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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What effect does the author's use of the word "thunderous" in the sentence "The thunderous applause filled the auditorium" have on the tone of the text? A) It creates a tone of disappointment. B) It establishes a tone of excitement and approval. C) It suggests a tone of confusion. D) It implies a tone of indifference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It establishes a tone of excitement and approval. 2. Identify the sentence:Luke really grates my nerves! A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Interrogative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exclamatory. 3. Bei welchem Test ersetzt man Konstituenten mit anderen? A) Permutationstest. B) Substitutionstest. C) Eliminierungstest. D) Koordinationstest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Substitutionstest. 4. Which is an example of passive voice? A) The girl played with the dog. B) The food was cooked by the chef. C) Timmy fed his cat. D) The man rode his bike to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The food was cooked by the chef. 5. Original sentences:Steve checked the computer system. He discovered a virus.Revised sentence:Checking the computer system, Steve discovered a virus.Which type of sentence beginning was utilized in the revised sentence? A) Infinitive. B) Adverb/Adjective phrase. C) -ing Modifier. D) Prepositional phrase. E) Dependent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ing Modifier. 6. What is the correct form of the sentence in present perfect tense? A) He have finished his homework. B) He has finished his homework. C) He finished his homework. D) He finishes his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has finished his homework. 7. Which method is used to concatenate two strings in Java? A) Concatenate(). B) +. C) Join(). D) Append(). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) +. 8. How do error messages help in debugging code? A) By emailing the developer. B) By fixing the errors automatically. C) By providing entertainment. D) By indicating the line where the issue is found. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By indicating the line where the issue is found. 9. Which of the following sentences uses inverted syntax? Across the river, the bridge spanned. The bridge spanned across the river. Spanned the bridge across the river. A) The river spanned across the bridge. B) Spanned the bridge across the river. C) Across the river, the bridge spanned. D) The bridge spanned across the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across the river, the bridge spanned. 10. LOOSE SYNTAX states the main idea ..... A) At the end of sentence. B) In the middle of a paragraph. C) At the beginning of a sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the beginning of a sentence. 11. A data type than can have one of two values:True or False A) Variable. B) Interpreter. C) Modulo. D) Boolean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boolean. 12. Choose the sentence with inverted syntax:The birds chirped in the morning. Chirping in the morning, the birds. The morning birds chirped. A) A. B) The morning chirped birds. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 13. Choose the sentence with inverted syntax:'Down the street came the parade.' A) Normal Word Order. B) Inverted Word Order. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted Word Order. 14. Variables can be changedTrue or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. (Passage #3) What is the overall tone of this excerpt? A) Happy. B) Sympathetic. C) Respectful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Respectful. 16. Contains two independent clauses joined by acoordinating conjunction or by a semicolon. A) Cumulative. B) Simple. C) Periodic. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound. 17. Stylistic device in which several coordinating CONJUNCTIONS are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect. A) Ellipsis. B) Anaphora. C) Polysyndeton. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polysyndeton. 18. John Backus is important to us because A) He invented Fortran the first programming language. B) He describing ALGOL 58. C) He argued against the idea of context-free grammars. D) He introducing a formal language description notation, BNF. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He introducing a formal language description notation, BNF. 19. Contains two or more independent clausesand one or more subordinate clauses. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complex. 20. A particular opinion or attitude expressed. A) Syntax. B) Diction. C) Voice. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voice. 21. I helped him because I liked him. Because is a/an ..... A) Noun verb. B) Preposition. C) Noun. D) Conjuction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjuction. 22. The "Sentence Core" refers to the primary ..... (s) and ..... (s) of a sentence. A) Adjective and verb. B) Verb and adverb. C) Adjective and noun. D) Noun and verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun and verb. 23. Choose correct way to declare variable in PHP A) $ var = 1;. B) $ 100var=1;. C) Define("var", 1);. D) Var=1;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $ var = 1;. 24. A data type which is typical in form and make use of digits and a decimal point A) Float. B) Integer. C) Boolean. D) Char. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Float. 25. I enjoy eating [at] Quang AnhIdentify type of speech in the bracket A) Article. B) Interjection. C) Pronoun. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preposition. 26. Which of the followings is Java code that starts from the main() method as a mandatory part of every program A) Public void main static (args[] String). B) Public void static main(String args []). C) Public static void main (String args[]). D) Public static void main [String [] Args]. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public static void main (String args[]). 27. To generate structures turn into recognizable English sentence we need ..... ? A) Transformational rules. B) Structural ambiguity. C) Lexical rules. D) Surface structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lexical rules. 28. When forming the structure "The man who is tall, " which principle or operation ensures that "who is tall" is correctly attached to "The man" ? A) Economy. B) Merge. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Merge. 29. Which sentence is an example of direct speech? A) He was tired, he said. B) He said that he was tired. C) He told me he was tired. D) He said, 'I am tired.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said, 'I am tired.'. 30. If you change the position of even one word, it's possible to change the meaning of the entire sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Complete the sentence with the coordinating conjunction that make sense.It was a scorching day, ..... we still did our best to cope. A) So. B) Or. C) Nor. