This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Syntax > Syntax – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Syntax Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence is in passive voice? A) Sandy made the coffee. B) The coffee was made by Sandy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The coffee was made by Sandy. 2. 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. 3. How do we visualize syntactic structure? A) Trees. B) Constituent constructs. C) Sentences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trees. 4. 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. 5. Which of the following sentences demonstrates effective diction? A) The cat sat on the mat. B) The feline reclined upon the carpet. C) The animal was located on the floor. D) The kitty was on the rug. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cat sat on the mat. 6. Using ..... to create visual presentation of underlying syntactic structure A) Symbols. B) Phrases. C) Tree diagrams. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tree diagrams. 7. 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. 8. Begins with subject and verb and adds modifying elements at the end A) Cumulative. B) Basic. C) Periodic. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cumulative. 9. 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. 10. 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 cuter. B) The baby would seem sneakier. C) The baby would seem louder. D) The baby would seem stupider. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The baby would seem sneakier. 11. How many phrases does a sentence with 4 heads contain? A) 3. B) 6. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 12. 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) Elegant. B) Elevated. C) Simple. D) Single-minded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 13. 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. 14. Question that draws attention to an idea. A) Periodic. B) Balanced. C) Parallel. D) Rhetorical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical. 15. 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. 16. Double (1) pi (2) = 3.14 (3); (4)(1) =?(2) =?(3) =?(3) =? A) Variable, value, type, name. B) Name, type, variable, value. C) Type, variable, value, name. D) Type, name, value, variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Type, name, value, variable. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. Which of these words means ALMOST THE SAME as "angry" ? A) Unconcerned. B) Anxious. C) Furious. D) Mysterious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Furious. 21. Look at these words:happy, correct, lucky, sure, possibleWhich word has the main stress on the second syllable? A) Possible. B) Lucky. C) Happy. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correct. 22. 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. 23. What is syntax rewriting in the context of English grammar? A) Improving vocabulary. B) Replacing words with synonyms. C) Correcting grammatical errors. D) Changing the structure of a sentence without altering its meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Changing the structure of a sentence without altering its meaning. 24. Repeating words or phrases to enhance rhythm or create emphasis. A) Periodic. B) Parallel. C) Repetitive. D) Rhetorical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetitive. 25. Identify the phrase "unbelievably expensive" in the following sentence.Houses are unbelievably expensive just now. A) Adverb Phrase. B) Adjective Phrase. C) Noun Phrase. D) Verb Phrase. E) Prepositional Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective Phrase. 26. 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. 27. Which word should go in the blank to complete the sentence correctly? They ..... to the beach last weekend. A) Went. B) Goes. C) Going. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. What is the abbreviation of Certain Quantifiers? A) C. B) CQ. C) Q. D) QC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Q. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSyntax Quiz 1Syntax Quiz 2Syntax Quiz 3Syntax Quiz 4Syntax Quiz 5Syntax Quiz 7Syntax Quiz 8Syntax Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books