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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the context of parsing, what does the 'Follow' set of a non-terminal symbol contain? A) All terminal symbols that can appear at the beginning of the non-terminal's productions. B) All terminal symbols that can follow the non-terminal in the grammar's rules. C) All terminal symbols that can appear immediately after the non-terminal in any valid string. D) All symbols that can be derived from the non-terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All terminal symbols that can appear immediately after the non-terminal in any valid string. 2. Returns the remainder from division A) Variables. B) Exponments. C) Modulo. D) Boolean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modulo. 3. Identify the sentence with inverted syntax:The leaves rustled in the wind. Rustled in the wind, the leaves. In the wind rustled the leaves. A) In the wind rustled the leaves. B) The leaves rustled in the wind. C) The wind rustled in the leaves. D) Rustled in the wind, the leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the wind rustled the leaves. 4. You should format your page's appearance using HTML. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. The role of a complementizer in a sentence is to introduce a ..... ? A) Lexical rules. B) Deep structure. C) Complement phrase. D) Proper noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complement phrase. 6. Contains three or more clauses, at least two or more depended clauses. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complex. 7. Which word means "the overall feeling for the audience an author creates in his or her writing ..... also known as atmosphere" ? A) Imagery. B) Point of view. C) Mood. D) Complex attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 8. What type of sentence is the following:Open the window. A) Interrogative. B) Imperative. C) Declarative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperative. 9. Choose the sentence with inverted syntax:The fire burned brightly. Brightly burned the fire. The brightly fire burned. A) The fire burned brightly. B) The brightly fire burned. C) Brightly burned the fire. D) Burned brightly the fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brightly burned the fire. 10. The football team lost the game. A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Declarative. 11. Arrangement of words or phrases in a sentence A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Repetition. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syntax. 12. Which sentence is in the active voice? A) The guests left the party by 8 PM. B) The meal was eaten quickly. C) Complaints were made about the music. D) The host was thankful for the dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The guests left the party by 8 PM. 13. A prepositional phrase is formed by: A) A preposition and a noun phrase. B) A preposition and a verb. C) A preposition and a conjunction. D) Two or more prepositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A preposition and a noun phrase. 14. How can syntax contribute to the tone of a passage? A) By using complex sentence structures. B) By focusing on punctuation. C) By selecting specific vocabulary. D) By employing literary devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By using complex sentence structures. 15. According to your text, if a friend is being "sarcastic" toward you, that might be an example of his or her ..... A) Style. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 16. Identify the phrase "early" in the following sentence.Don't you have to leave early? A) Noun Phrase. B) Adverb Phrase. C) Prepositional Phrase. D) Adjective Phrase. E) Verb Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb Phrase. 17. Why might an error message not point to the exact location of a syntax mistake? A) Because the computer screen is too small. B) Because error messages can only indicate the line of the issue. C) Because the programming language is outdated. D) Because the error is too complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because error messages can only indicate the line of the issue. 18. Which are PHP Arithmetic Operators? A) +. B) /. C) *. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. Needs to attached to something else to make sense A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 20. Rewrite the sentence using inverted syntax:'The moon shone brightly.' A) The brightly moon shone. B) Brightly shone the moon. C) Shone brightly the moon. D) The moon brightly shone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brightly shone the moon. 21. Choose the adverb sentence. A) While I was eating lunch with a friend, my ex was flirting with someone else. B) He told me that it was not true. C) Having seen the whole thing, my friend assured me it was completely misconstrued. D) Soon, I hope I will forget all about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soon, I hope I will forget all about it. 22. How does the informal diction used by the Greasers in Chapter 3 contribute to the overall theme of identity? A) It emphasizes their desire to conform to societal norms. B) It reflects their struggle with forming their own identities. C) It shows their rejection of mainstream culture and the formation of their own group identity. D) It suggests that their identities are shaped by outside influences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It shows their rejection of mainstream culture and the formation of their own group identity. 23. Identify the type of sentence:'If it rains, we will cancel the picnic.' A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex. 24. What are the types of syntagms, lexical category, lexical category, etc? A) Subject, verb, adverb, pronoun, conjunction. B) Pronoun, interjection, adjective, adverb, adverb, noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition. C) Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition. 25. Welches der Verben ist ein Kopulaverb? A) Leben. B) Sagen. C) Sein. D) Machen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sein. 26. Dea iam tum tendit et fovet hoc regnum gentibus esse A) The goddess then was already planning and cherishing for this place to be the ruling power for the nations. B) The goddess now had a tendency to favor this king of the gentiles. C) Days already were tender and favored the rule of the nations. D) Gods long strain and favor this queen for the nations to be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The goddess then was already planning and cherishing for this place to be the ruling power for the nations. 27. How do we visualize syntactic structure? A) Trees. B) Constituent constructs. C) Sentences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trees. 28. What is the verb in this sentence?The home page had links to Native American businesses and services A) Home page. B) Links. C) Businesses and services. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 29. Which of the following sentences demonstrates effective diction? A) The feline reclined upon the carpet. B) The kitty was on the rug. C) The animal was located on the floor. D) The cat sat on the mat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cat sat on the mat. 30. Using ..... to create visual presentation of underlying syntactic structure A) Theory. B) Symbols. C) Phrases. D) Tree diagrams. