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TRUE or FALSE? ‘Determiners’ are a subcategory of the English Grammar that qualifies nouns in various ways.

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3 TRUE or FALSE? ‘Determiners’ are a subcategory of the English Grammar that qualifies nouns in various ways.

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5 TRUE or FALSE? The Indefinite Pronouns are ‘some’, ‘any’, ‘no’ & their derivatives.

6 TRUE or FALSE? ‘Some’ has a neutral meaning and can therefore be used in questions. Right answer: It has a positive meaning but it’s true that it can be used in questions that are not ‘informative’.

7 TRUE or FALSE? ‘Any’ has a negative meaning & is used in positive sentences to make them negative. Right answer: It has a neutral meaning and is used in negative sentences (with ‘not’) and in informative questions.

8 TRUE or FALSE? ‘No’ has a strong negative meaning & is used in positive sentences to make them negative.

9 Name some of the Other Uses of the Indefinite Pronouns. some + sing. count. noun some + cardinal number some + qu. word/noun  adverbs cardinal number + something any + qu. word/ noun  adverbs any/ no + comparative adj./ adv.

10 What is special about not, hardly/ scarcely, seldom/ rarely, without?

11 TRUE or FALSE? The Indefinite ‘no’ is not the same as the negative adverb we use in (short) answers.

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13 Which are these quantitative words?

14 How are the quantitative words used? many with countable (plural) nouns in interrogative & negative sentences ≠ few/ a few much with uncountable (sing.) nouns in interrogative & negative sentences ≠ little/ a little lots/ a lot (of) with countable (plural) & uncountable (sing.) nouns in positive sentences ≠ few/ a few & little/ a little

15 Are there exceptions to these rules?

16 What are some other uses of ‘Quantity’ words? I a)much + comparative adj.’s/ adv.’s OR ‘too’  emphatic comparative/ result construction b)much + participle  new compound adjective c)much + as + subject + verb  special concession (mainly with verbs of like/ dislike, praise/ criticism)

17 What are some other uses of ‘Quantity’ words? II d)many + a(n) + (adj.) + singular noun  emphatic form of the commoner many + plural countable noun e)in phrases meaning lots/ a lot (of)  a good many, a great many f)a lot + comparative  emphatic comparative

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19 How are no, neither, none used? 1.No + noun  adj. ≠ a(n)/ some/ any 2.Nobody/ no-one = no + body/ one  pronoun ≠ a(n)/ somebody/ anybody, someone/ anyone – answer to ‘who’ 3.Neither (of two)  adj. OR pronoun ≠ both/ either – answer to ‘which’ (of the two) 4.None (of three or more)  quantitative pronoun ≠ everyone/ everybody/ everything/ all – an answer to ‘how much/ many’

20 TRUE or FALSE? No, neither & none refer to one person/ thing at a time and have a singular verb after them.

21 TRUE or FALSE? Some, any, both & all also refer to one person/ thing at a time and take a singular verb. Right answer: some & any can have either a singular or a plural verb, depending on the noun, but both & all always have a plural verb when used in this sense.

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23 How are every, each, all used? 1.Every + sing. count. noun  adj. – Exception: in time phrases e.g. every 3 months 2.Each + sing. count. noun  adj. OR + (of)  pronoun 3.All + a) sing. (un)count. noun  adj. b) plural count. noun  adj. c) other determiners + noun  pre-determiner d) (of) as a pronoun e.g. All was quiet and peaceful. e) as an adverb e.g. all alone

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25 How are other, others, else used? 1.other + noun  adjective 2. an + other = another  adjective OR pronoun 3.the other(s)  pronouns 4. else  pronoun OR adverb

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27 What are the Reflexive Pronouns? myselfourselves yourselfyourselves himself herself themselves itself

28 How are the Reflexive Pronouns used? In 3 different ways: a)they form the Middle Voice by replacing the object of an active/ action verb. b)as emphatic forms of the subject or object (without replacing them). c)preceded by the preposition by, they mean alone/ on my own. Their opposites are: each other/ one another.


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