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WorksheetsCP SEC 1
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
1. A possessive in the determiner position can consist of either a…………………….. or a/ an an………………………………….
a. possessive adjective/ possessive commo
b. possessive proper noun/ possessive common noun
c. possessive adjective/ possessive proper noun
d. possessive common noun/ possessive marker
2. The……………….is intermediate between the phrasal (NP) level and the lexical (N) level.
a. noun
b. noun phrase
c. N-bar (N')
d. Modifier
3. A(n)……………….adjective comes after a copula, while a(n) …………. adjective comes
a. attributive/predicative
b. head/compound
c. predicative/ attributive
d. all is incorrect
4. In the sentence "The boss considered him competent", "competent" is identified as a(n)…………….
a. subjective complement adjectival
b. adjectival
c. indirect object
d. complement of a preposition
5. In the sentence "He had it his way", " his way" is identified as a(n)......
a.adjectival
b. objective complement
c.adverbial
d. b & c are correct
6. How can we classify the major classes?
a. by forms
b. by positions
c. by syntactic functions
d. a & c are correct
7. Why are the minor classes called closed classes?
a. They are unreceptive to new members
b. They have few members
c. They don't have referential meaning
d. a,b, and c are correct
8. When an adjective phrase is found after a copula, it is functioning………….
a.attributive
b. predicative
c. generally
d. Predicatively
9. The head adjective in an adjective phrase may optionally be pre-modified either by a/an ……………………. or a/an…………………..
a. degree adverbs/ intensifying adverbs
b. degree adverbs/ general adverbs
c. intensifying adverbs/ non-intensifying adverbs
d. b & c are correct
10. The combination of modifier noun and head noun is referred to as a…………….
a. noun phrase
b. compound noun
c. nominal
d. post-nominal modifier
11. Quantifying adjectives are expressions of……………. quantity
a. indefinite
a. definite
a. ordinal
a. Cardinal
12. Any word, whatever its form class, will be tabbed a……….. if it occupies the position of the subject.
a nominal
b. adjectival
b. adverbial
b. Verbal
13. A head noun can be post-modified by……………….
a. prepositional phrases, adjective phrases
a. participial phrases, infinitive phrases, subordinate adjective clauses
a. infinitive phrases, present participial phrases, subordinate adverbial clauses
a. a & b are correct
14. Adverbials are the word groups as well as the single words that……………
a. perform the adverb functions and occupy the adverb positions
a. occupy the position between the determiner and the noun
a. occupy the position of the complement of a preposition
a. are modified by a verbal
15.In the sentence "We were given the thinnest!", "the thinnest!" occupies the position of the……………...
a. direct object
a. indirect object
a. retained object
a. subject complement
16. In the sentence He always remains quiet, the word "quiet" is identified as
a/an……………
a. adjectival
a. adverbial
a. nominal
a. verbal
17. The suffix -ly in the word yearly is the……………..
a. verb-forming derivational suffix
a. inflectional adjective-forming suffix
a. derivational adjective-forming suffix
a. derivational adverb-forming suffix
18.In the sentence We started our trip homeward, the word "homeward" modifies
a. started
b. our trip
b. started our trip
the whole sentence
19. The clause "whatever his grandmother wishes" in the sentence We will name the baby whatever his grandmother wishes is syntactically functioned as the ...
direct object
b. retained object
b. subject complement
b. object complement
20. In the sentence Mrs. Reed always washes Mondays, the word "Mondays" is identified as a/ an………………
a. nominal
a. verbal
a. adjectival
d.Adverbial
21. "Quite certain about the answer" is a/ an……………..
a. adjective phrase
a. adverb phrase
a. noun phrase
verb phrase
22. In the sentence Phil had lost his wallet beside a stream, "had lost" is the ...
a.verb morpheme
b. verb phrase
b. verb group
b. verb-forming suffix
23. The word "asleep" is a/an……………....adjective.
a. predicative
a. attributive
a. head
a. a and b are correct
24. In the sentence Mountaineering can prove very dangerous indeed, the verb "prove" is a/an ………………..verb.
a.intensive
b. intransitive
monotransitive
b. complex transitive
25. In the sentence I handed Jennifer the pile of letter, the verb "handed" is a/an …………....verb. a. complex transitive
a. complex transitive
b. monotransitive
b. ditransitive
b. Intransitive
26.A ditransitive prepositional verb is obligatorily followed by a/ an………………. and a/an …………………….
a. indirect object/ direct object
a. direct object/ object predicative
a. object complement/ prepositional object
a. direct object/ prepositional object
27.In two sentences I'll make some tea and They made a good couple, the verb "make" is……………….
a. monotransitive
a. intensive
monotransitive and intransitive
monotransitive and intensive
28. Finite dependent clauses include ……………
a. nominal clauses, relative clauses
a. participial clauses, adverbial clauses, reporting clauses
a. reporting clauses, comment clauses, adverbial clauses
a. a and c are correct.
