This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Syntax > Syntax – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Syntax Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the sentence with inverted syntax:The rain fell gently. Gently fell the rain. The rain gently fell. A) The rain fell gently. B) Fell gently the rain. C) Gently fell the rain. D) The rain gently fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gently fell the rain. 2. Take a specific part of structure, like a branch of the tree away and attach it to a different part are called? A) Syntactic structures. B) Syntactic symbols. C) Tree diagrams. D) Transformational rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transformational rules. 3. Noam Chomsky is the proponent of ..... A) Syntax. B) Generative grammar. C) Grammar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generative grammar. 4. The young cub and its mother walked across the road. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 5. Danny closed the door quietly. "quietly" is- A) The subject. B) An adjective. C) An object. D) An adverb. E) A verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An adverb. 6. Integers are ..... and floats are ..... A) Whole numbers and exponents. B) Powers and fractions. C) Fractions and whole numbers. D) Whole numbers and decimal numbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whole numbers and decimal numbers. 7. The following are symbols used in syntactic analysis, except ..... A) Art. B) Tr. C) PP. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tr. 8. Is syntax vary between nations? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 9. Once of the basic rules of syntax said that all sentences require a subject and a verb. However, imperative sentences (commands) do not need to include their subject because it's assumed to be the person the sentence is directed at. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Contain a single subject and verb A) Compound-complex. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 11. I was playing basketball an hour ago A) Future progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Present progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 12. A declarative sentence ends with A) An exclamation point!. B) A period. C) A comma,. D) A question mark?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A period. 13. Syntax helps what? A) Enlightens. B) Highlights. C) Shows. D) Demonstrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Highlights. 14. Which of the following sentences uses inverted syntax? The car raced down the street. Down the street, the car raced. Raced down the street, the car. A) Down the street, the car raced. B) The street down raced the car. C) The car down raced the street. D) Raced the down street, car the. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Down the street, the car raced. 15. Which phase of a compiler is responsible for converting source code into tokens? A) Code Generation. B) Lexical analysis. C) Syntax analysis. D) Semantic Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lexical analysis. 16. Identify the sentence with inverted syntax:The wind howled in the night. Howling in the night, the wind. In the night, the wind howled. A) Howling in the night, the wind. B) The night howled in the wind. C) The wind in the night howled. D) Howled the wind in the night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Howling in the night, the wind. 17. Syntax can best be defined as ..... A) Word choice. B) Sentence structure. C) Rhetorical question. D) How we build argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence structure. 18. Formal language-genmeration mechanisms used to describe syntax of programming languages A) Context-Free Grammars. B) Metalanguage. C) Backus-Naur Form. D) Grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grammar. 19. What is the main stucture of a sentence? A) AP + VP. B) AP + NP. C) PP + NP. D) NP + VP. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NP + VP. 20. Prepositional phrases can be daughters of ..... A) Noun phrases. B) Verb phrases. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 21. Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. A) Voice. B) Syntax. C) Imagery. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 22. Which operator is used to check if two values are not equal in Java? A) !=. B) <>. C) ==. D) =. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !=. 23. Last night the boys ..... jumping on their bed. A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 24. The common sentence structure in English is A) Verb-object-subject. B) Subject-subject-verb. C) Subject-verb-object. D) Object-verb-subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject-verb-object. 25. Which punctuation mark is used to connect two independent clauses? A) Colon. B) Hyphen. C) Semicolon. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semicolon. 26. Identify the adjunct in the following sentence:The blonde art student A) Art. B) The. C) Blonde. D) Student. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blonde. 27. If a sentence is missing a subject or a verb it is called a ..... ? A) Fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Comma Splice. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 28. YourIt is your coat. = 'Tis ..... coat. A) Thine. B) Thy. C) Hast or Hath. D) Thee. E) Thou. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thy. 29. Dum conderet urbem A) Unfund the city. B) Until he could establish a city. C) While he found the city. D) When he cordoned the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until he could establish a city. 30. Syntax is the component of grammar that deals with ..... A) How words can be heard through writing. B) How words and phrases are combined into larger phrases. C) How phrases change into larger phrases. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How words and phrases are combined into larger phrases. 31. What is the purpose of Recognizer? A) Generating inputs. B) Perform Validity of a Input. C) Accept good strings. D) Perform Validation of a Input. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perform Validation of a Input. 32. Identify the complement in the following sentence:The blonde art student A) Student. B) The. C) Art. D) Blonde. