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202 <strong>Useful</strong> <strong>Exercises</strong> <strong>for</strong> IELTS<br />
GRAMMAR EXERCISES 1.1 - 1.4<br />
1.1 PARTS OF SPEECH: Decide on the part of speech <strong>for</strong> each of the words<br />
in bold in the following short passage:<br />
1 It is exceedingly difficult to ascertain precisely what is meant by the word 'culture'. The<br />
word is commonly used to refer to almost anything connected with a person's<br />
customary behaviour when considered distinctive in <strong>for</strong>m to that of a person from<br />
another background. The problem is that this definition begs the question. Is<br />
5 it race that determines the difference in culture? Or is it nationhood? Certainly, there<br />
are noticeable cultural differences between citizens of various nations, although they<br />
may share membership of the same race. Is language perhaps the determinant of<br />
culture? Or class? After all, even within the same nation there are extreme differences<br />
between the lifestyle and language of the classes that make up a society, as well as<br />
10 varying attitudes towards acceptable behaviour and manners. The problem appears to<br />
be that, on closer analysis, each and every one of us belongs to a unique culture,<br />
regardless of the apparent general culture into which we are categorised. It all depends<br />
on how narrowly the word is defined <strong>for</strong> its intended purpose. By analysing the word<br />
'culture', anthropologists are beginning to accept that the word is much overworked.<br />
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1. difficult<br />
2. precisely<br />
3. word ...<br />
4. almost<br />
5. with<br />
6. customary<br />
7. considered<br />
8. that ...<br />
9. background<br />
10. the<br />
11. determines<br />
12. it<br />
13. various<br />
14. although ..,<br />
15. membership<br />
16. perhaps<br />
17. even ,<br />
18. extreme ..<br />
19. between<br />
20. and<br />
21. make up<br />
22. acceptable ..<br />
23. closer<br />
24. us<br />
25. a<br />
26. apparent<br />
27. we<br />
28. its ..<br />
29. analysing<br />
30. beginning ,<br />
Choose between the<br />
following grammatical<br />
categories or parts of<br />
speech:<br />
noun<br />
pronoun<br />
- possessive pronoun<br />
gerund<br />
adjective<br />
verb<br />
- past participle<br />
- present participle<br />
phrasal verb<br />
adverb<br />
preposition<br />
conjunction<br />
definite article<br />
indefinite article
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