 'To boldly go' in the phrase 'To boldly go where no one has gone before' an example of a 'split' of?
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infinitive
What part of speech can a participle be used as while retaining its verb characteristics?
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adjective
What is the term for an exclamation, such as 'yipes!'?
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interjection
What term, derived from the Latin for 'to throw between', includes exclamations like 'Ouch!' and 'Ugh!'?
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interjection
What is the third case form for a pronoun, alongside subjective and objective?
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possessive
What parts of speech are exemplified by words like 'and,' 'but,' 'because,' and 'as if'?
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conjunctions
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