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Sytax

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is syntax?

a)

Dictionary definition of a word

b)

Arrangements of word in a sentence

c)

Internal structure of words

d)

How sounds pattern in a word

2.
Which diagram refers to a teacher of history whose nationality is American?
a)
Diagram (i)
b)
Diagram (ii)
c)
It is ambiguous
3.

A clause needs to include

a)

subject + predicate

b)

subject + predict

c)

Santa Claus

d)

Noun phrase

4.
_________________ was one of the most influential linguists in the field of syntax.
a)
Paul Broca
b)
Carl Wernicke
c)
Noam Chomsky
d)
William Shakespeare
5.
In the sentence “The fat man ate food,” which part is the noun phrase?
a)
Man
b)
Ate
c)
The fat man
d)
Ate food
6.

To test if a constituent is valid, you can use

a)

Movement test

b)

Division test

c)

Multiplication test

d)

Substitution test

7.

...... function as most important word in a phrase.

a)

Heads

b)

Words

c)

Subject

8.

Noun Phrases are strings of words whose head is....

a)

subject

b)

phrase

c)

noun

9.

Identify the phrase "unbelievably expensive" in the following sentence.

Houses are unbelievably expensive just now.

a)

Adjective Phrase

b)

Adverb Phrase

c)

Verb Phrase

d)

Prepositional Phrase

e)

Noun Phrase

10.

Identify the phrase "early" in the following sentence.

Don't you have to leave early?

a)

Adjective Phrase

b)

Adverb Phrase

c)

Verb Phrase

d)

Prepositional Phrase

e)

Noun Phrase

11.

Identify the phrase "A car that won't go" in the following sentence.

A car that won't go is not particularly useful.

a)

Adjective Phrase

b)

Adverb Phrase

c)

Verb Phrase

d)

Prepositional Phrase

e)

Noun Phrase

12.

"The tour includes three Asian countries."

Which is a noun phrase?

a)

The tour includes

b)

three Asian countries

13.

"We always play football after work."

Which is a prepositional phrase?

a)

after work

b)

always play football

14.

Identify the phrase below.

"A naturally gifted musician"

a)

Noun Phrase

b)

Verb Phrase

c)

Prepositional Phrase

d)

Adverb Phrase

e)

Adjective Phrase

15.

What are the substitution tests that work on noun phrases (multiple answers)

a)

Pronoun

b)

“do so”

c)

Adjective

d)

Wh- questions (who, what)

16.

What are the substitution tests that work on verb phrases

a)

Pronoun

b)

“do so”

c)

Adjective

d)

Wh- questions (who, what)

17.

Look at the following words:

was, has, will, should, might

Which parts of speech is this?

a)

Determiner

b)

Auxiliary

c)

Preposition

d)

Complementizer

18.

Look at the following words:

Because, that, if

Which parts of speech is this?

a)

Determiner

b)

Auxiliary

c)

Preposition

d)

Complementizer

19.

Phrases can be as long as it can be. It is called…

a)

Creative grammar

b)

Generative grammar

c)

General grammar

d)

Phrasal grammar

20.

Which one is not true?

a)

For every one phrase, there is one head.

b)

The head determines the selectional properties for the phrase.

c)

The category of the head matches the category of the phrase.

d)

There can be more than one heads in a phrase.