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tree diagrams. 31. Arrange the words to form a coherent sentence: A) Books / she / reading / enjoys / mystery. B) Reading / enjoys / she / mystery / books. C) She / enjoys / reading / mystery / books. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She / enjoys / reading / mystery / books. 32. Begins with subject and verb and adds modifying elements at the end A) Periodic. B) Basic. C) Compound. D) Cumulative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cumulative. 33. Reach syntactic closure early relieving tension and allowing reader to explore the rest of the sentence without urgency. A) Periodic sentence. B) Loose sentence. C) Simple sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loose sentence. 34. Read the following sentence:The baby was very clever. It already knew how to crawl into a room without making a sound. How would the meaning of the sentence change if the author used "cunning" instead of the word "clever" ? A) The baby would seem sneakier. B) The baby would seem stupider. C) The baby would seem louder. D) The baby would seem cuter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The baby would seem sneakier. 35. How many phrases does a sentence with 4 heads contain? A) 3. B) 6. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 36. How could you describe the author's diction in this excerpt?It was then that he saw the dark mist and heard the sound of the wave coming. He rushed back inside, shouting, "Run for your lives. Follow me straight to the hill." A) Simple. B) Elevated. C) Elegant. D) Single-minded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 37. Connotations are ..... A) Created by sentence structure. B) The feelings you get from words. C) The dictionary meanings of words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The feelings you get from words. 38. Question that draws attention to an idea. A) Periodic. B) Balanced. C) Parallel. D) Rhetorical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical. 39. Read the following sentence and identify the type of sentence it is: "The cat chased the mouse, and the dog barked loudly." A) Complex sentence. B) Simple sentence. C) Compound sentence. D) Compound-complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound sentence. 40. Double (1) pi (2) = 3.14 (3); (4)(1) =?(2) =?(3) =?(3) =? A) Name, type, variable, value. B) Type, variable, value, name. C) Variable, value, type, name. D) Type, name, value, variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Type, name, value, variable. 41. Which of the following sentences uses inverted syntax? 'Little did I know about the surprise party.' A) Normal Word Order. B) Inverted Word Order. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted Word Order. 42. Identify the DICTION in the following sentence:My brother argued with me and slammed the door. A) Positive. B) Negative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 43. In literary analysis, how can diction reveal a character's social status? A) By using complex vocabulary to show education. B) By using simple, everyday language to show relatability. C) By using slang or colloquial language to indicate lower social status. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 44. Which of these words means ALMOST THE SAME as "angry" ? A) Unconcerned. B) Anxious. C) Furious. D) Mysterious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Furious. 45. Look at these words:happy, correct, lucky, sure, possibleWhich word has the main stress on the second syllable? A) Possible. B) Happy. C) Lucky. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correct. 46. Read the following passage:My grandmother is thrifty. She never throws out old clothes and saves all her jars to reuse as glasses. How would the meaning of the sentence change if the author used "cheap" instead of the word "thrifty" ? A) The writer would seem unafraid. B) The grandmother would seem unknown. C) The writer would seem uncertain. D) The grandmother would seem ungenerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The grandmother would seem ungenerous. 47. What is syntax rewriting in the context of English grammar? A) Replacing words with synonyms. B) Correcting grammatical errors. C) Changing the structure of a sentence without altering its meaning. D) Improving vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changing the structure of a sentence without altering its meaning. 48. Repeating words or phrases to enhance rhythm or create emphasis. A) Periodic. B) Parallel. C) Repetitive. D) Rhetorical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetitive. 49. Identify the phrase "unbelievably expensive" in the following sentence.Houses are unbelievably expensive just now. A) Adverb Phrase. B) Prepositional Phrase. C) Verb Phrase. D) Adjective Phrase. E) Noun Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective Phrase. 50. Much of that Styrofoam ..... (end/ends) ..... up polluting the oceans and killing sea turtles. A) End. B) Ends. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ends. 51. Which word should go in the blank to complete the sentence correctly? They ..... to the beach last weekend. A) Go. B) Went. C) Going. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 52. True to her word, Lady Macbeth added sleeping potion to the guards' wine. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 53. Per multos annos errabant A) For many years they wandered. B) I wonder as a wander. C) How many years were you in error?. D) Some year they wandered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For many years they wandered. 54. What is the abbreviation of Certain Quantifiers? A) QC. B) CQ. C) Q. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Q. 55. 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)Down fills the best duvets. A) V, DET, N, A, N. B) N, V, DET, A, N. C) A, N, V, DET, N. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) N, V, DET, A, N. 56. Class is a container for data and methods, which brings functionality to your program. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. We call the group of coordinating conjunctions that link independent clauses to create compound sentences A) ABCDE. B) RIGHT. C) POWER. D) FANBOYS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) FANBOYS. 58. In Python coding what does the instruction PRINT do? A) Input a number. B) Print a statement on the screen. C) Add together two numbers. D) Instruct a printer to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Print a statement on the screen. 59. I went to the store however I forgot the tomatoes.Which is the correct punctuation? A) However,. B) Store, however,. C) Store; however,. D) It's correct how it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Store; however,. 60. Although Macbeth was the King's most trusted warrior, Macbeth stabbed him to death. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. ← 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