This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > A Level > A Level English – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books A Level English Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term for assigning an already existing word to a new syntactic category? A) Collocations. B) Acronyms. C) Conversion. D) Idioms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conversion. 2. Which of the below words have been semantically borrowed from French? A) Mud, dirt, sand. B) Sky, skirt, skull. C) Hearty, welcome, love. D) Parliament, sovereign, marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parliament, sovereign, marriage. 3. By the time the conference begins, the team ..... the final report. A) Will finish. B) Will have finished. C) Has finished. D) Finishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will have finished. 4. A words that has a similar meaning to another A) Synonym. B) Antonym. C) Euphemism. D) Dysphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 5. If you found yourself applying linking ideas in the texts to wider linguistic issues, which A0 would this support? A) A01. B) A02. C) A03. D) A04. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A03. 6. Customers were shocked to discover that the luxury watches they bought were actually ..... A) Imported. B) Defective. C) Counterfeit. D) Second-hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Counterfeit. 7. According to Brown, children acquire grammatical functions: A) Randomly. B) In predictable stages. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In predictable stages. 8. Skinner viewed language learning as: A) Innate. B) Imitated and reinforced. C) Socially scaffolded. D) Genetically predetermined. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imitated and reinforced. 9. Complete the sentence. English is the most ..... in the world. A) Linguistically diverse. B) Difficult language to learn. C) Widely spoken second language. D) Most popular accent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Widely spoken second language. 10. What are the labels used to describe an action? A) Verbs. B) Acronyms. C) Prepositions. D) Adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbs. 11. What is a post-modified noun phrase? A) A noun phrase that modifies a verb. B) A noun phrase that comes before the main noun. C) A noun phrase that comes after the main noun. D) A noun phrase that modifies an adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A noun phrase that comes after the main noun. 12. Adjectives are turned into comparatives by adding A) -er. B) -est. C) -s. D) -ive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -er. 13. I can't join you this evening because I ..... finish a project by tomorrow morning. A) Am. B) Won't. C) Am going to. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will. 14. What is the meaning of Diagraph? A) Representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel (as in feat). B) The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features. C) Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group. D) A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another. Known also as a gliding vowel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel (as in feat). 15. Bellugi studied development of: A) Adjectives. B) Pragmatics. C) Negatives and pronouns. D) Lexical borrowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negatives and pronouns. 16. True or false:An effective analysis simply pinpoints a language feature using correct terminology and gives an example from the text. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. What grammatical form is this example:'Every creature is called to some one thing'? A) Active voice. B) Passive voice. C) Imperative form. D) Interrogative form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passive voice. 18. Which of the following is a simple present tense sentence? A) The children will walk to school. B) The children have walked to school. C) The children walk to school. D) The children walked to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The children walk to school. 19. What is a pronoun used for? A) To replace nouns. B) To replace adverbs. C) To replace verbs. D) To replace adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To replace nouns. 20. BONUS:Which Prescriptivist coined the phrase 'Proper English' in 2009? A) Jean Aitcheson. B) John Edwards. C) Jonathan Swift. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Edwards. 21. How much do you have to spend to register A-Level English test? A) 50 Baht. B) 100 Baht. C) 150 Baht. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100 Baht. 22. Deborah Cameron believes PC causes anxiety A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. What sort of phrase is this? In the middle of the day A) Noun phrase. B) Adverbial phrase. C) Verb phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial phrase. 24. What does the phrase "largest ever national delivery" contribute to the meaning? A) It introduces an opinion. B) It emphasises the scale and significance of the project. C) It provides a plot summary. D) It shows that the review is informal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It emphasises the scale and significance of the project. 25. What is the function of determiners? A) Add clarity to an adjective. B) Add clarity to an adverb. C) Add clarity to a verb. D) Add clarity to a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Add clarity to a noun. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesA Level English Quiz 1A 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books