Practice I

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

The scientific study of language is called .
"Don't use him or her as the subject of a sentence" is a grammar rule,
but "The subject of a sentence normally comes before the verb" is a rule.
The part of grammar that deals with where a word can occur in a sentence is called .
The part of linguistics that studies meaning is .

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