29. In the sentence The family returned to the villa after Sharon's car had broker down, the clause "after Sharon's car had broken down" is a/an………….. clause.
a. independent
a. embedded
a. subordinate
a. Matrix
30. In the sentence I don't like him interrupting all the time, the clause "him interrupting all the time" is a/an …………….
a. finite clause
a. non-finite clause
a. noun phrase
a. independent clause
31.In the sentence The class doesn't know what time to be in school, the clause "what to be in school" has………………….
a. a covert subject
a. an overt subject
a. an unfilled subject
a. no subject
32. In the sentence The police reported that Sandra's car had broken down, the word "that" is called a…………………
a. coordinating conjunction
b. subordinator
c. complementizer
d. subordinating conjunction
33. The sentence They were hopeful that the weather would change is a...
a. simple sentence
b. compound sentence
c. complex sentence
d. compound-complex sentence
34. The sentence For everyone to escape was practically impossible is a...
a. simple sentence
b. compound sentence
c. complex sentence
d. compound-complex sentence
35. The sentence Sally said that she saw a ghost, and Dan believed her is a ...
a. simple sentence
b. compound sentence
c. complex sentence
d. compound-complex sentence
36. The major classes in the English language are:
a. pronouns, numerals, determiners, prepositions, conjunctions,
b. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
c. nominals, verbals, adjectivals, and adverbials.
d. all are correct
37. Stageberg & Oaks'[2000] four positional classes in English are:
a. pronouns, numerals, determiners, prepositions, conjunctions, and so on.
b. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
c. nominals, verbals, adjectivals, and adverbials.
d. all are correct
38. English numerals are of two kinds:
a. cardinal and ordinal
a. finite and non-finite
a. attributive and predicative
d.definite and indefinite
39. A typical adjective phrase has its head as....
a. a noun
a. a verb
a. an adjective
an adverb
40. In English, which statement is correct about adverbs?
a.-ly is an adverb marker
b. not all adverbs end in -ly
b. not all words ending in -ly are adverbs
b. all are correct
41. In English, which statement is incorrect about adjectives?
a. an adjective is the minimal form of an adjective phrase
a. some adjectives may only appear before nouns, while others may only appear after a form of the verb "to be"
a. if you remove the adjectives which comes after forms of "to be", the sentences become ungrammatical.
a. all adjectives function attributively.
42. In the spring semester, the word "spring" is
a. an adjective
a verb
a. a noun that keeps the role of an adjective
a. none is correct
43. I looked through a key hole but saw nobody in the house is
a simple sentence
a. a compound sentence
a. a complex sentence
a compound-complex sentence
44. In the man in the iron mask, "in the iron mask" is…………………
a. a prepositional phrase
a. a noun phrase
a. an adverb phrase
a. an adjective phrase
45. In fish and chips, "and' is…………...
a. a subordinate conjunction
a. a co-ordinate conjunction
a. a predicative conjunction
a. an attributive adjective
46. An intermediate category that is higher than noun and lower than noun phrase is………..
a.the N-bar
b. the head noun
c. the modyfying noun
d. the noun complement
47. In all the men, "the" is……….
a. the personal pronoun
b. the impersonal pronoun
c. the definite article
d. an indefinite article
48. In Ken's belief is that things can't get any worse, "that things can't get any worse" is ……….
a. an embedded clause
b. a finite clause
c. the subject complement is the copula is
d. all are correct
49. Which statement is incorrect?
a. in He was aware of a creaking noise, "of a creaking noise" is the complement of "aware"
b. The English adjective "aware" must take as its complement a non-finite to-infinitive clause.
c. the English adjective "creaking" must take as its complement a non-finite to-infinitive clause.
d. an adjectival complement completes the meaning of the adjective head in a predicative adjective phrase.
50. In He behaves quite strangely, "quite strangely" is___
a. an adverbial adjunct of Space
b. an adverbial adjunct of Time
c. An adverbial adjunct of Manner
d. An adverbial adjunct of Condition
51. In After(E) being battered by the heavy storm, the ship limped into the harbor, [E] is ……..
a. a covert subject
b. an overt subject
c. a covert object
d. an overt object
2. Which statement is incorrect?
a. Syntax is a term used for the study of the rules governing the way words are combined to form sentences
b. When the subject is longer than the complement and is better placed at the end of the sentence.
c. A transitive verb is one does not require any further constituent as a sister and its NP direct object.
d. A trans VAC-NP is the combination of a monotransitive verb-adverbial composite and its NP direct object.
53. The object of a preposition can be…………..
a. a noun
b. a pronoun
c. a verb+-ing
d. all are correct
54. In I gave it to him, "to him" is___
a. the indirect object
b. the direct object
c. the predicator object
d. all are incorrect
55. In The teacher made the lesson extremely interesting, "extremely interesting" is……
a. the object complement of the noun phrase "the lesson"
B. an adjective
C. an adjective phrase, the head of which is pre-modified by an adverb of degree
d. all are correct
