This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > A Level > A Level English – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books A Level English Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of Deixis? A) Distinctive vocabulary (or grammar) associated with a group. B) A conventional and routine expression in colloquial communication, sometimes metaphorical. C) Signals a shift in conversation and topic areas; can also mark a counter-argument. D) Words that add specific context (often time/place)needed for the whole utterance to make sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Words that add specific context (often time/place)needed for the whole utterance to make sense. 2. Which of the following are abstract nouns? A) Table, baby, fridge. B) Love, hate, courage. C) Chair, door, tree. D) Pencil, ruler, bin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love, hate, courage. 3. What part of speech is this? under A) Determiner. B) Preposition. C) Conjunction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 4. BONUS:What is this linguistic difference in perspective based on? A) Wealth and Class. B) Deficiency and Superiority. C) Correctness. D) Prestige and Social Identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deficiency and Superiority. 5. 'The pigs' (for the police) would be a good example of A) Pun. B) Dysphemism. C) Euphemism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dysphemism. 6. How many items are there in Reading Section? A) 20. B) 30. C) 40. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 7. What are these:anti-ex-dis- A) Prefixes. B) Suffixes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefixes. 8. What best describes the political viewpoint of the BBC? A) Centrist. B) Communist. C) Right-wing. D) Left-wing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Centrist. 9. How long do you have for Paper 1? A) An hour and a half. B) Two and a half hours. C) Two hours. D) Three hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two and a half hours. 10. A long-time political prisoner who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for his leadership that ushered in a democratic South Africa. A) David Diop. B) Nelson Mandela. C) Chinua Achebe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nelson Mandela. 11. What is a custom or a way of acting or doing things that is widely accepted and followed? A) Collocations. B) Idiomatic Expressions. C) Conventions. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conventions. 12. In the following sentence:'Where are your books?' what word class is 'your'? A) Pronoun. B) Determiner. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Determiner. 13. Is this sentence active or passive?:'In the 15th century, the printing press was brought to Britain by William Caxton' A) Active. B) Passive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passive. 14. Is this an independant clause? As I walked along the road A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 15. Affixation is when A) Parts of 2 or more words are joined together. B) 2 or more whole words are joined together. C) A word is borrowed from another language. D) A word is formed by adding prefixes and/or suffixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A word is formed by adding prefixes and/or suffixes. 16. Unlike his enthusiastic teammates, Mark appeared completely ..... in the discussion. A) Doubtful. B) Concerned. C) Skeptical. D) Indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indifferent. 17. How many assessment objectives will be assessed for question 3? A) 1. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 18. What is the definition of setting? A) The type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content. B) The time and place in which a narrative occurs. C) The element of plot structure that develops the conflict through a series of events to build interest and/or suspense and leads up to the climax. D) The highest point in the plot where the problem/conflict reaches its peak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The time and place in which a narrative occurs. 19. Which sort of adjective is this? longer A) Base. B) Superlative. C) Comparative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comparative. 20. No sooner ..... the announcement than the audience started applauding. A) Did he finish. B) He finished. C) He had finished. D) Had he finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had he finished. 21. Which of the following is an adjective of quality? A) Blue. B) Many. C) My. D) This. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue. 22. Adverbs modify words. In the following sentences they are indicated by italics. Which one of the following adverbs modifies the verb in the sentence? A) The mural was painted particularly carefully. B) The car drove slowly. C) Certainly, the work will be completed on time. D) The house was very pretty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The car drove slowly. 23. Which sounds are fricatives? A) L, W. B) P, T, D. C) F, V. D) S, Z. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) F, V. 24. What type of verb shows a state of being? A) Material verb. B) Verbal verb. C) Stative verb. D) Dynamic verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stative verb. 25. Halliday's functional theory suggests language changes because: A) Children acquire words incorrectly. B) Social needs and functions drive change. C) Language decays over time. D) Dictionaries standardise usage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social needs and functions drive change. 26. An adjective that comes before a noun is called A) Attributive. B) Comparative. C) Predicative. D) Superlative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attributive. 27. Which code does Bernstein associate with formal, context-independent expression? A) Restricted code. B) Elaborated code. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elaborated code. 28. Is this a pronoun or a determiner? my A) Pronoun. B) Determiner. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Determiner. 29. Which of the following is a disadvantage of English's global dominance? A) Loss of linguistic diversity. B) Easier international trade. C) Improved mutual intelligibility worldwide. D) Increased access to scientific research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loss of linguistic diversity. 30. You can't submit the report until you ..... all the required documents. A) Had completed. B) Are completing. C) Completed. D) Have completed. 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