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yet. 32. Includes numbers and booleans A) Whitespace. B) Data types. C) Modulo. D) Comments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Data types. 33. EX:And Joshua, and all of Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had. A) Polysyndeton. B) Ellipsis. C) Anaphora. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysyndeton. 34. Altae moenia Romae A) Rome's high walls. B) The deep sea of Rome. C) The walls of high Rome. D) The old meaning of Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The walls of high Rome. 35. 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)Some people like cats. A) DET, N, V, N. B) PRN, N, V, N. C) A, N, V, N. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DET, N, V, N. 36. What is surface structure? A) Different between syntactic form. B) Different between basic components. C) Different between stress. D) Different between words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Different between syntactic form. 37. Syntax is a/an ..... A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Pronoun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 38. The repetition of a word or phrase at the BEGINNING of successive clauses. A) Polysyndeton. B) Ellipsis. C) Anaphora. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 39. How does Hinton's diction reveal the class divide between the Socs and Greasers in Chapter 3? A) The Greasers speak formally, while the Socs use casual slang. B) The Socs speak politely, while the Greasers use more colloquial and rough language. C) The Socs and Greasers both use sophisticated vocabulary. D) The language of both groups is informal, highlighting their shared lifestyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Socs speak politely, while the Greasers use more colloquial and rough language. 40. What is the contemporary English version of:Dost or doth A) Can. B) Do or does. C) Will. D) It will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do or does. 41. Which word means "the style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a writer" ? A) Characterize. B) Tone. C) Synecdoche. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 42. How does the author's diction in the phrase "a cacophony of sounds" affect the mood of the passage? A) It creates a serene and peaceful mood. B) It evokes a chaotic and overwhelming mood. C) It suggests a joyful and harmonious mood. D) It implies a dull and monotonous mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It evokes a chaotic and overwhelming mood. 43. Identify the type of verb in brackets:[A car that won't go] is not particularly useful A) Adverb phrase. B) Noun phrase. C) Verb phrase. D) Adjective phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun phrase. 44. What will be the output?name = 'Dave'greeting = "Good morning" + nameprint (greeting) A) Good morning + Dave. B) Good moning 'Dave'. C) Good morning name. D) Good morning Dave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good moning 'Dave'. 45. Transform the following compound sentence into a simple sentence: "She was hungry, so she ate a sandwich." A) Being hungry, she ate a sandwich. B) She was hungry; she ate a sandwich. C) She was hungry and ate a sandwich. D) She ate a sandwich because she was hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being hungry, she ate a sandwich. 46. While I was doing my homework, my father cooked the dinner and my mother was asleep in front of the television. A) Compound-complex. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-complex. 47. Who said this phrase "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth" ? A) Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. B) Henry David Thoreau, Walden. C) William Shakespeare, As You Like It. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry David Thoreau, Walden. 48. What is formal diction? A) Long sentences, with very descriptive and precise writing. B) Short sentences, with general ideas. C) Casual writing that has a happy tone. D) Writing that has a serious tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long sentences, with very descriptive and precise writing. 49. MOOD in writing is a ..... A) An emotion of a character. B) Writer's attitude toward his or her subject. C) Feeling a writer creates for readers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling a writer creates for readers. 50. What is the correct form of the sentence in present continuous tense? A) He is reading a book. B) He are reading a book. C) He reads a book. D) He is read a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is reading a book. 51. Identify the sentence that demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement: A) The team of players are practicing hard. B) Neither the cat nor the dogs was hungry. C) Each of the students were given a book. D) The committee are meeting tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither the cat nor the dogs was hungry. 52. What is the antonym of 'benevolent'? A) Kind. B) Cruel. C) Generous. D) Friendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cruel. 53. Why are the indents necessary after the if and else statements? A) Do not follow these instructions above. B) Logic of the code will make sense. C) Follow these instructions if the statement above is true. D) Code will have no syntax error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Follow these instructions if the statement above is true. 54. "She has been studying all day."Which is a verb phrase? A) Has been studying. B) Studying all day. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been studying. 55. What does "syntax" means? A) Seperate/Arrangement. B) Speaking/Arrangement. C) Divide/Arrangement. D) Putting together/Arrangement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Putting together/Arrangement. 56. Which of the following is NOT a method of syntax rewriting? A) Complex to simple sentence. B) Adding adjectives. C) Changing word order. D) Passive to active voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adding adjectives. 57. My sister ..... (to clean) the bathroom. A) Were cleaning. B) Is cleaning. C) Were clean. D) Was cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is cleaning. 58. Elements of a sentence expressed in similar form, often a list. A) Parallel. B) Periodic. C) Repetitive. D) Rhetorical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallel. 59. Because the exam was so difficult, it was very frustrating for the students. A) Coordination. B) Subordination. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coordination. 60. Normal or Inverted?You do understand, don't you? A) Normal Word Order. B) Inverted Word order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted Word order. ← 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