This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Syntax > Syntax – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Syntax Quiz 28 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the free morpheme: A) With. B) Re-. C) -ful. D) Un-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With. 2. Choose the verb. Mary takes her dog on a walk in the neighborhood. A) Mary. B) Neighborhood. C) Walk. D) Takes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Takes. 3. Which type of diction often involves the use of formal and descriptive words in an almost harmonious way, resembling that of a song? A) Colloquial. B) Jargon. C) Dialect. D) Poetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetic. 4. In an LL(1) parsing table, what does a conflict at a table entry indicate? A) The grammar is left recursive. B) The parser has successfully parsed the input. C) The grammar is ambiguous. D) The table is complete and correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The grammar is ambiguous. 5. Identify the main clause in the sentence:** ..... When the sun sets, the sky turns orange ..... **. A) When the sun sets. B) The sky turns orange. C) When the sun sets, the sky. D) The sun sets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sky turns orange. 6. Choose the sentence that begins with a prepositional phrase. A) My mother told me it was time for bed. B) Because I was in the middle of a good book, I did not want to stop reading. C) Slyly, I read my book with a flashlight. D) Under the covers, there was just enough light to read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under the covers, there was just enough light to read. 7. Because he knew he would win, Ken ran the race with a smile.What type of sentence variation is used in this example? A) Starting with a PARTICIPLE (-ing /-ed) PHRASE. B) Starting with a Dependent Clause. C) Starting with an ADJECTIVE / ADVERB. D) Starting with an INFINITIVE. E) Starting with a PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Starting with a Dependent Clause. 8. Analyze structure of a program through lexical units A) Lexical Analyzer. B) Syntax Analyzer. C) Top-down Parser. D) Bottom-up Parsing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syntax Analyzer. 9. What is the correct form of the verb in the sentence:'She ..... to the store every Saturday.' A) Go. B) Goes. C) Gone. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goes. 10. How does the diction in the conversation between Ponyboy and Johnny emphasize their emotional connection in Chapter 3? A) The formal language distances them, suggesting they are strangers. B) Their use of slang and informal speech creates a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. C) They speak in a detached, professional tone that implies their friendship is shallow. D) The complex vocabulary suggests a deep intellectual connection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their use of slang and informal speech creates a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. 11. The predicate of a sentence is the part that contains ..... A) The verb/action being performed. B) The person or thing performing the action. C) The object directly receiving the action. D) The general concept of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The verb/action being performed. 12. What type of sentence is the following:Did you complete the assignment? A) Imperative. B) Declarative. C) Periodic. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interrogative. 13. True or False:Java is case sensitive, which means identifier Hello and hello would have different meaning in Java A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. How do you create an array in PHP? A) $ cars = array["Blue", "Green", "Red"];. B) $ cars = array ("Blue", "Green", "Red");. C) Cars = \{"Blue", "Green", "Red"\};. D) Cars[4] = \{"Blue", "Green", "Red"\};. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $ cars = array ("Blue", "Green", "Red");. 15. Is a clustered, hard to read map an example of good syntax? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 16. Withholding of syntactic closure (completion of grammatical structure) until the end of a sentence (close to the period). A) Periodic sentence. B) Loose sentence. C) Simple sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periodic sentence. 17. Identify the sentence with inverted syntax:A) The children played happily. B) Happily, the children played. C) Played happily, the children. A) The children played happily. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 18. Which of the following is an example of syntax rewriting for emphasis? A) The cake was eaten by John. $\rightarrow$ John ate the cake. B) John ate the cake. $\rightarrow$ The cake was eaten by John. C) The cake was eaten by John. $\rightarrow$ Eaten by John was the cake. D) John ate the cake. $\rightarrow$ The cake, John ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John ate the cake. $\rightarrow$ The cake, John ate. 19. The exhibition was a success. It ran for six months.Which expression does the pronoun it refer to here? A) Exhibition. B) The exhibition. C) Success. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The exhibition. 20. In the theory of transformational grammar, sentenceshave two ways they can be represented ..... A) Syntactic structures. B) Deep and surface structure. C) Structural ambiguity. D) Complement phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep and surface structure. 21. What does '' Time flies like an arrow '' means? A) Time stop moving. B) Time moving too fast. C) Time moving too slow. D) Time moving like normal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time moving too fast. 22. My cat is very noisy, isn't it? A) General. B) Exclamatory. C) Imperattive. D) Disjunctive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disjunctive. 23. What is the name of Mr. Morton's neighbor? (Who is the woman he loves/marries?) A) Paula. B) Page. C) Patty. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pearl. 24. Assonance meaning? A) Asking questions. B) Repeating vowel sounds in words close together. C) To show the difference between ideas through parallelism. D) Repeating consonant sounds in words close together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repeating vowel sounds in words close together. 25. Select a sentence in a catenative verb construction. A) John appeared suddenly. B) He managed herself well. C) We managed to pass the test. D) How did John appear?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We managed to pass the test. 26. What role does syntax play in poetry? A) It determines the rhyme scheme. B) It affects the rhythm and flow. C) It defines the theme. D) It sets the tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It affects the rhythm and flow. 27. What does the syntax analysis phase of a compiler produce? A) Intermediate code. B) Token streams. C) Symbol table. D) Parse tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parse tree. 28. Identify the direct object in the following sentence:My neighbor's pet cat destroyed her furniture while she slept last night! A) Neighbor. B) Cat. C) Furniture. D) Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Furniture. 29. "Except for the Marabar Caves-and they are twenty miles off-the city of Chandrapore presents nothing extraordinary." -E.M. Forester, A Passage to India A) Colon. B) Dash. C) Period. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dash. 30. What is an object in a sentence? A) The entity that is acted upon by the subject. B) The main verb of the sentence. C) The person or thing performing the action. D) The introductory phrase of the sentence. 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