This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Nominalization > Nominal Group – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nominal Group Quiz 1 (43 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Classify the sentence below: "The doctor's family" A) Modifier/determiner/nucleus. B) Determiner/nucleus/nucleus. C) Determiner/nucleus/determiner. D) Determiner/modifier/nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Determiner/modifier/nucleus. 2. Which category does "take away" in "they're coming to take away your son in the morning" belong to? A) Nominal group. B) Phrasal verb. C) Infinitive. D) Macca's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phrasal verb. 3. Classify the sentence below: "Beach house" A) Modifier/modifier. B) Nucleus/ modifier. C) Determiner/nucleus. D) Modifier/nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modifier/nucleus. 4. Identify the referring expression in this following sentence:Alex called me last night A) Saw. B) Happy. C) Alex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alex. 5. How many modifiers are there in this word? Our current democracy's insidious repercussive and cataclysmic [exigencies] are unfounded. A) There 5. B) Ther are 3. C) There are 4. D) There are 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are 6. 6. Which nominal group division represents the logical metafunction A) Deictic, Numerative, Classifier, Epithet, Thing, Qualifier. B) Pre-modifier, Head, Post-modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pre-modifier, Head, Post-modifier. 7. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The yellow [cab] in the line is new. A) There is 1. B) There are 2. C) There are 4. D) There are 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are 2. 8. Classify the sentence below: "An expensive apartament." A) Determiner/determiner/nucleus. B) Nucleus/determiner. C) Modifier/determiner/nucleus. D) Determiner/modifier/nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Determiner/modifier/nucleus. 9. Which of the following is a sensing verb? A) Look. B) Shout. C) Dance. D) Increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look. 10. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The man is here. A) There is 1. B) There are 3. C) There are 2. D) There are 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is 1. 11. "The man with the broken nose"Which is the qualifier in the example? A) With the broken nose. B) Nose. C) The broken nose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With the broken nose. 12. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The [amount] we paid is too much. A) There are4. B) There are 3. C) There is 1. D) There are 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is 1. 13. "All the teacher's Jackets"How many deictics do we have in the example? A) 1. B) 0. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 14. Our current democracy's insidious repercussive and catastrophic exigencies are unfounded.The main noun is ..... A) Exigencies. B) Demicracy's. C) Repercussive. D) Current. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exigencies. 15. Which test can help us identify group boundaries but does not provide a clear result in some instances? A) * Movement Test. B) * Replacement Test. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) * Movement Test. 16. What is the function of the Epithet in a nominal group? A) Give a subclass for the thing. B) Give a post-modification. C) Give characteristics about the thing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give characteristics about the thing. 17. Classify the sentence below:"The big doctor's family" A) Determiner/nucleus/modifier/determiner. B) Modifier/modifier/determiner/nucleus. C) Modifier/nucleus/determiner/nucleus. D) Determiner/modifier/modifier/nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Determiner/modifier/modifier/nucleus. 18. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The four noisy [students] were punished. A) There are 5. B) There are 4. C) There are 3. D) There are 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There are 3. 19. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? His mother's [purse] is missing. A) There are 4. B) There is 3. C) There is 1. D) There are 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are 2. 20. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The two new bulletproof [cars] had no duty papers ..... A) There are 5. B) There are 4. C) There are 3. D) There are 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are 4. 21. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? His father is very [poor ]. A) There are 4. B) There are 3. C) There are 2. D) There are 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There are 4. 22. Which logical element in a nominal group further restricts or modifies the noun? A) Epithet. B) Qualifier. C) Classifier. D) Deictic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qualifier. 23. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The big brown American leather [bag] is rather expensive A) There are 3. B) There are 2. C) There is 1. D) There are 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are 5. 24. Which of the following contains a definite article? A) Many dogs. B) A rooster. C) Two pigs. D) This bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This bird. 25. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The beautiful [girl] on the bed is my daughter. A) There is 1. B) There are 3. C) There are 2. D) There are 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There are 2. 26. Identify the referring expression in this following sentence:Michael Jackson is the king of pop A) Pop. B) Michael Jackson. C) The. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Michael Jackson. 27. What are the modifier formed of? A) Numeral, article and pronouns. B) Adjectives, adverb, noun, case, words with function of adjective. C) Adjectives, adverb, possessive case, words with function of adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjectives, adverb, possessive case, words with function of adjective. 28. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? His very poor father is waiting for you. A) There are 3. B) There are 2. C) There are 5. D) There are 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There are 3. 29. What is the function of nominal groups? A) To express different kinds of meanings. B) To modify or qualify a noun. C) To function as the head of a noun phrase. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 30. Which one of the following is correct? A) A narrow long plastic brush. B) A little old amazing book. C) An elegant cotton blue and green shirt. D) A charismatic tall thin young black-haired Scottish woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A charismatic tall thin young black-haired Scottish woman. 31. "The other ice cube" What is the experiential metafunction that best describes the highlighted word in the example? A) Epithet. B) Classifier. C) Numerative. D) Deictic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Numerative. 32. Identify the referring expression in this following sentence:I saw a beautiful girl today A) A beautiful girl. B) Called. C) Today. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A beautiful girl. 33. Mark the only structure option that does not form nominal groups. A) Modifier + determiner+ nucleus. B) Determiners + modifier. C) Modifier + nucleus. D) Determiners + nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Determiners + modifier. 34. What are the two types of nominal groups? A) Experiential and Logical. B) Deictic and Qualifier. C) Thing and Numerative. D) Epithet and Classifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experiential and Logical. 35. Which element represents the pre-modification of the nominal group in the experiential metafunction? A) Numerative. B) Thing. C) Qualifier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Numerative. 36. What does the deictic element in a nominal group indicate? A) The type or class of the thing. B) The quantity of the thing. C) The logical structure of the thing. D) The proximity of the thing to the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The proximity of the thing to the speaker. 37. Classify the sentence below."Scientific findings" A) Nucleus/nucleus. B) Nucleus/ determiner. C) Modifier /nucleus. D) Determiner/nucleu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modifier /nucleus. 38. "The black plastic bag"The order of the experiential metafunctions in the example is: A) Deictic, Epithet, Thing, Classifier. B) Deictic, Classifier, Epithet, Thing. C) Deictic, Epithet, Classifier, Thing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deictic, Epithet, Classifier, Thing. 39. My mother's huge garnet windowWhat is the experiential metafunction that best describes the highlighted word in the example? A) Epithet. B) Classifier. C) Thing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithet. 40. Which of the following is non-finite? A) To be or not to be. B) He is a student. C) I don't know. D) I have learned this already. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be or not to be. 41. Which element in a nominal group describes the quality or characteristic of the thing? A) Numerative. B) Deictic. C) Epithet. D) Classifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epithet. 42. Which of the following is a modal auxiliary? A) Be. B) Have. C) Might. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 43. Which of the following is not a nominal group? A) The great Gatsby. B) My grandmother. C) Samantha. D) Runs fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Runs fast. 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