Language words 2 (test)

There was a funny ________ in the Christmas card: “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our costumers.”

1. misfit
2. miswrit
3. spell
4. typo

Most English ________ of manner have the ending -LY.

1. adjectives
2. adverbs
3. determiners
4. pronouns

If we don't know who the agent of an action is, it is usually better to use the passive ________.

1. aspect
2. case
3. mood
4. voice

In formal written English you should not use ________ (e.g. I'm, he's, isn't, don't, we'll etc.)

1. contraception
2. contractions
3. contracts
4. contradictions

In Spanish and French each noun is either masculine or feminine. English, on the other hand, does not assign ________ to inanimate objects.

1. gender
2. neuter
3. sex
4. sexuality

The present perfect is one of the most difficult ________ for many foreign students of English.

1. periods
2. temporals
3. tenses
4. times

We don't normally use the ________ article before abstract nouns.

1. indefinite
2. non-finite
3. uncertain
4. unspecified

Transitive verbs are always followed by one or two ________.

1. adjectives
2. objects
3. particles
4. subjects

There is a full stop or an exclamation ________ at the end of an imperative sentence.

1. ---
2. mark
3. note
4. sign

There are two ________ in the word ‘pig’.

1. clauses
2. consonants
3. syllables
4. vowels