This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Substitution And Ellipsis – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Substitution And Ellipsis Quiz 2 (14 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A:What about a cake?B:All right, thank you. But I am trying to be slim, so I'll just have a small ..... A) One. B) Ones. C) Some. D) Much. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 2. In the sentence, "The book was on the table. It was very interesting, " what is "It" ? A) Nominal substitution. B) Verbal substitution. C) Clausal substitution. D) Nominal ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nominal substitution. 3. Which type of substitution replaces a clause with another clause or phrase? A) Nominal substitution. B) Verbal substitution. C) Clausal substitution. D) Verbal ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clausal substitution. 4. What is the purpose of using 'if not' in a sentence? A) To replace a verb. B) To replace a noun. C) To replace a whole clause. D) To replace an adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To replace a whole clause. 5. What does ellipsis involve? A) Rearranging words. B) Changing words. C) Adding words. D) Omitting words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omitting words. 6. Choose an answer that includes substitution.A:Do you think he sees me as someone who is more than just a friend?B: ..... A) Maybe. B) I don't know. C) Yes. D) I don't think so. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I don't think so. 7. Fill in the blank.By ..... was the book written? A) Who. B) Whom. C) Whose. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whom. 8. What is the correct way to express 'I used to eat cheese' using ellipsis? A) I eat cheese now, but I used to. B) I used to eat cheese. C) I don't eat much cheese now, but I used to. D) I used to eat cheese now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I don't eat much cheese now, but I used to. 9. Which of the following sentences correctly uses 'so' to replace a that-clause? A) I hope so. B) I think so. C) I know so. D) I believe so. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I think so. 10. What type of ellipsis involves omitting a verb or verb phrase? A) Nominal ellipsis. B) Verbal ellipsis. C) Clausal ellipsis. D) Substitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal ellipsis. 11. What is an indefinite pronoun? A) Refer to people or things without saying who or what they are. B) Always relates back to something or someone else. C) Used to join two sentences about the same person or thing. D) Refer to more than one nouns but not as a group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refer to people or things without saying who or what they are. 12. Which one of the following is INCORRECT? A) He is the boy who works at Target. B) I wonder whom told you about my crush. C) She is my friend whose mother is a lawyer. D) That is my cat which has ginger fur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I wonder whom told you about my crush. 13. Which one of the following is an indefinite pronoun? A) Where. B) Since. C) Each. D) Everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everything. 14. A:Are there any mangoes for dessert today?B:Yes, Nuala bought ..... at the supermarket. A) All. B) Some. C) Either. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Some. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSubstitution And Ellipsis Quiz 1Coherence QuizCohesion And Coherence QuizCohesive Devices QuizDiscourse Coherence QuizDiscourse Markers QuizEllipsis And Substitution QuizFour Main Cohesive Ties QuizGrammatical Cohesion QuizInformation Flow QuizInformation Structure QuizLexical Cohesion QuizLinking Words For Writing QuizLinking Words QuizLogical Cohesive Devices QuizRhetorical Cohesion Devices QuizSpoken Discourse QuizSpoken Texts QuizSubstitution In Discourse QuizSubstitution QuizText Cohesion QuizTextual Cohesion QuizTheme And Rheme QuizTheme Rheme Structure QuizTopic Shift QuizUnity And Coherence Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books