This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Nominalization > Nominal Group – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nominal Group Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Classify the sentence below: "The doctor's family" A) Determiner/nucleus/determiner. B) Determiner/modifier/nucleus. C) Determiner/nucleus/nucleus. D) Modifier/determiner/nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Determiner/modifier/nucleus. 2. Which category does "take away" in "they're coming to take away your son in the morning" belong to? A) Nominal group. B) Phrasal verb. C) Macca's. D) Infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phrasal verb. 3. Classify the sentence below: "Beach house" A) Determiner/nucleus. B) Modifier/modifier. C) Modifier/nucleus. D) Nucleus/ modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modifier/nucleus. 4. Identify the referring expression in this following sentence:Alex called me last night A) Saw. B) Happy. C) Alex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alex. 5. How many modifiers are there in this word? Our current democracy's insidious repercussive and cataclysmic [exigencies] are unfounded. A) Ther are 3. B) There are 4. C) There 5. D) There are 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are 6. 6. Which nominal group division represents the logical metafunction A) Deictic, Numerative, Classifier, Epithet, Thing, Qualifier. B) Pre-modifier, Head, Post-modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pre-modifier, Head, Post-modifier. 7. A referent is: A) A-an expression used to define someone/something. B) B-someone/ something is actually in the mind of the speaker ( when he/she uses a referring expression). C) C-who participate a certain situation. D) D-I don't know the answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B-someone/ something is actually in the mind of the speaker ( when he/she uses a referring expression). 8. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The yellow [cab] in the line is new. A) There are 4. B) There are 3. C) There is 1. D) There are 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are 2. 9. Classify the sentence below: "An expensive apartament." A) Determiner/modifier/nucleus. B) Nucleus/determiner. C) Modifier/determiner/nucleus. D) Determiner/determiner/nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Determiner/modifier/nucleus. 10. Which of the following is a sensing verb? A) Look. B) Shout. C) Dance. D) Increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look. 11. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The man is here. A) There is 1. B) There are 2. C) There are 3. D) There are 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is 1. 12. "The man with the broken nose"Which is the qualifier in the example? A) With the broken nose. B) Nose. C) The broken nose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With the broken nose. 13. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The [amount] we paid is too much. A) There is 1. B) There are 2. C) There are 3. D) There are4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is 1. 14. "All the teacher's Jackets"How many deictics do we have in the example? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 15. Our current democracy's insidious repercussive and catastrophic exigencies are unfounded.The main noun is ..... A) Current. B) Demicracy's. C) Repercussive. D) Exigencies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exigencies. 16. Which test can help us identify group boundaries but does not provide a clear result in some instances? A) * Movement Test. B) * Replacement Test. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) * Movement Test. 17. What is the function of the Epithet in a nominal group? A) Give a subclass for the thing. B) Give a post-modification. C) Give characteristics about the thing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give characteristics about the thing. 18. Classify the sentence below:"The big doctor's family" A) Modifier/modifier/determiner/nucleus. B) Determiner/nucleus/modifier/determiner. C) Determiner/modifier/modifier/nucleus. D) Modifier/nucleus/determiner/nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Determiner/modifier/modifier/nucleus. 19. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The four noisy [students] were punished. A) There are 2. B) There are 3. C) There are 4. D) There are 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are 3. 20. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? His mother's [purse] is missing. A) There are 2. B) There is 1. C) There is 3. D) There are 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There are 2. 21. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The two new bulletproof [cars] had no duty papers ..... A) There are 2. B) There are 3. C) There are 4. D) There are 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There are 4. 22. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? His father is very [poor ]. A) There are 2. B) There are 5. C) There are 3. D) There are 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are 4. 23. Which logical element in a nominal group further restricts or modifies the noun? A) Deictic. B) Qualifier. C) Epithet. D) Classifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qualifier. 24. How many modifiers are there in this sentence? The big brown American leather [bag] is rather expensive A) There are 5. B) There is 1. C) There are 2. D) There are 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There are 5. 25. Which of the following contains a definite article? A) A rooster. B) This bird. C) Two pigs. D) Many dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This bird. 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