This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > A Level > A Level English – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books A Level English Quiz 6 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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) Loved. C) Was. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating. 4. 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. 5. Pinker believes in linguistic determinism A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What is a mild indirect expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh, unpleasant, or embarrassing? A) Acronyms. B) Idioms. C) Euphemism. D) Collocations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 7. If she ..... earlier, she wouldn't have missed the opening speech. A) Arrived. B) Had arrived. C) Arrives. D) Would arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had arrived. 8. "Bigger" is a ..... A) Superlative. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Comparative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comparative. 9. What is used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality? A) Noun. B) Superlative. C) Register. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superlative. 10. Argues that when people interact they adjust their speech, vocal patterns, and their gestures, to accommodate others. A) CAT. B) Divergence. C) Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. D) Convergence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CAT. 11. 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. 12. What does lexis refer to? A) The images being used in a text. B) The words being used in the text. C) The meaning of a text. D) The ideas in a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The words being used in the text. 13. 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. 14. If a text uses sub-headings and sections, which aspect is being analyzed? A) Phonetics. B) Graphology. C) Phonology. D) Prosodics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graphology. 15. The journalist refused to ..... her sources, despite public pressure. A) Exaggerate. B) Disclose. C) Manipulate. D) Distribute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disclose. 16. What is the key term referred to here? The speaker starts to speak, stops and retries A) Cyclical structure. B) Repair. C) Filler. D) False Starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False Starts. 17. 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). 18. Chomsky's LAD refers to: A) Learned Articulation Development. B) Linguistic Adaptation Data. C) Language Acquisition Device. D) Lexical Acquisition Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language Acquisition Device. 19. 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) On the rug. D) The cat. E) The mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The mouse. 20. Which sentence below has the correct apostrophe use? A) The dog's tail wagged. Its dinner was ready. B) The dogs' tail wagged. It's dinner was ready. C) The dogs' tail wagged. Its dinner was ready. D) The dog's tail wagged. It's dinner was ready. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog's tail wagged. Its dinner was ready. 21. 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 non-finite clause. C) A verb phrase. D) A relative clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A relative clause. 22. What best describes the political viewpoint of The Daily Mail? A) Communist. B) Left-wing. C) Right-wing. D) Centrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right-wing. 23. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Centrally imposed belief system. 24. What is a pre-modified noun phrase? A) A noun phrase that modifies an adjective. B) A noun phrase that comes after the main noun. C) A noun phrase that comes before the main noun. D) A noun phrase that modifies a verb. 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