Practice USAT Verbal Reasoning questions with answers and explanations.
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'Who' introduces a clause describing 'student.'
Relative pronouns connect dependent clauses to nouns.
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'Before' introduces the dependent clause 'you leave.'
A word joining a subordinate clause to a main clause functions as a conjunction.
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'Useful' describes the noun 'suggestion.'
Words that modify nouns are adjectives.
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'Repaired' takes the direct object 'the engine.'
A verb that transfers its action to an object is transitive.
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'Laughed' does not require a direct object.
A verb that expresses a complete action without an object is intransitive.
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'Him' is the objective form required after the verb 'praised.'
Object pronouns receive the action of a verb.
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'Those' points out which books are meant and appears before the noun.
Demonstratives functioning before nouns are determiners.
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'Running' is an -ing form functioning as the subject of the sentence.
A verb form used as a noun is called a gerund.
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'Crying' directly modifies the noun 'baby.'
An -ing verb form used adjectivally is a present participle.
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'Lahore' is the specific name of a city.
Specific names of people, places, and institutions are proper nouns.
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The word 'happily' describes how the children played.
A word that modifies a verb in this way functions as an adverb.
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In this sentence, 'light' names a thing that can be turned off.
Therefore, it functions as a noun rather than a verb or adjective.
