This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Syntax > Constituent Structure – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Constituent Structure Quiz 1 (14 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is this a noun phrase?The yellow brick road seems endless. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 2. Which of the following is a auxiliary modal verb? A) DO. B) CAN. C) IS. D) HAVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CAN. 3. What role do constituents play in syntactic analysis? A) Constituents are used to measure sentence length. B) Constituents serve as the fundamental units in syntactic analysis, helping to identify the structure and relationships within sentences. C) Constituents only apply to phonetic analysis. D) Constituents are irrelevant to sentence structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constituents serve as the fundamental units in syntactic analysis, helping to identify the structure and relationships within sentences. 4. Dr. John is very friendly.The word class of "friendly" is ..... A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 5. The Hierarchy of sentence constituents is ..... A) Sentence-Phrase-Morpheme-Clause-Word. B) Morpheme-Clause-Sentence-Phrase. C) Sentence-Clause-Phrase-Word-Morpheme. D) Clause-Morpheme-Phrase-Sentence-Word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence-Clause-Phrase-Word-Morpheme. 6. Some students will join the competition next week.What is the word class of "some" ? A) Preposition. B) Determiner. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Determiner. 7. Which of the following is an example of a noun phrase? A) The small green banana. B) Running in the park. C) Jumping high in the sky. D) The big red apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The big red apple. 8. The tiny spider slowly climbed up the pipe.What is the word class of "slowly" ? A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 9. A word or a group of words that function as a single unit is called ..... A) Clause. B) Constituent. C) Syntactic analysis. D) Morpheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constituent. 10. What is an auxiliary verb? A) Verb that always has a direct object. B) A verb that accompanies the main verb to form verb tenses, moods, and aspects. C) A verb that is only used in questions. D) A verb that has no meaning on its own. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A verb that accompanies the main verb to form verb tenses, moods, and aspects. 11. The students have finished the exam.What is the word class of 'have'? A) Auxiliary. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Determiner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auxiliary. 12. What is the difference between a constituent and a non-constituent? A) A constituent is a grammatical error, whereas a non-constituent is correct usage. B) A constituent is a phrase that cannot stand alone, while a non-constituent can. C) A constituent is always a noun, while a non-constituent can be any part of speech. D) A constituent is a meaningful unit in a sentence, whereas a non-constituent is not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A constituent is a meaningful unit in a sentence, whereas a non-constituent is not. 13. Identify the verb phrase in the sentence:I have been studying for hours. A) For hours. B) Have been studying. C) I have. D) Have studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been studying. 14. In the sentence "The man ate food, " which part is the noun phrase? A) Ate food. B) The man ate. C) The man. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The man. Related QuizzesAdvanced QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAdjuncts QuizArgument Structure QuizArguments QuizValency Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books