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English Syntax

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is syntax ?

a)

The study of ordering of compenent in sentences

b)

The study of pronouncing sentences

c)

The study of word stress

d)

The study of writing english

2.

Is syntax vary between nations ?

a)

Yes

b)

no

3.

How many part of speech ?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

8

d)

9

4.

Do you have to go that quickly.

What is the adverb in this sentence

a)

go

b)

quickly

c)

you

d)

that

5.

I like him because he is handsome.

Because is a/an...

a)

Conjunction

b)

adverb

c)

preposition

d)

article

6.

My mother {work} in a that company ?

What type of speech is {work}

a)

adverb

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

adjective

7.

Where did the word "Syntax" come from ?

a)

Hindu

b)

Greek

c)

Erypt

d)

The UK

8.

What does "syntax" means ?

a)

Divide/Arrangement

b)

Seperate/Arrangement

c)

Speaking/Arrangement

d)

Putting together/Arrangement

9.

Syntax is a/an...

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

pronoun

10.

What does " Time flies like an arrow " means ?

a)

Time stop moving

b)

Time moving too fast

c)

Time moving too slow

d)

Time moving like normal

11.

What is the main stucture of a sentence ?

a)

AP + NP

b)

PP + NP

c)

NP + VP

d)

AP + VP

12.

What is surface structure ?

a)

Different between basic components

b)

Different between words

c)

Different between syntactic form

d)

Different between stress

13.

What is deep structure

a)

Different between syntactic forms

b)

Different between basic components

c)

Different between phrase

d)

Different between stress

14.

What is structural ambiguity

a)

Potential of having more than one meaning

b)

Potential of having no meaning

c)

Potential of having only one meaning

15.

How many english tense

a)

9

b)

8

c)

12

d)

16

16.

Generative grammar is

a)

to have infinite set of rules to creater finite sentences

b)

to have finite set of rules to creater infinite sentences

17.

[ a car that won't go ] is not useful

Identify type of phrase in the bracket

a)

Adverb phrase

b)

Noun phrase

c)

Verb phrase

d)

Adjective phrase

18.

Identify the type of speech in brackets:


Don't you have to leave [early]?

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Adverb

d)

Adjective

19.

What are the nouns in this sentence?


There is no equivalent history of the Liberal party during this period.

a)

history / party / period

b)

equivalent / history / liberal / party / period

c)

there is / equivalent history / liberal party

d)

equivalent / history / liberal / period

20.

I enjoy eating [at] Quang Anh

Identify type of speech in the bracket

a)

Preposition

b)

Interjection

c)

Pronoun

d)

Article

21.

I want to [meet] kwon nara ?

Type of speech in the bracket

a)

Noun phrase

b)

Adjective phrase

c)

Adverb phrase

d)

Verb phrase

22.

My father works in a factory. Factory is a/an ...................................

a)

Verb

b)

Adverb

c)

Noun

d)

Adjective