This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Functional Grammar – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Functional Grammar Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Twelve months ..... very long to me when i miss you. A) Are seeming. B) Seeming. C) Seems. D) Seem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seems. 2. Location in time can be expressed by a ..... such as "on Wednesday" or a/an ..... such as "Once upon a time" . A) Prepositional phrase/ verb group. B) Prepositional phrase/ adverb group. C) Prepositional phrase/ adjective group. D) Prepositional phrase/ noun group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional phrase/ adverb group. 3. It is advisable that you call him immediately. A) Requirement (Low). B) Likelihood (Mid). C) Likelihood (Low). D) Requirement (Mid). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Requirement (Mid). 4. Add appropriate verb form in the sentence given below:If you take a taxi, you ..... reach the station on time. A) Would. B) Being. C) Been. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will. 5. There is no use crying ..... split milk A) Over. B) Upon. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over. 6. Reference to a subset of things. A) Generic reference. B) Non-generic Reference. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-generic Reference. 7. Which of these two utterances is not a sentence? A) Good bye!. B) I am glad to see you. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good bye!. 8. The choice of referrer depends upon whether the head is a singular noun, a plural noun, or mass noun. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 9. WHEN, WHERE, HOW, WHY, FOR WHOM are A) Red. B) Black. C) Blue. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blue. 10. A Finite can be identified as it always ..... A) Starts a sentence. B) Conveys meaning and function. C) Has a limit in the expression (thus the name "finite"). D) Shows tense and acts as an auxiliary for the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shows tense and acts as an auxiliary for the sentence. 11. Some of the water ..... for wudhu and some for animal's drink. A) Is. B) Are used. C) Are. D) Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 12. The ways morphemes combine to form words A) Grammar (morphology). B) Lexis. C) Phonology. D) Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grammar (morphology). 13. Question 5:How many metafunctions of grammar structure? A) 3. B) 2. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 14. For some people, 10 thousand rupiahs ..... very valuable. A) Have. B) Are. C) Be. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 15. In spoken dialogue, what does intonation primarily refer 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. 16. Which of the following is NOT a process in Transitivity? A) Mental. B) Emotional. C) Material. D) Relational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotional. 17. How many surrounding circumstances can you identify in this simple sentence?In a dark house, sat the cat on the mat beside the fireplace. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 18. Which sentence from a newspaper headline shows the use of the passive voice? A) The president will hold a press conference. B) The president announced new economic policies. C) The government raises fuel prices. D) New economic policies were announced yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New economic policies were announced yesterday. 19. Which noun depends on the context of the sentence? A) Mass noun. B) Count noun. C) A noun which is both mass and count. D) Collective noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A noun which is both mass and count. 20. Physics ..... my favorite subject in school. A) Become. B) Becoming. C) Is. D) Is become. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 21. A simple sentence has A) One event. B) Two events. C) No events. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One event. 22. Determiners, auxiliary verbs, preposition and conjunctions are known as ..... words. A) Open Class. B) Function Words. C) Syntactic Frames. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Function Words. 23. The rule of thumb is that ..... is used for points of time and ..... is used for periods of time except days, for which ..... is used. A) At/on/in. B) At/in/on. C) On/in/at. D) In/on/at. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At/in/on. 24. My mum was baking a cake ..... I was doing my homework A) Before. B) When. C) After. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 25. Qualifiers are realized by ..... A) FINITE CLAUSE. B) NON-FINITE CLAUSE. C) PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE. D) ALL OF THEM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL OF THEM. 26. In this sentence "When I wake up, I switch on the radio and listen to the news." , the present simple tense is used to express? A) The actions are repeated regularly over a period of time including now. B) The actions are presented as general or universal. C) Now references in commentaries or demonstrations. D) Past time actions within (usually spoken) narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past time actions within (usually spoken) narrative. 27. I don't know ..... A) What will he do in summer. B) Where he will go for vocation. C) Which book does the professor recommend for the class to read. D) Why does he want to leave the job. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where he will go for vocation. 28. '' Hot-Cold" is a pair of ..... A) Opposite words. B) Rhyming words. C) Synonyms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opposite words. 29. Examples of tenor analysis include ..... A) Declarative, interrogative, imperative. B) Probability and obligation levels (modality). C) Assessment sources (attitude, involvement, appreciation). D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 30. Sheila wanted to join English class via Zoom ..... her wifi wasn't working A) But. B) Because. C) And. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But. 31. What can lead to miscommunication between the sender and the receiver? A) Listening. B) Information. C) Communication. D) Barriers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barriers. 32. "Did you see Jenny that day?" This sentence contains interpersonal meaning. