This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > A Level > A Level English – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books A Level English Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pinker coined the notion of a euphemistic treadmill ..... A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. It's the first time he ..... abroad, so he ..... used to the culture yet. A) Traveled, didn't get. B) Has traveled, hasn't got. C) Had traveled, hadn't got. D) Travels, isn't getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has traveled, hasn't got. 3. Crystal claims English became dominant mainly due to: A) Spelling reforms. B) Colonial and political power followed by economic and technological power. C) The simplicity of English grammar. D) Media advertising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colonial and political power followed by economic and technological power. 4. Code-switching refers to: A) Jumping between programming languages. B) Switching between informal and formal register. C) Alternating between languages or language varieties depending on context. D) Using words to mean different things depending on social context. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alternating between languages or language varieties depending on context. 5. Blatant language is language such as "fireman" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Which is a COLLECTIVE noun? A) Man. B) Three. C) Family. D) Some. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Family. 7. What punctuation are you most likely to see in a compound sentence? A) ?. B) !. C) -. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ;. 8. Narrowing the range of meaning by providing us with specific detail, adjectives specify a noun's A) Lexical field. B) Semantic field. C) Field of reference. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Field of reference. 9. What is the smallest grammatical building block of language? A) Morpheme. B) Word. C) Clause. D) Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Morpheme. 10. Adverbs modify words. In the following sentences they are indicated by italics. Which one of the following adverbs modifies the other adverb in the sentence? A) The mural was painted particularly carefully. B) The house was very pretty. C) Certainly, the work will be completed on time. D) The car drove slowly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mural was painted particularly carefully. 11. What is the term for taking the first letter of each word to create a new word? A) Acronyms. B) Idioms. C) Euphemism. D) Collocations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acronyms. 12. What is the term used to describe the many ways language changes to be more formal or more informal? A) Register. B) Superlative. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Register. 13. Which of the following is an example of overgeneralisation? A) Mice. B) Ran. C) Uppie. D) Eated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eated. 14. What is the subject of the main clause in the sentence? A) This. B) Testament. C) Dawn Walton. D) Revolution Mix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This. 15. Superlative adverbs will often end with ..... A) -s. B) -est. C) -er. D) -ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -est. 16. What type of noun phrase is "the first story from Revolution Mix" ? A) Simple noun phrase. B) Expanded noun phrase with a prepositional post modifier. C) Compound noun phrase. D) Noun phrase with fronted adverbial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expanded noun phrase with a prepositional post modifier. 17. What is the key feature of an Opinion Column? A) Outspoken opinions. B) Use of passive voice. C) Long, complex sentences. D) Lack of human interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outspoken opinions. 18. What is the perfect aspect? A) Describes an event that is hypothetical. B) Describes events occurring in the past but linked to a later time. C) Describes an event that takes place during a limited time period. D) Describes an event that is ongoing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Describes events occurring in the past but linked to a later time. 19. Wearing jeans to the formal ceremony was considered extremely ..... A) Conventional. B) Respectful. C) Inappropriate. D) Ethical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inappropriate. 20. An adjective that comes after the verb "to be" is called A) Predicative. B) Comparative. C) Superlative. D) Attributive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicative. 21. What is a marked theme (fronting)? A) Putting a word or phrase in the middle of a sentence or utterance in order to draw attention to it. B) Putting a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence or utterance in order to draw attention to it. C) Putting a word or phrase at the end of a sentence or utterance in order to draw attention to it. D) Putting a word or phrase in brackets in a sentence or utterance in order to draw attention to it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Putting a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence or utterance in order to draw attention to it. 22. Why does the sentence name "Dawn Walton" and "Testament" at the start? A) To persuade people to see the show. B) To criticise the creators. C) To give credit and add authority to the information. D) To introduce a disagreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To give credit and add authority to the information. 23. What is a type of speech that describes what the subject is doing? A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 24. What is the main function of a Pullquote in an Article? A) To conclude the message. B) To summarise the entire article. C) To grab the attention of the audience. D) To provide background information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To grab the attention of the audience. 25. What is an asyndetic list? A) Any non-standard use of language use such as dialect, young children or non-native English speakers. B) A phrase or clause with brackets providing additional non-essential information, separated from the main clause. C) A list of words or phrases which are joined by a coordinating conjunction. D) A list of words or phrases which does not contain a coordinating conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A list of words or phrases which does not contain a coordinating conjunction. 26. How many points are there in Listening and Speaking Skill section? A) 25. B) 50. C) 80. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 50. 27. This describes the different ways in which entities (things, people, events) are referred to within texts. A) Ellipsis. B) References. C) Cohesive Devices. D) Substitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) References. 28. Detectives uncovered a complex ..... to manipulate the results of the election. A) Plot. B) Regulation. C) Routine. D) Strategy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 29. What tense is the verb in this sentence:'John was running as fast as he could' A) Present continuous. B) Past continuous. C) Simple past. D) Simple present. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past continuous. 