This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Syntax > Syntax – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Syntax Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or false:Syntax cannot be complex. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. How does Hinton's choice of diction during the scene where Cherry and Marcia leave with their boyfriends reflect the social divide? A) The diction suggests that both groups have similar goals. B) The diction emphasizes the differences and tension between the groups. C) The diction highlights the friendship between Cherry and Ponyboy. D) The diction shows that the characters are unaware of the divide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The diction emphasizes the differences and tension between the groups. 3. What is the contemporary English version of:art A) Are. B) Will. C) Were. D) It will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 4. Which of the following sentences uses inverted syntax? In the forest, the trees stood tall. The trees stood tall in the forest. Tall stood the trees in the forest. A) In the forest, the trees stood tall. B) The trees stood tall in the forest. C) Tall stood the trees in the forest. D) The forest stood tall the trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the forest, the trees stood tall. 5. Writers make use of parallelism in the literature of syntax? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Which of the following is an example of syntax rewriting to change sentence focus? A) The dog chased the cat. $\rightarrow$ The dog has chased the cat. B) The dog chased the cat. $\rightarrow$ The cat was chased by the dog. C) The dog chased the cat. $\rightarrow$ The cat chased the dog. D) The dog chased the cat. $\rightarrow$ The dog is chasing the cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dog chased the cat. $\rightarrow$ The cat was chased by the dog. 7. A phrase is always a constituent because it is a unit that is part of a larger structure. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. What is the synonym of 'abundant'? A) Rare. B) Plentiful. C) Scarce. D) Limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plentiful. 9. The immigration officer questioned us. / We ..... by the immigration officer. A) Were questioning. B) Were questioned. C) Were being questioned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were questioned. 10. A friend of mine is repairing the car. / The car ..... by a friend of mine. A) Is repairing. B) Is repaired. C) Is being repaired. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is being repaired. 11. Read the following sentence:The hedgehog was ecstatic ..... She had found a hole to burrow into, and she was happily settled beneath the ground, excited to sleep the day away.Based on the context clues, what is the denotation of the word "ecstatic" in the passage? A) Overly intelligent. B) Extremely happy. C) Greatly impressed. D) Often late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extremely happy. 12. Which sentence is an example of parallelism? A) She likes reading, writing, and to jog. B) He enjoys playing football, basketball, and to swim. C) They went to the park, the museum, and the zoo. D) I like to run, to swim, and biking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They went to the park, the museum, and the zoo. 13. How many english tense A) 12. B) 8. C) 9. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 16. 14. Comment lines are not ignored by the compiler. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. What type of sentence is the following:Joe ran the race, and Sally played volleyball. A) Compound-complex. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound. 16. $_{Change the following sentence to passive voice.}$She prints the documents. A) The documents was printed by her. B) The documents is printed by her. C) The documents are printed by her. D) The documents are being printed by her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The documents are printed by her. 17. What is the effect of formal diction in a text? A) It establishes a serious tone. B) It creates a casual tone. C) It simplifies the language. D) It makes the text humorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It establishes a serious tone. 18. Give the right form from this active sentence.The winner collects a high award. A) A high award was collected by the winner. B) A high award had been collected by the winner. C) A high award has been collected. D) A high award is collected by the winner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A high award is collected by the winner. 19. The omission or ABSENCE OF A CONJUNCTION between parts of a sentence. A) Polysendeton. B) Anaphora. C) Ellipsis. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asyndeton. 20. King Duncan rewarded Macbeth with a promotion; furthermore, King Duncan announced a visit to Macbeth's castle. A) Complex. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 21. Which of these words means ALMOST THE SAME as "happy" ? A) Shocked. B) Informative. C) Comical. D) Joyful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joyful. 22. Contains one independent clause A) Simple. B) Compound-complex. C) Complex. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 23. Identify the sentence that uses an oxymoron. A) The silence was deafening. B) The music was soothing. C) The noise was loud. D) The room was quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The silence was deafening. 24. Which operation would be used to change "John bought the book" to "The book John bought" ? A) Merge. B) Move. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Move. 25. How does the author's choice of words in the sentence "The night was dark and full of terrors" contribute to the mood of the text? A) It creates a sense of calm and tranquility. B) It evokes a feeling of fear and suspense. C) It suggests a mood of joy and celebration. D) It implies a sense of boredom and monotony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It evokes a feeling of fear and suspense. 26. Which type of strings are given to Garbage Condition in Syntax Testing? A) Good Strings. B) Bad Strings. C) Both Good & Bad. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bad Strings. 27. Choose the sentence with inverted syntax:The clock struck midnight. Midnight struck the clock. Struck midnight the clock. A) The midnight clock struck. B) The clock struck midnight. C) Struck midnight the clock. D) Midnight struck the clock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Struck midnight the clock. 28. In syntax rewriting, what is the main goal? A) To enhance the clarity and readability of a sentence. B) To change the meaning of a sentence. C) To add more words to a sentence. D) To make a sentence more complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To enhance the clarity and readability of a sentence. 29. Verbs that can stand on their own ..... A) Main verbs. B) Helping verbs. C) Finite verbs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main verbs. 30. Analyze the syntactic choice in the following sentence: "To win the game, you must practice every day." A) Use of passive voice. B) Use of an infinitive phrase. C) Use of a metaphor. D) Use of anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use of an infinitive phrase. 