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Art. 33. What can a variable not start with? A) A capital letter. B) A special character. C) A lower case letter. D) A number. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A number. 34. My mother {work} in a that company?What type of speech is {work} A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 35. A specific order of symbol replacement in senential forms-the replaced nonterminal is always the left-most non-terminal in the previous sentential form A) Leftmost Derivations. B) EBNF. C) Sentential Form. D) Ambiguity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leftmost Derivations. 36. Which of the following is not a noun phrase structure rule? A) NP= V (N) (Adv) PP. B) NP= (AdjP) N (PP+). C) NP= (AdjP) N (PP). D) NP= (D) N (AdjP). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NP= V (N) (Adv) PP. 37. The arrangement of words and order of grammatical elements in a sentence A) Dialect. B) Dialogue. C) Syntax. D) Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. 38. Decide what the tone of the following sentence is:The character can be seen riding a bike under the bright summer sun. A) Positive. B) Negative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive. 39. Juno fertur coluisse A) Juno is cultured to have said. B) Juno is said to have cherished. C) Juno's colony. D) Juno's fate was to cherish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juno is said to have cherished. 40. There are ..... groups of auxiliaries. A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 41. Macbeth was covered in blood, and he brought the bloody daggers to his wife. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 42. What is the answer to print (16//5)? A) 21. B) 1. C) 3. D) 165. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 43. What type of sentence is the following:Knowledge of grammar is essential to successful writing. A) Imperative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarative. 44. The form of the verb other than the third person singular is often referred to as ..... A) The finite verb. B) The base form. C) The lexical verbs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The base form. 45. Contains an independent clause and two or more dependent clauses. A) Compound-complex. B) Compound. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex. 46. Diction depends on all but one of these factors. A) The word has to be right and accurate. B) Words should be appropriate to the context. C) The words should be strong and emotional. D) The choice of words should be understood easily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The words should be strong and emotional. 47. What does == mean? A) Assign a value to a variable. B) Nothing, it's an error caused by typing == instead of =. C) Check that the value on the right of the == matches the value on the left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Check that the value on the right of the == matches the value on the left. 48. Choose the subject. Mary takes her dog on a walk in the neighborhood. A) Takes. B) Neighborhood. C) Walk. D) Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary. 49. What is a output? A) A orange. B) Data that the user enters. C) An output. D) A piece of data that is shown on the screen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A piece of data that is shown on the screen. 50. How does the use of formal language by Cherry in Chapter 3 contrast with the language of the Greasers? A) It shows that Cherry tries to fit in with the Greasers. B) It highlights the deep emotional connection between her and Ponyboy. C) It underscores the cultural and social gap between the Socs and Greasers. D) It suggests that Cherry is uncomfortable with her own social group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It underscores the cultural and social gap between the Socs and Greasers. 51. She has won the first prize. / First prize ..... by her. A) Has won. B) Has been won. C) Had been won. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been won. 52. What is the correct definition of syntax? A) The branch of linguistic that examines words in the sentences. B) The branch of linguistics that examines the sentence structure of English Language. C) The branch of linguistics that studies sentence structure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The branch of linguistics that studies sentence structure. 53. Name the variable in this code:name = "Daffy"print("Hi", name) A) Daffy. B) Hi. C) Print. D) Name. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Name. 54. Select the sentence that contains an infinitive phrase. A) She likes to swim in the ocean. B) Swimming in the ocean is fun. C) She swam in the ocean yesterday. D) The ocean is vast and deep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She likes to swim in the ocean. 55. The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. A) Imagery. B) Diction. C) Syntax. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 56. Choose the sentence that contains a gerund. A) I like to run. B) Running is my favorite hobby. C) He will run tomorrow. D) She ran yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running is my favorite hobby. 57. (Passage #2) Which phrase best helps to establish the tone identified in the previous question? A) If you'd like to spend $ 40 to be bored by a video game. B) Created and produced by the otherwise popular and successful Digital Fun Studios. C) The action is dull, the problems to overcome are predictable, and the characters are almost laughable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you'd like to spend $ 40 to be bored by a video game. 58. Which word should go in the blank to complete the sentence correctly? I ..... soccer every weekend. A) Played. B) Playing. C) Plays. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Play. 59. In the sentence "The storm raged on, relentless and unforgiving, " which word choice most contributes to the intense mood? A) Relentless. B) Raged. C) Unforgiving. D) Storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relentless. 60. Poe uses diction to create what kind of tone in Annabel Lee? A) Confused. B) Mythical. C) Joyful. D) Eager. 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