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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tantae irae animis caelestibus A) Twenty angry souls in heaven. B) Anger so great in heavenly souls. C) Souls of anger in such a heaven. D) Some anger in heaven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twenty angry souls in heaven. 2. Name the kind of test. Birds wake me up every day at 5 o'clock in spring. Who wakes me up every day at 5 o'clock in spring? [birds] A) Pronominalization. B) Coordination. C) Sentence fragment. D) Gapping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence fragment. 3. Syntactic complexity ..... when a topic is familiar A) Increases. B) Decreases. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases. 4. What is the correct form of the sentence in simple present tense? A) She going to school every day. B) She goes to school every day. C) She go to school every day. D) She is going to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She goes to school every day. 5. Complete the sentences with the correct option below:He ..... corrected his mistake. A) Quickly. B) Daily. C) Well. D) Perhaps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quickly. 6. What special type of sentence is the following: "What happens to a dream deferred?" A) Rhetorical question. B) Antithesis. C) Cumulative. D) Periodic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 7. What is the function of a semicolon in a sentence? A) To introduce a list. B) To connect two independent clauses. C) To end a sentence. D) To indicate a pause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To connect two independent clauses. 8. What is the role of syntax rewriting in reading comprehension? A) To simplify complex sentences for better understanding. B) To make sentences more complex. C) To change the meaning of a text. D) To add more information to a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To simplify complex sentences for better understanding. 9. (Passage #3) Is the tone appropriate for this excerpt? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 10. My books were returned to me after lunch. A) Active. B) Passive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passive. 11. Cur ..... regina deorum virum impulerit ..... (perfect active subjunctive) A) Why did the king of the gods and men impulse ?. B) Who is the queen of the gods?. C) Why did the gods rule men?. D) Why would the queen of the gods drive a man ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Why would the queen of the gods drive a man ?. 12. From the relationship between verb and tense; verbs are categorized into ..... A) Finite verb and Non-finite verb. B) Main verb and helping verb. C) Lexical verb and Auxiliaries verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finite verb and Non-finite verb. 13. Michael did his homework at the mall while waiting for his friends to show up. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 14. Identify the phrase "in Indian restaurants" in the following sentence.I enjoy eating in Indian restaurants. A) Prepositional Phrase. B) Verb Phrase. C) Adverb Phrase. D) Noun Phrase. E) Adjective Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepositional Phrase. 15. Which keyword is used to define a method in Java that does not return? A) Void. B) This. C) Class. D) Return. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Void. 16. What special type of sentence is the following:Wolves are important in a habitat because they control the numbers of elk, which in turn allows trees to mature, so they can offer shelter to birds and insects. A) Cumulative. B) Periodic. C) Triadic. D) Inverted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cumulative. 17. What does CSS stand for? A) Computer Style Sheets. B) Cascading Style Sheets. C) Cascading Style Standard. D) Computer Style Standard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cascading Style Sheets. 18. Repetition of the INITIAL part of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence. A) Antimetabole. B) Epistrophe. C) Epanalepsis. D) Anadiplosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epanalepsis. 19. Which principle explains why we prefer "He runs" over "He does run" ? A) Economy. B) Move. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economy. 20. Identify the type of sentence:** ..... Can you help me with this? ..... ** A) Interrogative. B) Exclamatory. C) Declarative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interrogative. 21. Identify the literary device:'The wind whispered through the trees.' A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 22. "We always play football after work."Which is a prepositional phrase? A) After work. B) Always play football. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After work. 23. Which word should go in the blank to complete the sentence correctly? We have been waiting ..... hours. A) On. B) In. C) At. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For. 24. How many fundamental operations does the Minimalist Program emphasize? A) Two. B) Three. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 25. What will the output be of this code?print"Hello World" A) Hello World. B) "Hello World". C) Syntax error. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax error. 26. Runs code line by line and checks for errors A) Interpreter. B) Boolean. C) Modulo. D) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interpreter. 27. Select the sentence with inverted syntax:'In the garden were blooming roses.' A) Normal Word Order. B) Inverted Word Order. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted Word Order. 28. (Passage #2) Is the connotation of the word laughable positive or negative? A) Positive. B) Negative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 29. Which of the following words would be helpful in starting a subject-verb sentence? A) Over. B) Jefferson. C) Quickly. D) Explaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jefferson. 30. Pyscripter is an example of a Python ..... A) Interpreter. B) Identifier. C) Executor. D) Algorithm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interpreter. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSyntax Quiz 1Syntax Quiz 2Syntax Quiz 3Syntax Quiz 4Syntax Quiz 5Syntax Quiz 6Syntax Quiz 7Syntax Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books