This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > A Level > A Level English – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books A Level English Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of Hedging? A) Using deliberately non-committal expressions. B) A conventional and routine expression in colloquial communication, sometimes metaphorical. C) A strategy used to avoid directness or to minimise a potentially face-threatening act. Often use modal forms. D) Words that add specific context (often time/place)needed for the whole utterance to make sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A strategy used to avoid directness or to minimise a potentially face-threatening act. Often use modal forms. 2. Which of the below are MODAL verbs? A) Might, may, could. B) Definitely, possibly. C) Hurts, talks, laughs. D) Sometimes, often, never. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might, may, could. 3. Which topic isn't assessed under Paper 2? A) Language and occupation. B) Language and ethnicity. C) World Englishes. D) Child language acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Child language acquisition. 4. She felt extremely ..... when she realized she had called her teacher by the wrong name. A) Frustrated. B) Annoyed. C) Disappointed. D) Embarrassed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Embarrassed. 5. What is the primary purpose of a Blog? A) To provide formal information. B) To retain curiosity and interest. C) To use complex language. D) To generate feedback from the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To retain curiosity and interest. 6. What is the meaning of Deixis? A) Distinctive vocabulary (or grammar) associated with a group. B) A conventional and routine expression in colloquial communication, sometimes metaphorical. C) Signals a shift in conversation and topic areas; can also mark a counter-argument. D) Words that add specific context (often time/place)needed for the whole utterance to make sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Words that add specific context (often time/place)needed for the whole utterance to make sense. 7. Which of the following are abstract nouns? A) Table, baby, fridge. B) Chair, door, tree. C) Love, hate, courage. D) Pencil, ruler, bin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love, hate, courage. 8. What part of speech is this? under A) Determiner. B) Preposition. C) Conjunction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 9. BONUS:What is this linguistic difference in perspective based on? A) Wealth and Class. B) Deficiency and Superiority. C) Correctness. D) Prestige and Social Identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deficiency and Superiority. 10. 'The pigs' (for the police) would be a good example of A) Oxymoron. B) Euphemism. C) Pun. D) Dysphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dysphemism. 11. How many items are there in Reading Section? A) 20. B) 30. C) 40. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 12. What are these:anti-ex-dis- A) Prefixes. B) Suffixes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefixes. 13. What best describes the political viewpoint of the BBC? A) Right-wing. B) Communist. C) Left-wing. D) Centrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Centrist. 14. How long do you have for Paper 1? A) An hour and a half. B) Two and a half hours. C) Two hours. D) Three hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two and a half hours. 15. A long-time political prisoner who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for his leadership that ushered in a democratic South Africa. A) David Diop. B) Nelson Mandela. C) Chinua Achebe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nelson Mandela. 16. What is a custom or a way of acting or doing things that is widely accepted and followed? A) Jargon. B) Conventions. C) Idiomatic Expressions. D) Collocations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conventions. 17. In the following sentence:'Where are your books?' what word class is 'your'? A) Pronoun. B) Determiner. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Determiner. 18. Is this sentence active or passive?:'In the 15th century, the printing press was brought to Britain by William Caxton' A) Active. B) Passive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passive. 19. Is this an independant clause? As I walked along the road A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 20. Affixation is when A) Parts of 2 or more words are joined together. B) 2 or more whole words are joined together. C) A word is borrowed from another language. D) A word is formed by adding prefixes and/or suffixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A word is formed by adding prefixes and/or suffixes. 21. Unlike his enthusiastic teammates, Mark appeared completely ..... in the discussion. A) Doubtful. B) Skeptical. C) Indifferent. D) Concerned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indifferent. 22. How many assessment objectives will be assessed for question 3? A) 1. B) 3. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 23. What is the definition of setting? A) The type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content. B) The time and place in which a narrative occurs. C) The element of plot structure that develops the conflict through a series of events to build interest and/or suspense and leads up to the climax. D) The highest point in the plot where the problem/conflict reaches its peak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The time and place in which a narrative occurs. 24. Which sort of adjective is this? longer A) Base. B) Superlative. C) Comparative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comparative. 25. No sooner ..... the announcement than the audience started applauding. A) Had he finished. B) He finished. C) Did he finish. D) He had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had he finished. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books