This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Functional Grammar – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Functional Grammar Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Remember to read the questions carefully ..... you answer them. A) When. B) Before. C) After. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 2. The soldier fought bravely ..... his country. A) In. B) For. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 3. Indicate a small quantity A) A few/ a little. B) Few/ little. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A few/ a little. 4. Strategic thinking:A detective in a film says, "So you were 'working late, ' were you, " with a slight rise on "late" and a fall at the end. Which interpretation is most supported by this pitch movement? A) Sincere acceptance of the explanation. B) Neutral confirmation of details. C) Skeptical doubt implying suspicion. D) Joyful approval of the alibi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeptical doubt implying suspicion. 5. Examples of genres are ..... A) Scientific reports, poetry, personal letters. B) Field, Tenor, Mode. C) Declarative, interrogative, imperative. D) Coherence, cohesion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientific reports, poetry, personal letters. 6. Identify the restrictive clause in the sentence: "The witness who saw the accident spoke to the police." A) The witness. B) Spoke to the police. C) Who saw the accident. D) The police. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who saw the accident. 7. Much, a little, and little are used with ..... A) Count nouns. B) Mass nouns. C) All of them. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mass nouns. 8. Contrasts with inclusives such as all, and, as such, clearly refers to a restricted quantity A) Stressed some. B) Unstressed some. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stressed some. 9. What is the pattern of the sentence:We elected him chairman A) SOV. B) SVOC. C) SVVO. D) SVO. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SVO. 10. ..... refer to the group as the whole:all and both, or as composed of individuals:each, every, and either A) Positive inclusives. B) Negative inclusives. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive inclusives. 11. In this sentence what is GREEN:'Jerry plays football every day.' A) Jerry. B) Plays. C) Football. D) Every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plays. 12. Which of the following sentences is NOT in passive voice? A) The meeting was postponed until Monday. B) The new law was signed by the president. C) The citizens protested the new regulation. D) The project was completed last month. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The citizens protested the new regulation. 13. Fill in the blank:Textual meanings express the relation of language to its ..... A) Organization. B) Environment. C) Formation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environment. 14. The balled rolled under the table.What is happening? A) The ball. B) Rolled. C) Under the table. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rolled. 15. Functional Grammar focuses on ..... A) Sentence structure (SVO). B) The function of language in creating meaning. C) Traditional grammar rules. D) Latin grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The function of language in creating meaning. 16. The circumstances in the sentence or clause tell us A) The purpose of the text type. B) The function of the sentence. C) When, where, how, why, and who or what with. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When, where, how, why, and who or what with. 17. Choose the correct passive form of the sentence:You are wasting your time. A) Your time are being wasted by you. B) Your time is wasted by you. C) Your time is being wasted by you. D) Your time has been wasted by you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your time is being wasted by you. 18. One of these metafunctions is available in SFG. Which? A) Conceptual metafunction. B) Interpersonal metafunction. C) Mode metafunction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interpersonal metafunction. 19. Not only rose, orchid and jasmine, but also chrysant ..... beautiful flowers back then in my hometown A) Was. B) Are. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 20. How many constituents does experiential meaning have? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 21. Metafunctions of meaning are ..... A) Ideational, experiential, interpersonal, textual. B) Ideational, textual, logical. C) Experiential, textual, interpersonal. D) Interpersonal, textual, ideational. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideational, experiential, interpersonal, textual. 22. Which sentence uses commas correctly for a non-restrictive clause? A) The editor who approved the story was careful. B) The editor, who approved the story, was careful. C) The editor who approved, the story was careful. D) The editor, who approved the story was careful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The editor, who approved the story, was careful. 23. The notion of relative future can be expressed with differences of meanings EXCEPT: A) Immediately future. B) Arranged future. C) Future in past. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative. 24. Add appropriate verb form:Joan, as well as my sister, ..... in college now. A) Am. B) Is. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 25. When does the textual metafunction happen? A) When expressing feeling by means of language. B) When connecting and organizing the different ideas expressed in clauses, forming so the text. C) When understanding feelings expressed by others by means of language. D) When expressing one's own perceptions of the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When connecting and organizing the different ideas expressed in clauses, forming so the text. 26. There ..... some people at the meeting last night. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 27. May be realized by adjectives, nouns or participle A) DESCRIBERS. B) CLASSIFIERS. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CLASSIFIERS. 28. When a line ends with a falling intonation, what does it usually signal? A) A question. B) Uncertainty. C) A statement or completion of thought. D) Emotionless speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A statement or completion of thought. 29. In English there is ONLY One type of phrase called prepositional phrase A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 30. ..... are units which are constituents of a sentence A) Words. B) Groups. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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