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Which of the following statements are NOT true? A) Different words have different communicative functions in different situations. B) The same word may have different functions in different situations. C) Different words may have the same communicative functions. D) A word has a communicative function only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A word has a communicative function only. 34. Cathy is trustworthy. She is a person upon ..... you can always depend. A) Whose. B) Which. C) Who. D) Whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whom. 35. The man who died in the battle A) Embedded clause. B) Nominal clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Embedded clause. 36. Thursday is ANZAC DAY. What does ANZAC stand for? A) Awkwardly Need Zebras After College. B) Aunts Never Zigzig At Cafes. C) Another New Zoo Answers Calls. D) Australia and New Zealand Army Corp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australia and New Zealand Army Corp. 37. Language and ..... relate to the various choices of words, tone, structures ..... A) Grammar. B) Sound. C) Choice. D) Pronunciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choice. 38. "Shouted" in "Someone shouted a warning" is ..... process. A) Relational. B) Material. C) Verbal. D) Mental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal. 39. ..... is used in phrases and sentences that express sudden, strong emotion or a wish. A) Exclamation mark. B) Full stop. C) Question mark. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation mark. 40. Outside the window, the wind blew fiercely.Who or what is involved? A) Fiercely. B) Outside the window. C) Blew. D) The wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The wind. 41. I read a book about Picasso, ..... A) That is a Spanish painter. B) Is a Spanish painter. C) A Spanish painter. D) Who a Spanish painter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Spanish painter. 42. We can use either "a/an" or "the" for Mass nouns. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 43. The teacher ..... that we have a test tomorrow. A) Says. B) Jumps. C) Looks. D) Hears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Says. 44. What is the passive form of: "The journalist writes the article" ? A) The article was writing by the journalist. B) The article writes the journalist. C) The article written by the journalist. D) The article is written by the journalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The article is written by the journalist. 45. Which communication is known as individual reflection, contemplation, andmeditation? A) Intrapersonal. B) Interpersonal. C) Extra-personal. D) Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intrapersonal. 46. What is the primary role of the Actor in a material clause? A) The doer of the action. B) The location of the action. C) The receiver of the action. D) The entity affected by the action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The doer of the action. 47. All, either, both, each, every, neither, no A) Demonstratives. B) Articles. C) Possessives. D) Inclusives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inclusives. 48. Modality in Functional Grammar refers to: A) The grammatical mood of a sentence. B) The transitivity of a sentence. C) The probability, usuality, obligation, or inclination associated with the content of the clause. D) The relationship between the subject and the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The probability, usuality, obligation, or inclination associated with the content of the clause. 49. Which word does not belond? A) Process. B) Participant. C) Observer. D) Circumstance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observer. 50. The plural form of '' woman" is ..... A) Womans. B) Women. C) Wemen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Women. 51. She ..... a doctor. A) Is. B) Hears. C) Kicks. D) Writes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 52. How many parts that a noun group may have at most? A) 3. B) 5. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 53. Which is the correct spelling? A) Traditionel. B) Treditional. C) Traditional. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traditional. 54. What is the Mood of the following sentence: "Are you coming to the party?" A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrogative. 55. Duration in time is typically expressed by a prepositional phrase beginning with the preposition "for" usually followed by a ..... with a Quantifier. A) Adverb group. B) Noun group. C) Verb group. D) Adjective group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun group. 56. If a character says, "I guess so ..... " with a falling-rising intonation, what attitude is most likely expressed? A) Confidence. B) Anger. C) Doubt or hesitation. D) Excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doubt or hesitation. 57. What is Functional Grammar discourse? A) A grammar model and motivated functional theory of grammar. B) A lexical model of grammar. C) A traditional grammar model and motivated functional theory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A grammar model and motivated functional theory of grammar. 58. In a passive material clause, which element is emphasized? A) The manner of the action. B) The affected participant (Goal). C) The action performed. D) The original Actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The affected participant (Goal). 59. Consider the movie line: "Oh, really?" Which interpretation aligns with how different intonation patterns can shift meaning? A) A flat monotone always signals excitement regardless of context. B) A rising intonation can suggest surprise or a genuine question; a falling intonation can suggest skepticism or dismissal. C) Any intonation inevitably signals sarcasm. D) Intonation does not affect meaning if words remain the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A rising intonation can suggest surprise or a genuine question; a falling intonation can suggest skepticism or dismissal. 60. Yixing is a small town in Jiangnan. The town is set in nice surroundings. What is backward-pointing reference in this sentence? A) A small town. B) The town. C) Nice surroundings. D) None of the above. 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