30. How many marks are available for this question? A) 20. B) 25. C) 40. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 31. What is the function of the opening phrase in the sentence? A) To introduce the plot. B) To add background information about how the play was created. C) To give an opinion. D) To describe the reviewer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To add background information about how the play was created. 32. Sibilance is what repeated sounds? A) Ss Zz. B) Ff Vv. C) Tt Dd. D) Gg Cc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ss Zz. 33. When nouns are compared using comparatives and superlatives it is called A) Grading. B) Marking. C) Assessing. D) Correcting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grading. 34. What type of adjective is the answer to Question 4? A) Predicative. B) Attributive. C) Superlative. D) Comparative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicative. 35. Which of these sounds would occur in LABIAL PLOSIVE alliteration? A) S, Z. B) T, D. C) FF, G. D) B, P. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B, P. 36. What best describes the political viewpoint of The Guardian newspaper? A) Centrist. B) Right-wing. C) Communist. D) Left-wing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left-wing. 37. What is the function of the passive voice? A) To reduce the importance of the agent. B) To modify the subject. C) To emphasize the agent. D) To add emphasis to the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To reduce the importance of the agent. 38. When we are certain about a situation, we are assertive in both in our manner and our speech, using constructions to show that something is definite. This is called ..... A) High Modality. B) Discourse Markers. C) Adverbial Phrases. D) Positive Politeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High Modality. 39. True or false:the context of the utterances ..... the time, place, role of speakers, purpose ..... are fundamental to their choice of language. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. What is the role of conjunctions? A) All of the above. B) Join words. C) Join phrases. D) Join clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the above. 41. What is used to replace a noun or proper noun? A) Register. B) Pronoun. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pronoun. 42. According to Lui, which of the following is not a rule of power? A) Power is not static. B) Power is like water. C) Power is corruptible. D) Power compounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Power is corruptible. 43. What is a distinguishing feature of a Home page? A) Absence of a masthead. B) Use of social media. C) Contact information. D) Lack of a lead story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contact information. 44. What is the meaning of Covert Prestige? A) A secret, arcane language or jargon used by a particular group or section of a community. B) An informal, context-bound use of language, with a reduced semantic and syntactic range. C) Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group. D) Delivery of high social status through use of non-standard forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delivery of high social status through use of non-standard forms. 45. Words which locate the conversation in a particular space or context which a non-participant would not be able to make sense of is called ..... A) Discourse Markers. B) Deixis. C) Phatic Communion. D) Positive Politeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deixis. 46. What is the subject of this sentence:'Suddenly, the Whomping Willow threw Harry and Ron to the ground' A) Suddenly. B) The Whomping Willow. C) Threw. D) Harry and Ron. E) To the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Whomping Willow. 47. Which of the following is a spatial preposition? A) During. B) After. C) By. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 48. What is the meaning of Other-related comment? A) An expression where the meaning of the whole conveys more than the meaning of the parts. B) An auxiliary verb + a negating participle + a pronoun. Can be a sign of speaker support, uncertainty or request for clarification. C) Focusing on the listener. D) Linked utterances produced by different people in a conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Focusing on the listener. 49. What does Paper 1 Section B assess you on? A) CLA AO1 and AO2. B) CLA AO1 and AO3. C) Language Change AO1 and AO2. D) CLA AO2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CLA AO1 and AO2. 50. What is a characteristic of Infographics/images? A) Use of negative space. B) Lack of graphical elements. C) Complex language. D) Absence of facial expressions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of negative space. 51. What is the modifier here? I walked along the icy road. A) Road. B) Icy. C) Walked. D) Along. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Icy. 52. What are words which are shortened? A) Clippings. B) Collocations. C) Acronyms. D) Idioms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clippings. 53. Aitchison's "Crumbling Castle" view argues that: A) Language is inherently unstable. B) Language must be preserved as if it were once perfect. C) Language spreads like infection. D) Language naturally changes over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language must be preserved as if it were once perfect. 54. What is the head word here? I love my fluffy slippers which are pink? A) Slippers. B) Fluffy. C) Love. D) Pink. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slippers. 55. Where does a comma and conjunction go in this sentence?Nicole Hernandez Hammer is a climate expert she is also a sea level researcher. A) Between level researcher. B) Betweenexpert she. C) Between sea level. D) Betweenclimate expert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Betweenexpert she. 56. What is a minor sentence? A) A sentence that is grammatically incomplete. B) A sentence that is grammatically incorrect. C) A sentence that is very short. D) A sentence that is very long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sentence that is grammatically incomplete. 57. A word or a phrase in which the figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning. A) Collocations. B) Conventions. C) Jargon. D) Idiomatic expressions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiomatic expressions. 58. The sudden loud noise ..... the audience, even though no real danger existed. A) Terrified. B) Amused. C) Comforted. D) Relaxed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrified. 59. Read the following adjacency pair:Person A:Your phone is over here. Person B:I know.This is an example of a ..... adjacency pair. A) Complaint $\rightarrow$ excuse/remedy. B) Inform $\rightarrow$ acknowledge. C) Offer $\rightarrow$ acceptance/rejection. D) Call/beckon $\rightarrow$ response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inform $\rightarrow$ acknowledge. 60. In the superlative Smallest, "est" is a A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffix. Next →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesA Level English Quiz 2A Level English Quiz 3A Level English Quiz 4A Level English Quiz 5A Level English Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books