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WORD CLASSES
EXERCISE 1
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the best option:
1. Closed word classes
a. have important gramatical functions
b. often get new words added
c. consist largely of ‘lexical’ words
2. The open classes
a. are constantly gaining new words
b. include mainly ‘grammatical’ words
c. incluye all verbs
3. Operator means
a. a finite verb phrase (eg: could have forgotten)
b. the auxiliaries in a verb phrase (eg: …could have forgotten)
c. the first or only auxiliary (eg: …could have forgotten)
4. Subordinating conjunctions
a. join phrases together
b. join words together
c. join clauses together
5. …are used in front of nouns to indicate whether you are referring to something
specific or something of a particular type.
a. articles
b. determiners
c. adjectives
EXERCISE 2
Instructions: Write 5 song titles here and analyze them in terms of parts of speech. Use
your dictionary if necessary. Do not use the same songs other people do.
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5.
song song song
song song song
song song song
song song song
song song song