This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Functional Grammar – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Functional Grammar Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Intonation in spoken language mainly refers to: A) The choice of vocabulary. B) The rise and fall of pitch in speech. C) The loudness of the voice. D) The speaker's body language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rise and fall of pitch in speech. 2. What are other names of existential processes? A) Being or Having. B) Existing or Happening. C) Happening or Doing. D) Doing or Existing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Existing or Happening. 3. Is used for two things A) Neither. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neither. 4. The interpersonal metafunction has to do with ..... A) The way we organize language to fit its context. B) The language we use to talk about the world. C) The use of language to interact with others. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of language to interact with others. 5. In the clause, the red car does not work, the word RED is, in terms of word classes, a ..... A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 6. Can perform one of four functions:a. Referring b. Quantifying c. Describing d. Classifying A) Premodifier. B) Head. C) Postmodifier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Premodifier. 7. A post that says, "Yo fam, what's up?" is most likely to use which register? A) Frozen. B) Consultative. C) Formal. D) Casual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Casual. 8. What are signals for GREEN? A) The, a, an, this, those, ~ment, my , yours. B) Prepositions (e.g. in, on, under, through, for, by, with, etc.). C) ~ed, to be ~ing, ~s. D) Time words, ~ly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ~ed, to be ~ing, ~s. 9. Tenor refers to ..... A) Status, contact, and affective involvement of the speaker. B) Discussion topic. C) Communication media. D) Textual organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Status, contact, and affective involvement of the speaker. 10. The basket of rice and the bucket of fish ..... very tasty. A) Is looking. B) Looks. C) Looking. D) Look. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Look. 11. Which one is mood from '' well, I can definitely agree" A) Well. B) Well, I. C) I can definitely. D) I can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I can definitely. 12. Mathematics ..... very difficult for many students to master. A) Is. B) Are. C) Had. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 13. Which of these is not a paticipant? A) The cool teacher. B) The old teacher. C) Teaching. D) A teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teaching. 14. Which statement is NOT TRUE? A) Language consists of a set of systems. B) Language is a structured system of communication. C) Language is a system of meanings. D) Language consists of a set of functions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language consists of a set of systems. 15. To analyze the mode, we look at ..... A) Theme/rheme, reference, conjunction. B) Social status of the speaker. C) Choice of lexical items. D) Mood and polarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme/rheme, reference, conjunction. 16. The team worked hard, and ..... , they won the championship. A) Moreover. B) Then. C) As a result. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As a result. 17. Formal focus on ..... A) Form. B) Function. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Form. 18. ..... relates to the use of language to communicate andexpress one's feelings as well as attitude. A) Systemic metafunction. B) Textual metafunction. C) Idealtional metafunction. D) Interpersonal metafunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interpersonal metafunction. 19. How many clauses in this sentence:"Up above the sky, she gently looked at the stars sparkling. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 20. Which 'tense' talks about the "past in the past" ? A) Past Perfect Tense. B) Simple Past Tense. C) Past Perfect Continuous. D) Past Continuous Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Tense. 21. The sun, the moon, the earth A) Backward pointing reference. B) Forward pointing reference. C) Outward pointing reference. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outward pointing reference. 22. A noun group can include other:groups, phrases, even clauses embedded within it. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 23. Which component may be omitted in this sentence? Once upon a time there was a weird grammarian. A) Was. B) A weird grammarian. C) There. D) Grammarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There. 24. What is the form of " She must have loved him so much" ? A) Future in present. B) Past in past. C) Modal + relative past. D) Modal + relative present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modal + relative past. 25. Which intonation pattern is most associated with expressing anger in film dialogue? A) Low, flat tone. B) High and sharp pitch changes. C) Rising tone at the end. D) Whispering tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High and sharp pitch changes. 26. In English, there are different units of information. Which is the main unit of structure or information? A) Groups. B) Words. C) Clauses. D) Sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clauses. 27. ..... is a verb that is marked for tense and agrees with the subject. A) Finite verb. B) Non-finite verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finite verb. 28. We assist children to identify the event in a sentence by asking A) Where have you been?. B) What is happening?. C) Who is at the event?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What is happening?. 29. ..... defines what is happening in the clause A) The predicator. B) Complement. C) Adjunct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The predicator. 