This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Syntax > Syntax – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Syntax Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the sentence with a dangling modifier:'Walking to the store, the rain started to fall.' A) Walking to the store, the rain started to fall. B) Walking to the store, I saw the rain start to fall. C) I was walking to the store when the rain started to fall. D) The rain started to fall as I walked to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking to the store, the rain started to fall. 2. Lady Macbeth convinced her unwilling husband to murder the King while he slept, and she volunteered to drug the guards for him. A) Complex. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 3. Tom was very unlucky. It rained / was raining every day during his holidays. A) Rained. B) Was raining. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was raining. 4. What is NOT an example of a content word? A) A verb. B) A noun. C) A pronoun. D) An adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A pronoun. 5. Identify the sentence with varied syntax. A) She ran quickly. B) Quickly, she ran. C) She quickly ran. D) She ran, quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quickly, she ran. 6. Which of the following sentences uses inverted syntax? Over the hill, the sun rose. The sun rose over the hill. Rose the sun over the hill. A) Over the hill, the sun rose. B) The sun rose over the hill. C) The hill rose over the sun. D) Rose the sun over the hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over the hill, the sun rose. 7. Identify the type of phrase in brackets:Don't you have to leave [early]? A) Adverb phrase. B) Adjective phrase. C) Verb phrase. D) Noun phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb phrase. 8. When we were in Bulgaria, we ..... skiing almost every day. A) Went. B) Were going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 9. If you omit the using System line, you would have to write Console.WriteLine() to print/output text. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. TRUE or FALSE:The empty determiner gives the NP an indefinite and/or more general interpretation. A) A. True. B) C. False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. True. 11. Which operator checks if a value is equal to another value? A) +. B) !=. C) =. D) ==. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ==. 12. EX:He was a bag of bones, a floppy doll, a broken stick, a maniac.-On the Road by Jack Kerouac A) Anaphora. B) Polysendeton. C) Ellipsis. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asyndeton. 13. What is the main function of a preposition in a sentence? A) To modify a noun. B) To indicate location or time. C) To show action. D) To connect clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To indicate location or time. 14. Which of the following sentences is an example of correct English syntax? A) She went to the store yesterday. B) She goes to the store yesterday. C) She going to the store yesterday. D) She go to the store yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She went to the store yesterday. 15. What is the principle of Economy in the Minimalist Program? A) The idea that linguistic structures should be as complex as possible. B) The idea that linguistic structures should be as simple as possible. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The idea that linguistic structures should be as simple as possible. 16. What is informal diction? A) Casual, everyday language, usually with short words. B) Fancy or formal language, usually with long sentences. C) Fancy or formal language, but really short sentences. D) Casual, everyday language, usually with long sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Casual, everyday language, usually with short words. 17. Which of the following functions is used to get information from the user of a program? A) Input(). B) Import. C) Eval(). D) Print(). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Input(). 18. Which method is used to convert a string to an integer in Java? A) ParseInt(). B) ParseInteger(). C) ConvertToInt(). D) ToInteger(). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ParseInt(). 19. Classify each word in the sentence according to the categories:N (noun), V (verb), A (adjective), P (preposition), DET for (determiner), PRN (pronoun), AUX (auxiliary)She might drive down my street. A) PRN, AUX, V, P, DET, N. B) DET, N, PRN, AUX, V, P,. C) AUX, V, P, DET, N, PRN. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PRN, AUX, V, P, DET, N. 20. Determine the voice of the following sentence:We must warn them of the danger! A) Active. B) Passive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Active. 21. What is the purpose of the Move operation in the Minimalist Program? A) To create simpler sentence structures by eliminating unnecessary words. B) To allow elements to be moved within the sentence structure to create more complex sentences. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To allow elements to be moved within the sentence structure to create more complex sentences. 22. What special type of sentence is the following: "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools" A) Chiasmus. B) Antithesis. C) Triadic. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 23. A verb phrase can be formed by: A) A verb and an article. B) A verb and an adjective. C) A verb and a noun. D) A verb and a noun phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A verb and a noun phrase. 24. Choose the sentence that begins with an adverb. A) Because I was in the middle of a good book, I did not want to stop reading. B) My mother told me it was time for bed. C) Slyly, I read my book with a flashlight. D) Under the covers, there was just enough light to read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slyly, I read my book with a flashlight. 25. What is the role of a conjunction in a sentence? A) To replace a noun. B) To express strong emotion. C) To describe a noun. D) To join words or groups of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To join words or groups of words. 26. Which of the following sentences has undergone syntax rewriting for clarity? A) Despite the rain, the match continued. $\rightarrow$ The match continued despite the rain. B) Despite the rain, the match continued. $\rightarrow$ The match was continued by the rain. C) Despite the rain, the match continued. $\rightarrow$ The rain continued despite the match. D) Despite the rain, the match continued. $\rightarrow$ The match continued and it was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Despite the rain, the match continued. $\rightarrow$ The match continued despite the rain. 27. Chose the correct answer A) This lesson was understand pretty easy. B) This lesson is pretty easy to understand. C) This lesson is easy pretty understand. D) This lesson understanding is easily pretty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This lesson is pretty easy to understand. 28. How does S.E. Hinton use diction to characterize Dally in Chapter 3? A) By using polite and respectful language. B) By using coarse, aggressive language that reflects his rebellious nature. C) By using elevated vocabulary to show his intellectual side. D) By using formal speech to demonstrate authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By using coarse, aggressive language that reflects his rebellious nature. 29. Who is standing near the dog? A) Tag-question. B) Special. C) Question to the subject. D) General. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question to the subject. 30. Is the verb be an auxiliary in the sentence below?He is hurting himself. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSyntax Quiz 1Syntax Quiz 3Syntax Quiz 4Syntax Quiz 5Syntax Quiz 6Syntax Quiz 7Syntax Quiz 8Syntax Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books