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The role of syntax in language

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main objective of the syntax?

a)

It gives the structure to each sentence.

b)

It gives the correct meaning of the sentence.

c)

It gives the structure to each word.

2.

The syntax allows us to understand how children acquire their language and how they start constructing sentences.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which are the components of grammar of a language:

a)

The phonetics: that governs the structure of sounds.

b)

The morphology: that governs the structure of words.

c)

The syntax: which governs the structure of sentences.

d)

The semantics: that governs the meanings of words and sentences

e)

Sociolinguistics: the study of language in relation to social factors.

4.

Do you need to know all the rules of grammar to create and to understand new sentences?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

With the syntax you can create an infinite number of words.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The syntax can be described, by following methods

a)

Statement of the correct sequence of the parts of speech.

b)

By a series of transformational rules.

c)

By the quantities words.

d)

By parsing diagrams.

7.

What is the basic sequence of the syntax of a language?

V= Verb

O= Object

S= Subject

a)

VSO

b)

VOS

c)

OVS

d)

SVO

e)

SOV

8.

A finite number of rules that facilitate to create a infinite numbers of sentences, these rules are called:

a)

Morphology

b)

Semantics

c)

Syntax

d)

Pragmatics

9.

Choose the correct answers. The classification of words into parts of speech in the syntax are:

a)

Preposition

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Noun

e)

Pronoun

10.

Which are the basic parts of the following sentence


THE CAT SAT ON THE MAT.

a)

Article - Noun - Adverb - Preposition - Article - Noun

b)

Article - Noun - Verb - Preposition - Article - Noun

c)

Article - Object - Verb - Preposition - Article - Object

11.

The syntax allows us to understand how children acquire their language and how they start constructing sentences.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

With the syntax you can create an infinite number of words.

a)

True

b)

False