This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Syntax > Syntax – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Syntax Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence is an example of direct speech? A) He told me he was tired. B) He said that he was tired. C) He said, 'I am tired.'. D) He was tired, he said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said, 'I am tired.'. 2. 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. 3. Complete the sentence with the coordinating conjunction that make sense.It was a scorching day, ..... we still did our best to cope. A) Or. B) So. C) Nor. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yet. 4. Includes numbers and booleans A) Data types. B) Comments. C) Modulo. D) Whitespace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Data types. 5. 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) Anaphora. B) Asyndeton. C) Polysyndeton. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polysyndeton. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. What is surface structure? A) Different between basic components. B) Different between stress. C) Different between words. D) Different between syntactic form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Different between syntactic form. 9. Syntax is a/an ..... A) Noun. B) Pronoun. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 10. The repetition of a word or phrase at the BEGINNING of successive clauses. A) Ellipsis. B) Anaphora. C) Polysyndeton. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 11. 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. 12. What is the contemporary English version of:Dost or doth A) Can. B) Do or does. C) It will. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do or does. 13. Which word means "the style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a writer" ? A) Synecdoche. B) Tone. C) Characterize. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 14. 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. 15. Which of the following sentences is an example of a compound sentence? A) She likes tea, and he likes coffee. B) Although she likes tea, he likes coffee. C) She likes tea because it is refreshing. D) She likes tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She likes tea, and he likes coffee. 16. Identify the type of verb in brackets:[A car that won't go] is not particularly useful A) Verb phrase. B) Noun phrase. C) Adverb phrase. D) Adjective phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun phrase. 17. What will be the output?name = 'Dave'greeting = "Good morning" + nameprint (greeting) A) Good morning + Dave. B) Good moning 'Dave'. C) Good morning Dave. D) Good morning name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good moning 'Dave'. 18. 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. 19. While I was doing my homework, my father cooked the dinner and my mother was asleep in front of the television. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complex. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. What is the correct form of the sentence in present continuous tense? A) He is reading a book. B) He reads a book. C) He is read a book. D) He are reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is reading a book. 24. Identify the sentence that demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement: A) The committee are meeting tomorrow. B) Neither the cat nor the dogs was hungry. C) Each of the students were given a book. D) The team of players are practicing hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither the cat nor the dogs was hungry. 25. What is the antonym of 'benevolent'? A) Generous. B) Cruel. C) Kind. D) Friendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cruel. 26. 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. 27. "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. 28. What does "syntax" means? A) Putting together/Arrangement. B) Speaking/Arrangement. C) Divide/Arrangement. D) Seperate/Arrangement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Putting together/Arrangement. 29. Which of the following is NOT a method of syntax rewriting? A) Passive to active voice. B) Adding adjectives. C) Changing word order. D) Complex to simple sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adding adjectives. 30. My sister ..... (to clean) the bathroom. A) Is cleaning. B) Were cleaning. C) Was cleaning. D) Were clean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is cleaning. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSyntax Quiz 1Syntax Quiz 2Syntax Quiz 3Syntax Quiz 5Syntax Quiz 6Syntax Quiz 7Syntax Quiz 8Syntax Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books