This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > A Level > A Level English – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books A Level English Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a parenthesis? A) A list of words or phrases which does not contain a coordinating conjunction. B) A list of words or phrases which are joined by a coordinating conjunction. C) Any non-standard use of language use such as dialect, young children or non-native English speakers. D) A phrase or clause with brackets providing additional non-essential information, separated from the main clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A phrase or clause with brackets providing additional non-essential information, separated from the main clause. 2. What part of speech provides greater description to a word, phrase, clause, or a sentence? A) Acronyms. B) Prepositions. C) Adverbs. D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverbs. 3. Sapir Whorf believe in linguistic reflectionism A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Adverbs modify words. In the following sentences they are indicated by italics. Which one of the following adverbs modifies the adjective in the sentence? A) Certainly, the work will be completed on time. B) The car drove slowly. C) The mural was painted particularly carefully. D) The house was very pretty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The house was very pretty. 5. What is the term for the invention of totally new words? A) Coinage. B) Idioms. C) Acronyms. D) Collocations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coinage. 6. Which AOs are you assessed on for Q3 and how many marks are they worth? A) AO1 (20 marks), AO3 (10 marks) and AO4 (10 marks). B) AO1 (10 marks), AO3 (15 marks) and AO4 (15 marks). C) AO1 (15 marks) and AO4 (25 marks). D) AO4 (40 marks). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AO1 (10 marks), AO3 (15 marks) and AO4 (15 marks). 7. What does A-Level Test stand for? A) Advanced Knowledge Level Test. B) Applied Knowledge Level Test. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Applied Knowledge Level Test. 8. What is the meaning of Marked words? 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) The downgrading or depreciation of a word's meaning, as when a word with a positive sense develops a negative. D) Refers to words that are ascribed less prestige than the standard form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refers to words that are ascribed less prestige than the standard form. 9. Which is the dynamic verb in this sentence:She loved eating the airplane food, it was all part of the journey. A) Part of. B) Was. C) Loved. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating. 10. What do you need to explore in Paper 1 Section A? A) Meaning and representations. B) Theories. C) Language and diversity. D) Child language acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meaning and representations. 11. Pinker believes in linguistic determinism A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. What is a mild indirect expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh, unpleasant, or embarrassing? A) Euphemism. B) Collocations. C) Acronyms. D) Idioms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 13. If she ..... earlier, she wouldn't have missed the opening speech. A) Arrives. B) Would arrive. C) Arrived. D) Had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had arrived. 14. "Bigger" is a ..... A) Verb. B) Comparative. C) Noun. D) Superlative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comparative. 15. What is used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality? A) Register. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Superlative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Superlative. 16. Argues that when people interact they adjust their speech, vocal patterns, and their gestures, to accommodate others. A) CAT. B) Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. C) Convergence. D) Divergence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CAT. 17. Adverbs modify words. In the following sentences they are indicated by italics. Which one of the following adverbs modifies the whole sentence? A) The mural was painted particularly carefully. B) Certainly, the work will be completed on time. C) The house was very pretty. D) The car drove slowly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Certainly, the work will be completed on time. 18. What type of verb is 'must' in this usage:'it must be done in the early morning'? A) Epistemic modal. B) Deontic modal. C) Dynamic lexical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deontic modal. 19. What does lexis refer to? A) The words being used in the text. B) The meaning of a text. C) The images being used in a text. D) The ideas in a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The words being used in the text. 20. Which section is NOT in A-Level English? A) Listening and Speaking Skill. B) Reading Skill. C) Speaking and Reading Skill. D) Writing Skill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaking and Reading Skill. 21. If a text uses sub-headings and sections, which aspect is being analyzed? A) Prosodics. B) Phonetics. C) Graphology. D) Phonology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graphology. 22. The journalist refused to ..... her sources, despite public pressure. A) Exaggerate. B) Distribute. C) Disclose. D) Manipulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disclose. 23. What is the key term referred to here? The speaker starts to speak, stops and retries A) Filler. B) Cyclical structure. C) Repair. D) False Starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False Starts. 24. Which of the following is an example of semantic broadening? A) Holiday (from a religious festival to any vacation). B) Rhino (from rhinoceros). C) Girl (from any young person to specifically a female child). D) Meat (from any food to specifically animal flesh). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holiday (from a religious festival to any vacation). 25. Chomsky's LAD refers to: A) Lexical Acquisition Division. B) Language Acquisition Device. C) Learned Articulation Development. D) Linguistic Adaptation Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language Acquisition Device. 26. What is the object of this sentence:'After several minutes toying with it, the cat dropped the mouse on the rug' A) Dropped. B) After several minutes toying with it. C) The mouse. D) On the rug. E) The cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The mouse. 27. Which sentence below has the correct apostrophe use? A) The dogs' tail wagged. Its dinner was ready. B) The dog's tail wagged. Its dinner was ready. C) The dogs' tail wagged. It's dinner was ready. D) The dog's tail wagged. It's dinner was ready. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dog's tail wagged. Its dinner was ready. 28. What type of grammar structure is this:(he is a man) 'who has tended the Queen at Ascot'? A) A past tense clause. B) A relative clause. C) A non-finite clause. D) A verb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A relative clause. 29. What best describes the political viewpoint of The Daily Mail? A) Centrist. B) Left-wing. C) Communist. D) Right-wing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Right-wing. 30. According to Lui, which one of the following is type of power? A) Wealth. B) Physical Force. C) Social Norms. D) Centrally imposed belief system. 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