This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Syntax > Syntax – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Syntax Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence has been rewritten to improve its formality? A) I can't believe it! $\rightarrow$ I cannot believe it. B) I can't believe it! $\rightarrow$ I am unable to believe it. C) I can't believe it! $\rightarrow$ It is unbelievable. D) I can't believe it! $\rightarrow$ It cannot be believed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I can't believe it! $\rightarrow$ I am unable to believe it. 2. In the following sentence, what is the first noun phrase?A cat eats a mouse. A) A cat. B) Eats. C) A mouse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cat. 3. 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. 4. Identify the sentence:Luke really grates my nerves! A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Exclamatory. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamatory. 5. Bei welchem Test ersetzt man Konstituenten mit anderen? A) Substitutionstest. B) Eliminierungstest. C) Permutationstest. D) Koordinationstest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Substitutionstest. 6. Which is an example of passive voice? A) Timmy fed his cat. B) The girl played with the dog. C) The food was cooked by the chef. D) The man rode his bike to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The food was cooked by the chef. 7. 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) -ing Modifier. B) Adverb/Adjective phrase. C) Dependent Clause. D) Infinitive. E) Prepositional phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing Modifier. 8. What is the correct form of the sentence in present perfect tense? A) He finished his homework. B) He finishes his homework. C) He has finished his homework. D) He have finished his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has finished his homework. 9. Which method is used to concatenate two strings in Java? A) Join(). B) Concatenate(). C) Append(). D) +. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) +. 10. 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. 11. 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) Across the river, the bridge spanned. B) Spanned the bridge across the river. C) The river spanned across the bridge. D) The bridge spanned across the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across the river, the bridge spanned. 12. 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. 13. A data type than can have one of two values:True or False A) Modulo. B) Variable. C) Boolean. D) Interpreter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boolean. 14. Choose the sentence with inverted syntax:The birds chirped in the morning. Chirping in the morning, the birds. The morning birds chirped. A) B. B) C. C) The morning chirped birds. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. (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. 18. Contains two independent clauses joined by acoordinating conjunction or by a semicolon. A) Cumulative. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Periodic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 19. Stylistic device in which several coordinating CONJUNCTIONS are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect. A) Asyndeton. B) Anaphora. C) Ellipsis. D) Polysyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polysyndeton. 20. John Backus is important to us because A) He introducing a formal language description notation, BNF. B) He describing ALGOL 58. C) He invented Fortran the first programming language. D) He argued against the idea of context-free grammars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He introducing a formal language description notation, BNF. 21. Contains two or more independent clausesand one or more subordinate clauses. A) Complex. B) Compound. C) Compound-complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-complex. 22. A particular opinion or attitude expressed. A) Diction. B) Voice. C) Imagery. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voice. 23. I helped him because I liked him. Because is a/an ..... A) Preposition. B) Conjuction. C) Noun verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjuction. 24. 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. 25. Choose correct way to declare variable in PHP A) Var=1;. B) Define("var", 1);. C) $ var = 1;. D) $ 100var=1;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $ var = 1;. 26. A data type which is typical in form and make use of digits and a decimal point A) Boolean. B) Char. C) Integer. D) Float. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Float. 27. I enjoy eating [at] Quang AnhIdentify type of speech in the bracket A) Pronoun. B) Preposition. C) Interjection. D) Article. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 28. Which of the followings is Java code that starts from the main() method as a mandatory part of every program A) Public void static main(String args []). B) Public static void main [String [] Args]. C) Public static void main (String args[]). D) Public void main static (args[] String). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public static void main (String args[]). 29. To generate structures turn into recognizable English sentence we need ..... ? A) Surface structure. B) Lexical rules. C) Structural ambiguity. D) Transformational rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lexical rules. 30. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSyntax Quiz 1Syntax Quiz 2Syntax Quiz 4Syntax Quiz 5Syntax Quiz 6Syntax Quiz 7Syntax Quiz 8Syntax Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books