30. What is the process in this sentence?Ms Balea loved backpacking in France? A) Loved. B) In France?. C) Loved backpacking. D) Ms Balea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loved. 31. Objects are realized by ..... groups A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adj. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 32. This book ..... mine. A) Belongs. B) Eats. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 33. Question 1: "The sun's color is blue" . In the previous clause, the speaker is giving information in regard with the state of the world and his own perception. What Metafunction does the clause relates to A) Ideational. B) Interpersonal. C) None is correct. D) Textual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideational. 34. He vowed to me that he would always love me. A) Verbal process. B) Relational process. C) Mental process. D) Action process. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal process. 35. There are ..... forms of generic reference A) 4. B) 5. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 36. ..... is used for more than two things A) Neither. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 37. There are ..... main kinds of referrers A) 3. B) 5. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 38. What is a formal discussion which involves six to fifteen participants who sit in agroup to discuss a topic or a case given for a specific purpose? A) Seminar. B) Workshop. C) Group Discussion. D) Paper Presentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Group Discussion. 39. What is the type of mental process of the following sentence:"I didn't understand the topic they are talking about." A) Cognition. B) Volition. C) Perception. D) Affection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognition. 40. Only non-finites are marked for tense A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 41. Discrete entities A) Countable nouns. B) Uncountable nouns. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Countable nouns. 42. The water in the bath. what is head? A) In. B) The bath. C) Water. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 43. The Japanese ..... friendly people. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 44. Focuses on what is happening (actions, participants, circumstances). A) Experience meaning. B) Interpersonal meaning. C) Textual meaning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experience meaning. 45. In the clause "The cat chased the mouse, " what is the process? A) Cat. B) Mouse. C) Chased. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chased. 46. We discussed the matter ..... a cup of tea. A) Over. B) With. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over. 47. ..... consist of two nouns linked by of, ex:a piece of cake A) Inclusives. B) Quantifiers. C) Partitives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Partitives. 48. The sentence, "Are you coming with us?" said with rising intonation, is best interpreted as: A) A yes-no question. B) A command. C) A complaint. D) A statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A yes-no question. 49. Choose the correct form of indirect speech:He said, "Why don't you remove your shoes?" A) He told me to remove my shoes. B) He advised me to remove my shoes. C) He asked me to remove my shoes. D) He said that why he didn't remove my shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked me to remove my shoes. 50. Social media analysis:What does the tone of a social media post mainly refer to? A) The structure of the post. B) The emotional attitude of the writer. C) The number of likes and shares. D) The grammatical correctness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The emotional attitude of the writer. 51. The tenor can change when ..... A) The relationship between the writer and the reader changes. B) The topic of discussion changes. C) The communication medium changes. D) The cohesion of the text increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The relationship between the writer and the reader changes. 52. Intransitive verbs have no direct object. A) True. B) False. C) Unknown. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. The textual meaning is primarily expressed by ..... A) Mood and modality. B) Theme/rheme, cohesion, coherence. C) Field and tenor. D) Genre and register. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme/rheme, cohesion, coherence. 54. Tell something about the quality of the thing or the speaker/writer's attitude towards the thing A) Describers. B) Classifiers. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describers. 55. Where do we use functional grammar? A) In foreign language teaching. B) In teaching literature and linguistics. C) In teaching informatics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In foreign language teaching. 56. Behavioural Processes are described semantically as a 'half-way house' between ..... and ..... processes. A) Verbal-Material. B) Mental-Material. C) Mental-Relational. D) Verbal-Existential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mental-Material. 57. Insert a circumstance at the end of this sentenceThe YouTuber was so mad that his followers commented on his video A) A. B) D. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 58. A colour blind person cannot tell red ..... green. A) Between. B) From. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From. 59. It is often possible to omit ..... without making the clauses ungrammatical A) Complements. B) Adjuncts. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjuncts. 60. Performs the function of Qualifying A) Premodifier. B) Head. C) Postmodifier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Postmodifier. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesFunctional Grammar Quiz 2Functional Grammar Quiz 3Functional Grammar Quiz 4Functional Grammar Quiz 5Functional Grammar Quiz 6Functional Grammar Quiz 7Case Marking QuizCase System Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books