This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > A Level > A Level English – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books A Level English Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of Accomodation? 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) Where a speaker adapts to another speaker's accent, dialect or sociolect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where a speaker adapts to another speaker's accent, dialect or sociolect. 2. Which is the adjective in this sentence?The boy was hungry so he ran quickly to the stall to buy a sandwich. A) Buy. B) Ran. C) Hungry. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hungry. 3. The company is struggling to remain ..... in an increasingly competitive market. A) Obsolete. B) Relevant. C) Redundant. D) Trivial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relevant. 4. What is the term for the habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word with a frequency greater than chance? A) Collocations. B) Euphemism. C) Acronyms. D) Idioms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collocations. 5. Read the conversation below:Person A:I have to remember to buy dog food at the store.Person B:Speaking of pets, have you heard about the dog rescue my friend started?This is an example of ..... A) Phatic communion. B) Repairing. C) False start. D) Topic shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topic shift. 6. How can a student demonstrate that they have annotated texts in detail, as required by the checklist? A) By making notes, highlighting, and adding comments to the texts. B) By leaving the texts blank. C) By only reading the texts. D) By summarizing the texts in a separate notebook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By making notes, highlighting, and adding comments to the texts. 7. A type of linguistic change in which language comes to structurally resemble one another as a result of prolonged language contact and mutual interference A) Widening. B) CAT. C) Convergence. D) Divergence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convergence. 8. Adjuncts are adverbs that modify verbs. They are indicated by italics in the following sentences. In which of the following sentences does the adverb modify the place in which the verb is being done? A) I always visit my grandmother on Sundays. B) You must go to school now. C) Go there to get a coat. D) He was sleeping well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Go there to get a coat. 9. What is the role of adverbs in a sentence? A) Modify prepositions. B) Modify conjunctions. C) Modify verbs. D) Modify nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modify verbs. 10. What is the term for new words that are created by joining two words together? A) Compounding. B) Acronyms. C) Idioms. D) Collocations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compounding. 11. In the sentence, "The boy waited for the bus" which word is the verb? A) The. B) Boy. C) Waited. D) Bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waited. 12. "Who are you?" is what type of sentence? A) Interrogative. B) Declarative. C) Exclamative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interrogative. 13. Which of the following definitions matches the term "Political Power" ? A) The power someone has because of the social group they belong to. B) Power held by people or groups conferred on them by the law. C) Power that is held because of an individual's occupation or role. D) Sometimes referred to as a specific subdivision of political power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Power held by people or groups conferred on them by the law. 14. What is a type of verb that shows necessity, prohibition, permission, obligation, and ability? A) Auxiliary verb. B) Transitive verb. C) Modal verb. D) Intransitive verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modal verb. 15. What is the type of speech that modifies the action in a sentence? A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 16. Which structural element is typically found in a Speech? A) Salutation. B) Byline. C) Standfirst. D) Masthead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salutation. 17. Which AOs are you assessed on for Q1/2 and how many marks are they worth? A) AO1 (20 marks) and AO2 (10 marks). B) AO1 (10 marks) and AO3 (20 marks). C) AO2 (10 marks) and AO3 (15 marks). D) AO1 (10 marks) and AO2 (20 marks). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) AO1 (10 marks) and AO2 (20 marks). 18. What key term is this a definition for? The speaker will offer a conventional piece of speech and the receiver will reply accordingly A) False Starts. B) Turn Taking. C) Adjacency Pairs. D) Question and Answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjacency Pairs. 19. Who is usually the text producer? A) The person who choose the text. B) The person who paid for the text. C) The person who read the text. D) The person who wrote the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The person who wrote the text. 20. For many years, the belief that the sun revolved around the Earth ..... in ancient cultures. A) Collapsed. B) Predominated. C) Circulated. D) Advanced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predominated. 21. The politician's statement was intentionally ..... to avoid controversy. A) Transparent. B) Explicit. C) Ambiguous. D) Sincere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambiguous. 22. A term acquires a less broad meaning (i.e. meat used to mean any sort of food, but now refers only to food of an animal origin). A) Widening. B) Narrowing. C) Pejoration. D) Shortening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrowing. 23. Where would a semicolon ( ; ) go in this sentence:In 2022 Daniel Mancina broke the record for the longest 50-50 grind on a skateboard he lost his sight at 15. A) Between 2022 Daniel. B) Betweenrecord for. C) Betweenskateboard he. D) Between50-50 grind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Betweenskateboard he. 24. I ..... you a message later, but I ..... be able to reply immediately. A) Sent, didn't. B) Send, don't. C) Will send, won't. D) Am sending, don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will send, won't. 25. True or false:It is not necessary to relate what you are commenting on (like conversations) back to your perceived awareness of the purpose and the context of the conversation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. Which sentence type best describes the following sentence:"Boris Johnson is a toerag." A) Interrogative. B) Exclamative. C) Declarative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarative. 27. He denied ..... the confidential files without permission. A) To access. B) Access. C) Accessed. D) Accessing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accessing. 28. 'deafening silence' is an example of A) Pun. B) Oxymoron. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 29. In the phrase "an Eclipse movement spearheading ..... ", what is "spearheading" ? A) A determiner. B) A main verb. C) A present participle used as a post-modifier. D) An adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A present participle used as a post-modifier. 30. What is non-standard grammar? A) Two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling. B) Any non-standard use of language use such as dialect, young children or non-native English speakers. C) A range of spelling and lettering to reflect volume/accent/sound substitution. D) The conventional spelling system of a language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any non-standard use of language use such as dialect, young children or non-native English speakers. 