This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > A Level > A Level English – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books A Level English Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main function of a Pullquote in an Article? A) To conclude the message. B) To summarise the entire article. C) To grab the attention of the audience. D) To provide background information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To grab the attention of the audience. 2. What is an asyndetic list? A) Any non-standard use of language use such as dialect, young children or non-native English speakers. B) A phrase or clause with brackets providing additional non-essential information, separated from the main clause. C) A list of words or phrases which are joined by a coordinating conjunction. D) A list of words or phrases which does not contain a coordinating conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A list of words or phrases which does not contain a coordinating conjunction. 3. How many points are there in Listening and Speaking Skill section? A) 25. B) 50. C) 80. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 50. 4. This describes the different ways in which entities (things, people, events) are referred to within texts. A) Cohesive Devices. B) Substitution. C) Ellipsis. D) References. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) References. 5. Detectives uncovered a complex ..... to manipulate the results of the election. A) Plot. B) Strategy. C) Routine. D) Regulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 6. What tense is the verb in this sentence:'John was running as fast as he could' A) Simple present. B) Simple past. C) Present continuous. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past continuous. 7. How many marks are available for this question? A) 25. B) 30. C) 40. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 8. What is the function of the opening phrase in the sentence? A) To give an opinion. B) To add background information about how the play was created. C) To describe the reviewer. D) To introduce the plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To add background information about how the play was created. 9. Sibilance is what repeated sounds? A) Ff Vv. B) Ss Zz. C) Gg Cc. D) Tt Dd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ss Zz. 10. When nouns are compared using comparatives and superlatives it is called A) Assessing. B) Grading. C) Marking. D) Correcting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grading. 11. What type of adjective is the answer to Question 4? A) Predicative. B) Comparative. C) Attributive. D) Superlative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicative. 12. Which of these sounds would occur in LABIAL PLOSIVE alliteration? A) B, P. B) T, D. C) S, Z. D) FF, G. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B, P. 13. What best describes the political viewpoint of The Guardian newspaper? A) Right-wing. B) Communist. C) Left-wing. D) Centrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left-wing. 14. What is the function of the passive voice? A) To emphasize the agent. B) To reduce the importance of the agent. C) To add emphasis to the verb. D) To modify the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To reduce the importance of the agent. 15. When we are certain about a situation, we are assertive in both in our manner and our speech, using constructions to show that something is definite. This is called ..... A) Discourse Markers. B) Adverbial Phrases. C) High Modality. D) Positive Politeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High Modality. 16. True or false:the context of the utterances ..... the time, place, role of speakers, purpose ..... are fundamental to their choice of language. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What is the role of conjunctions? A) All of the above. B) Join words. C) Join phrases. D) Join clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the above. 18. What is used to replace a noun or proper noun? A) Pronoun. B) Register. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pronoun. 19. According to Lui, which of the following is not a rule of power? A) Power is corruptible. B) Power is not static. C) Power compounds. D) Power is like water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Power is corruptible. 20. What is a distinguishing feature of a Home page? A) Use of social media. B) Contact information. C) Absence of a masthead. D) Lack of a lead story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contact information. 21. What is the meaning of Covert Prestige? A) A secret, arcane language or jargon used by a particular group or section of a community. B) An informal, context-bound use of language, with a reduced semantic and syntactic range. C) Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group. D) Delivery of high social status through use of non-standard forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delivery of high social status through use of non-standard forms. 22. Words which locate the conversation in a particular space or context which a non-participant would not be able to make sense of is called ..... A) Deixis. B) Phatic Communion. C) Positive Politeness. D) Discourse Markers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deixis. 23. What is the subject of this sentence:'Suddenly, the Whomping Willow threw Harry and Ron to the ground' A) Suddenly. B) The Whomping Willow. C) Threw. D) Harry and Ron. E) To the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Whomping Willow. 24. Which of the following is a spatial preposition? A) Because. B) After. C) During. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By. 25. What is the meaning of Other-related comment? A) Focusing on the listener. B) Linked utterances produced by different people in a conversation. C) An auxiliary verb + a negating participle + a pronoun. Can be a sign of speaker support, uncertainty or request for clarification. D) An expression where the meaning of the whole conveys more than the meaning of the parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Focusing on the listener. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesA Level English Quiz 1A 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