31. Which of the following primitive data type is a 1-bit and has only two values:true and false A) Int. B) String. C) Char. D) Boolean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boolean. 32. Used to describe the syntax of all programming languages, with minor exceptions A) Context-Free Grammars. B) Grammar. C) Backus-Naur Form. D) Metalanguage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context-Free Grammars. 33. There are three types of complements, which are: A) Subject complements, object complements, and adverbial complements. B) Subject complements, complex complements, and compound complements. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject complements, object complements, and adverbial complements. 34. Python is an example of a ..... A) Object orientated programming language. B) Visual-based programming language. C) Text-based programming language. D) Language written in java script. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Text-based programming language. 35. Why is it important to check documentation when unsure about syntax? A) To learn about the history of the programming language. B) To download the latest version of the language. C) To understand how to correctly type in the syntax. D) To find the developer's contact information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To understand how to correctly type in the syntax. 36. Choose unextended sentence A) What a beautiful night!. B) Give me one ice cream, please. C) What's wrong?. D) Go!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go!. 37. Which method is used to round a floating-point number to the nearest integer in Java? A) Ceil(). B) Floor(). C) Round(). D) Math.round(). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Math.round(). 38. "I walked close to the left wall when I entered, but it was empty:just the stairs curving up into shadows." -William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury A) Colon. B) Dash. C) Period. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colon. 39. Is this statement a sentence or a fragment?After finding the pencil on the floor. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 40. Experienced writers incorporate sentence variety into their writing by varying sentence style and structure. Using a mixture of different sentence structures reduces repetition and adds emphasis to important points in the text. Is this statement true or false? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. Which of the following uses an auxiliary verb in elliptical construction, as a reply to "Won't you do it again?" A) Yes, I'll do it again. B) No, I won't. C) No, I won't do it again. D) Yes, I'll do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, I won't. 42. What are the nouns in this sentence?There is no equivalent history of the Liberal party during this period. A) History / party / period. B) Equivalent / history / liberal / period. C) Equivalent / history / liberal / party / period. D) There is / equivalent history / liberal party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) History / party / period. 43. Commands, requests, or instructs A) Exclamatory. B) Imperative. C) Declarative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperative. 44. What is the contemporary English version of:Hast or Hath A) Are. B) Can. C) Will. D) Have. E) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 45. Surrounds multi-line comments A) %. B) **. C) #. D) """. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) """. 46. Identify the type of phrase:** ..... Running quickly ..... ** is his hobby. A) PP. B) NP. C) AdjP. D) VP. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) VP. 47. The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues ..... A) Polysyndeton. B) Anaphora. C) Ellipsis. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ellipsis. 48. Python has commenting capability for the purpose of in-code documentation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. A noun phrase can be formed by: A) A verb and a noun. B) An article and a noun. C) A preposition and a noun. D) A conjunction and a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An article and a noun. 50. We know nothing of one another, nothing, Smiley mused. However closely we live together, at whatever time of day or night sound the deepest thoughts in one another, we know nothing. A) Antimetabole. B) Anadiplosis. C) Epanalepsis. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epanalepsis. 51. The ..... can only act as main verbs. A) Semantic verbs. B) Primary verbs. C) Full/Lexical verbs. D) Modal auxiliary verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full/Lexical verbs. 52. Transform the following complex sentence into a compound sentence: "Because it was raining, we stayed inside." A) It was raining, we stayed inside. B) It was raining; we stayed inside. C) It was raining, so we stayed inside. D) We stayed inside because it was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was raining, so we stayed inside. 53. Her silence worries me. / I ..... her silence A) Am worrying about. B) Am worried about. C) Have worried about. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am worried about. 54. Identify the type of phrase in bracketsWe [met Paul] last week A) Adjective phrase. B) Noun phrase. C) Adverb phrase. D) Verb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb phrase. 55. Below is not non-finite verb forms ..... A) Bare infinitive. B) The past participle form. C) To-infinitive. D) The past tense form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The past tense form. 56. The rules to be followed to generate a tree is called ..... A) Phrase Structure Rules. B) Tree Diagram. C) Constituency. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase Structure Rules. 57. What is the correct form of the sentence in future continuous tense? A) We will be watching TV later. B) We will watching TV later. C) We will be watch TV later. D) We will watch TV later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We will be watching TV later. 58. In shift-reduce parsing, what does the 'shift' operation do? A) It pushes the next input token onto the stack. B) It replaces a non-terminal symbol on the stack with a production rule. C) It reduces a sequence of symbols on the stack to a non-terminal symbol. D) It moves the top symbol of the stack to the input buffer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It pushes the next input token onto the stack. 59. Which of the following sentences is an example of syntax rewriting? A) The cat sat on the mat. $\rightarrow$ The cat sat on the rug. B) The cat sat on the mat. $\rightarrow$ The mat was sat on by the cat. C) The cat sat on the mat. $\rightarrow$ The cat is sitting on the mat. D) The cat sat on the mat. $\rightarrow$ The dog sat on the mat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat sat on the mat. $\rightarrow$ The mat was sat on by the cat. 60. Which word choice in the sentence "The gentle breeze whispered through the trees" most contributes to the peaceful mood? A) Through. B) Breeze. C) Trees. D) Whispered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whispered. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSyntax Quiz 1Syntax Quiz 2Syntax Quiz 3Syntax Quiz 4Syntax Quiz 5Syntax Quiz 6Syntax Quiz 8Syntax Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books