This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Syntax > Syntax – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Syntax Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The number of spaces is up to you as a programmer, but it has to be at least two. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Identify the type of sentence:'She runs every day, but she never seems to get tired.' A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 3. Pronominalization is also called substitution test. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. "Chris presented Will an award." What are the functions of the nouns in this sentence? A) S, DO, OC. B) S, IO, DO. C) S, SC, OC. D) S, IO, OC. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S, IO, DO. 5. (Passage #3) What are the connotations of the words grayer and gray in the excerpt? A) Negative. B) Positive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative. 6. Analyze the syntactic choice in the following sentence: "The sun set, the stars appeared, and the night began." A) Use of parallel structure. B) Use of passive voice. C) Use of inversion. D) Use of anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of parallel structure. 7. Magis terris omnibus A) More than all lands. B) More lands for everyone. C) We all live in a yellow school bus. D) Magic for everyone on earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More than all lands. 8. How many types of noun are there? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 9. Choose the adverbial clause sentence. A) While I was eating lunch with a friend, my ex was flirting with someone else. B) He told me that it was not true. C) Having seen the whole thing, my friend assured me it was completely misconstrued. D) Soon, I hope I will forget all about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While I was eating lunch with a friend, my ex was flirting with someone else. 10. Which is not considered one of the five constructs? A) Related by transformations. B) Connected by determiners. C) Left-to-right ordering. D) Subject to constraints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connected by determiners. 11. "Often, you can identify MOOD or TONE by looking at ..... A) The way the text is organized. B) The graphics that accompany the text. C) The writer's choice of words and details. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The writer's choice of words and details. 12. What is a common reaction of the code interpreter to a missing comma in a function call? A) It ignores the mistake. B) It corrects the mistake automatically. C) It sends an 'invalid syntax' error. D) It congratulates you for trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It sends an 'invalid syntax' error. 13. John has been asked to give a speech by the president of the company. A) Active. B) Passive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passive. 14. The boys and the girls were shouting loudly. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 15. Which loop executes at least once, even if the condition is false? A) For loop. B) While loop. C) Do-while loop. D) For-each loop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do-while loop. 16. Which of the following does not fall in the category of "determiner" ? A) This. B) Their. C) Those. D) Tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tall. 17. Most Greek, Sanskrit, and laterLatin poetry uses ..... meter, based on quantity and duration. A) Syllabic. B) Quantitative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantitative. 18. Opens with modifiers; withholds subject and verb until the end A) Basic. B) Cumulative. C) Loose. D) Periodic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periodic. 19. What special type of sentence is the following: "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessing; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." A) Inverted. B) Cumulative. C) Triadic. D) Parallel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallel. 20. This symbol ( ) means? A) Optional constituent. B) One and only one of these constituents must be selected. C) Ungrammatical sentence. D) Consists of or rewrites as. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optional constituent. 21. What role does the use of contractions in the dialogue play in Chapter 3? A) It makes the characters appear distant and unemotional. B) It shows the characters' ease and informality with one another. C) It suggests the characters' struggle with formality. D) It adds complexity to the conversation, making it hard to follow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It shows the characters' ease and informality with one another. 22. You (subject)You are a fool = ..... art a fool. A) Thou. B) Thee. C) Art. D) Doth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thou. 23. Every lexical verb in English requires a subject. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Look at these words:happy, correct, lucky, sure, possible In what words is the same suffix used to form the opposite of each words? A) Happy, correct, possible. B) Correct, possible, sure. C) Happy, sure, possible. D) Sure, happy, lucky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sure, happy, lucky. 25. Look at these words:happy, correct, lucky, sure, possible What parts of speech are these words? A) Noun. B) Pronoun. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSyntax Quiz 2Syntax Quiz 3Syntax Quiz 4Syntax Quiz 5Syntax Quiz 6Syntax Quiz 7Syntax Quiz 8Syntax Quiz 9Syntax Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books