Question

14. When I was in my 20s, I lived in London (identify the tense)


I didn't know grammar at all !​

Answer 1

Answer:

was and lived is past tense

Answer 2

Answer:

Although I was born in London, I am of Chinese descent.

An adjective is usually placed before the noun it modifies.

The adjective of nationality "Chinese" is an attributive as it qualifies the noun "descent", hence it must be placed before.

In the given sentence, the words 'I am descent of Chinese' is grammatically incorrect, there is no article before 'descent' as well as 'Chinese'. (When an adjective is not followed by a noun, it usually functions as the noun: the rich, the poor, the Chinese. In that case, the article 'the' is essentially placed before the adjective.)

Also, the underlined adjective does not modify the noun, instead it functions as the object of the preposition 'of' Hence option A is incorrect.

The only way the adjective can be placed correctly, is before the noun 'descent', as seen in C.

Option C has the correct position of the adjective, "Chinese" modifies "descent". Hence C is correct.

Option B is incorrect because the adjective does not follow the noun it modifies, "descent Chinese", it must precede it (in most cases).

In Option D the adjective is not placed before the noun, it is placed before the preposition 'of', hence it is incorrect