This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > A Level > A Level English – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books A Level English Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pinker coined the notion of a euphemistic treadmill ..... A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. It's the first time he ..... abroad, so he ..... used to the culture yet. A) Travels, isn't getting. B) Has traveled, hasn't got. C) Traveled, didn't get. D) Had traveled, hadn't got. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has traveled, hasn't got. 3. Crystal claims English became dominant mainly due to: A) Spelling reforms. B) Colonial and political power followed by economic and technological power. C) The simplicity of English grammar. D) Media advertising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colonial and political power followed by economic and technological power. 4. Code-switching refers to: A) Jumping between programming languages. B) Switching between informal and formal register. C) Alternating between languages or language varieties depending on context. D) Using words to mean different things depending on social context. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alternating between languages or language varieties depending on context. 5. Blatant language is language such as "fireman" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Which is a COLLECTIVE noun? A) Man. B) Family. C) Three. D) Some. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Family. 7. Which of the below is a COMPLEX sentence? A) The girl went to Space. B) The girl went to Space but she didn't like it. C) The girl went to Space, met several aliens, then came home for dinner. D) The girl went to Space and she liked it so much that she went again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The girl went to Space, met several aliens, then came home for dinner. 8. What punctuation are you most likely to see in a compound sentence? A) ;. B) ?. C) !. D) -. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ;. 9. Narrowing the range of meaning by providing us with specific detail, adjectives specify a noun's A) Lexical field. B) Semantic field. C) Field of reference. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Field of reference. 10. What is the smallest grammatical building block of language? A) Clause. B) Phrase. C) Word. D) Morpheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Morpheme. 11. Adverbs modify words. In the following sentences they are indicated by italics. Which one of the following adverbs modifies the other adverb in the sentence? A) The house was very pretty. B) The car drove slowly. C) Certainly, the work will be completed on time. D) The mural was painted particularly carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The mural was painted particularly carefully. 12. What is the term for taking the first letter of each word to create a new word? A) Euphemism. B) Idioms. C) Acronyms. D) Collocations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acronyms. 13. What is the term used to describe the many ways language changes to be more formal or more informal? A) Adjective. B) Superlative. C) Noun. D) Register. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Register. 14. Which of the following is an example of overgeneralisation? A) Uppie. B) Mice. C) Ran. D) Eated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eated. 15. What is the subject of the main clause in the sentence? A) Dawn Walton. B) Testament. C) Revolution Mix. D) This. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This. 16. Superlative adverbs will often end with ..... A) -est. B) -ed. C) -s. D) -er. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -est. 17. What type of noun phrase is "the first story from Revolution Mix" ? A) Simple noun phrase. B) Expanded noun phrase with a prepositional post modifier. C) Compound noun phrase. D) Noun phrase with fronted adverbial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expanded noun phrase with a prepositional post modifier. 18. What is the key feature of an Opinion Column? A) Use of passive voice. B) Outspoken opinions. C) Long, complex sentences. D) Lack of human interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outspoken opinions. 19. What is the perfect aspect? A) Describes an event that is ongoing. B) Describes an event that is hypothetical. C) Describes an event that takes place during a limited time period. D) Describes events occurring in the past but linked to a later time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Describes events occurring in the past but linked to a later time. 20. Wearing jeans to the formal ceremony was considered extremely ..... A) Ethical. B) Respectful. C) Conventional. D) Inappropriate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inappropriate. 21. Which of the following are concrete nouns? A) Arm, leg, nose. B) Up, down, in. C) Tried, persisted, attempted. D) Valour, legacy, inspiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arm, leg, nose. 22. An adjective that comes after the verb "to be" is called A) Attributive. B) Superlative. C) Comparative. D) Predicative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predicative. 23. What is a marked theme (fronting)? A) Putting a word or phrase in brackets in a sentence or utterance in order to draw attention to it. B) Putting a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence or utterance in order to draw attention to it. C) Putting a word or phrase in the middle of a sentence or utterance in order to draw attention to it. D) Putting a word or phrase at the end of a sentence or utterance in order to draw attention to it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Putting a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence or utterance in order to draw attention to it. 24. Why does the sentence name "Dawn Walton" and "Testament" at the start? A) To persuade people to see the show. B) To criticise the creators. C) To give credit and add authority to the information. D) To introduce a disagreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To give credit and add authority to the information. 25. What is a type of speech that describes what the subject is doing? A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. Next →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesA Level English Quiz 2A Level English Quiz 3A Level English Quiz 4A Level English Quiz 5A Level English Quiz 6A Level English Quiz 7A Level English Quiz 8A Level English Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books