This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Syntax > Syntax – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Syntax Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is word order? A) The arrangement of words in a sentence, which affects its meaning. B) The sequence in which words are pronounced in a conversation. C) The order in which words are written in a book. D) The way words are categorized in a dictionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The arrangement of words in a sentence, which affects its meaning. 2. The way words and clauses are arranged to form sentences A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Formal diction. D) Sentence classification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syntax. 3. Because of geologists' efforts to predict the eruption, loss of life was minimal.In this sentence, "was" is a ..... ? A) Conjunction. B) Pro-noun. C) Verb. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 4. Identify whether the sentence is in active or passive voice.The puppy chewed the bone. A) Active. B) Passive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Active. 5. Part of speech that connects clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause. A) Adverb. B) Conjunction. C) Pronoun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjunction. 6. Which of the following is a Python command word used to indicate we want to work with DECIMAL numbers A) Input. B) Int. C) Float. D) Print. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Float. 7. In the sentence "I like apples, " which principle is being followed by omitting "do" ? A) Economy. B) Merge. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economy. 8. Identifiers can start with a number. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. A writer's attitude toward the subject being discussed A) Tone. B) Denotation. C) Syntax. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 10. Which sentence demonstrates varied syntax? A) She went to the store, bought milk, and returned home. B) She went to the store. She bought milk. She returned home. C) She went to the store; she bought milk; she returned home. D) She went to the store and bought milk, then she returned home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She went to the store, bought milk, and returned home. 11. Which sentence is an example of passive voice? A) The cat chased the mouse. B) The mouse was chased by the cat. C) The cat is chasing the mouse. D) The mouse is being chased by the cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mouse was chased by the cat. 12. Which example is a fragment? A) This is a wonderful movie. B) My sister's cat. C) People talked. D) My dog is cute, his name is George. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My sister's cat. 13. True or False:A verb is who/what the sentence is about? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Which of the following sentences uses inverted syntax? In the garden, the flowers bloomed. The flowers bloomed in the garden. Blooming in the garden, the flowers. A) C. B) D. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 15. Which of the following is not a verb phrase structure rule? A) VP $\rightarrow$ V (AdvP). B) VP $\rightarrow$ (AdvP+) V (NP ) (NP) (AdvP+) (PP+) (AdvP+). C) VP $\rightarrow$ (AdvP+) V (NP) (NP) (AdvP+). D) VP $\rightarrow$ (V) NP (NP) (AP+). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) VP $\rightarrow$ (V) NP (NP) (AP+). 16. Which sentence demonstrates inverted syntax? 'Hardly ever does he speak in class.' A) Normal Word Order. B) Inverted Word Order. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted Word Order. 17. Which sentence uses correct syntax? A) Running quickly the dog caught the ball. B) The dog running quickly caught the ball. C) The dog caught the ball running quickly. D) Quickly running the dog caught the ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dog running quickly caught the ball. 18. This book will change your life. / Your life ..... by this book. A) Will be changing. B) Will be changed. C) Will have been changed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be changed. 19. Which one is NOT a small set of words which perform the same function as the articles? A) Demonstratives:this, that, these, those. B) Certain Quantifiers:some, any, no, each . C) Possessives:my, your. her . D) Pronoun:he, she . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronoun:he, she . 20. ::= | ::= 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9What are the Non-Terminals in above grammar? A) . B) . C) 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9. D) Both . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both . 21. Generative grammar is A) To have infinite set of rules to creater finite sentences. B) To have finite set of rules to creater infinite sentences. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have finite set of rules to creater infinite sentences. 22. Identify the syntax in the following sentence:'The cat sat on the mat.' A) The choice of the word 'cat'. B) The use of the word 'sat'. C) The structure of the sentence. D) The rhyme of 'cat' and 'mat'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The structure of the sentence. 23. She will not recognize us. / We ..... by her. A) Will not recognize. B) Will not being recognized. C) Will not be recognized. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will not be recognized. 24. What are the basic determiners? A) The Articles (ART). B) The Nouns (N). C) The Nominal (NOM). D) The Modal (MOD). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Articles (ART). 25. Multa passus bello A) Having suffered many things in war. B) Passing through many wars. C) Many suffering people went to war. D) Many men suffered for war. 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