31. What is orthography? A) The conventional spelling system of a language. B) Any non-standard use of language use such as dialect, young children or non-native English speakers. C) A range of spelling and lettering to reflect volume/accent/sound substitution. D) Two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The conventional spelling system of a language. 32. There are 3 sections in A-Level English? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 33. When you find yourself looking for similarities and differences, which AO is this testing? A) A03. B) A04. C) A01. D) A02. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A04. 34. After weeks of honest communication, there was a noticeable ..... improvement in their teamwork. A) Positive. B) Disastrous. C) Negative. D) Uncertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive. 35. How does the sentence help fulfil the informative mode of an online review? A) By giving personal reactions. B) By using emotive language. C) By providing factual details about creators and context. D) By summarising audience responses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By providing factual details about creators and context. 36. What is a word governing a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element? A) Adverbs. B) Verbs. C) Prepositions. D) Acronyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepositions. 37. What style of essay are you required to write for Q1/2? A) Evaluative. B) Analytical. C) Discursive. D) Opinion article. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaluative. 38. What is an example of a modal verb? A) Most. B) Crossed. C) Should. D) Hope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should. 39. The uncontrolled ..... of insects during the summer caused serious damage to crops. A) Metabolism. B) Breeding. C) Incubation. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breeding. 40. What is the purpose of a comma and conjunction A) Words that help connect or link ideas, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs. B) To combine 2 simple sentences into 1 compound sentence. C) To show emotion. D) To build suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To combine 2 simple sentences into 1 compound sentence. 41. Your written expression, accuracy and SPaG are assessed under ..... A) A02. B) A04. C) A01. D) A03. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A01. 42. David Crystal is best described as a: A) Prescriptivist. B) Descriptivist. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Descriptivist. 43. If you wanted to learn about the relationship between language, gender, and trans identities, which podcast episode should you listen to? A) Language, Gender and Trans Identities. B) The Language of Lying. C) Romani Language. D) How Language Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language, Gender and Trans Identities. 44. What are the nature of the two texts that you get in Paper 1 Section A? A) Two texts from 1600s to 1900s. B) One contemporary text, one older text from 1700s onwards. C) One contemporary text, one older text from 1600s onwards. D) Two contemporary texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One contemporary text, one older text from 1600s onwards. 45. Discourse to get things done with a specific purpose is called A) Back-channel. B) Transactional language. C) Holding the conversational floor. D) Phatic communion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transactional language. 46. The scientist warned that ignoring climate data would have ..... consequences. A) Manageable. B) Temporary. C) Negligible. D) Irreversible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irreversible. 47. Is this a clause or a phrase? The waves towering over me A) Clause. B) Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phrase. 48. What is the meaning of Discourse? A) The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features. B) An evidence-based approach to language that describes, in an objective manner, how language is being used. C) A unit of language longer than a single sentence. To study discourse is to analyse the use of spoken or written language in a social context. D) Delivery of high social status through use of non-standard forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A unit of language longer than a single sentence. To study discourse is to analyse the use of spoken or written language in a social context. 49. When discussing feedback features, vocal expressions are ..... A) For example, "sure, " "absolutely, " "really, " "I know.". B) Facial expressions and body language, for example smiling and hand gestures. C) Giggling, sighing, tutting, oohing, aahhing. D) Noises, for example, mmmmm and ohhhhh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giggling, sighing, tutting, oohing, aahhing. 50. What sort of sentence is this? I looked up and I saw a bird. A) Complex. B) Compound. C) Interrogative. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 51. Which are the 2 adverbial phrases in this sentence:'The car flew for many hours above the rooftops A) The car. B) Flew. C) For many hours and above the rooftops. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For many hours and above the rooftops. 52. Which of these sounds would occur in DENTAL PLOSIVE alliteration? A) SS, Z. B) B, P. C) M, G. D) T, D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T, D. 53. What is missing in this sentence?A nice skatepark a block away. A) Noun. B) Subject. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 54. The project is so demanding that it requires everyone ..... overtime. A) Working. B) Worked. C) Work. D) To work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To work. 55. Which of these is a co-ordinating conjunction despite although and while A) Despite. B) Although. C) And. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And. 56. He spoke with such ..... confidence that everyone believed him immediately. A) Misleading. B) Reluctant. C) Hesitant. D) Persuasive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persuasive. 57. Words and phrases which modify-add to-adjectives. Convey the attitudes and values of the speaker and so they intensify their feelings and opinions. A) Adverbial Phrases. B) Positive Politeness. C) Discourse Markers. D) Conversation Increasers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverbial Phrases. 58. How long should you spend on Section A? A) An hour and a half. B) Half an hour. C) Two and a half hours. D) 45 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An hour and a half. 59. What is a pidgin? A) A simplified contact language used for communication between groups without a shared language. B) A native language that develops from a creole. C) A regional dialect of a single language. D) An artificially constructed language for experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simplified contact language used for communication between groups without a shared language. 60. What is an expression which can have a literal or figurative meaning that is distinctive to a particular language? A) Acronyms. B) Idioms. C) Euphemism. D) Collocations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idioms. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesA Level English Quiz 1A 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