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Grammar and Sentence Structure Quiz 1

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

V. Vinogradov insists that predication is affected by…

a)

Intonation

b)

Pronunciation

c)

Rules

d)

Accent

e)

All answers are correct

2.

The classification according to the purpose of the sentence:

a)

The pragmatic aspect of the sentence

b)

The structural aspect of the sentence

c)

The semantic aspect of the sentence

d)

Actual division

e)

All answers are correct

3.

The classification according to the structure:

a)

The structural aspect of the sentence

b)

The semantic aspect of the sentence

c)

The aspect of function

d)

The aspect of division

e)

All answers are correct

4.

Choose the coordinating conjunctions.

a)

Or, nor, for

b)

When, while, where

c)

Because, before

d)

Then, that

e)

Till, until

5.

A peculiar type of yes/no question

a)

Suggestive question

b)

Special question

c)

Tag question

d)

Alternative question

e)

Rhetorical question

6.

Point out the subordinating conjunctions.

a)

After, although, as

b)

For a long time

c)

Before, once, forever

d)

however

e)

All answers are correct

7.

What sentence consists of two (or more) independent clauses joined be a conjunction or semi-colon?

a)

Compound sentence

b)

Complex sentence

c)

Simple sentence

d)

Compound- Complex sentence

e)

Independent sentence

8.

A dependent clause is also called a…

a)

A subordinate clause

b)

Independent clause

c)

Coordinating conjunction

d)

Complex sentence

e)

All answers are correct

9.

“Do you know the man who is talking to Mary?” What type of sentence is this?

a)

Complex sentence

b)

Dependent clause

c)

Simple sentence

d)

Compound sentence

e)

All answers are correct

10.

A complex sentence consists of _______

a)

An independent and dependent clause

b)

An independent clause and subordinator

c)

A dependent clause and subordinator

d)

only subordinator

e)

All answers are correct.

11.

“When I came here, I saw him” is

a)

Two clause sentence

b)

One clause sentence

c)

Tree clause sentence

d)

Seven clause sentence

e)

Independent clause sentence

12.

Clauses of time are also called as

a)

Temporal clauses

b)

Adverbial clauses

c)

Attribute clauses

d)

Object clauses

e)

Predicative clauses

13.

Which of the following is not classification of the sentence?

a)

The classification according to the head component

b)

The classification according to the purpose of the utterance

c)

The classification according to the actual division

d)

The classification according to the structure

e)

All of them is correct.

14.

The declarative sentence expresses:

a)

A statement

b)

An inducement

c)

A question

d)

An exclamation

e)

All answers are correct.

15.

Which of the following statement about an exclamatory sentence is wrong?

a)

The exclamatory sentence expresses the interrogation, intention, negation and satisfaction.

b)

The exclamatory sentence does not possess any concrete set of qualities that could place them on one and the same level with the three cardinal communicative types of sentences.

c)

The property of exclamation should be considered as an accompanying feature which is affected with the system of the three cardinal communicative types of sentences

d)

The exclamation may be expresses by a one-member sentence conveying a signal of alarm.

e)

All answers are correct.

16.

What are the main parameters of the classification of a simple sentence?

a)

The structure and the purpose of the utterance

b)

The number of the predicative lines

c)

The type of the subjective-predicative relation

d)

The way of expansion and the way of expressing the members of the sentence

e)

All answers are correct.

17.

From the point of view of their structure, sentences can be:

a)

Simple, composite and semi-composite

b)

Affirmative, declarative, negative

c)

Simple and composite

d)

Subordinate and principle

e)

All answers are correct.

18.

What is the elliptical sentence?

a)

A sentence with one or more of its parts left out, which can be easily restored

b)

A sentence which contains only one predicative line

c)

A sentence full of homogeneous members

d)

An unexpanded sentence

e)

All answers are correct.

19.

What is O. Jespersen’s viewpoint on the problem of the members of the sentence:

a)

The subject and the object are of the same rank in the structure of the sentence, for they participate in conveying 'the principal thought'.

b)

The direct object must be treated as a part of a predicate

c)

The predicate is not an independent part of the sentence as it agrees with the third person singular of the subject in present time sphere

d)

He introduced semi-notional members of the sentence-connectives, specifiers and parenthesis

e)

All answers are correct.

20.

Which of the following is a definition of the subject:

a)

It is a unit that indicates who or what is engaged in carrying out the action specified by the verb

b)

It is a member of predication containing the mood and the tense components of predictivity

c)

It answers the question 'who', 'whom', 'what' and denotes an object

d)

It is a part of a sentence which qualifies a noun, a pronoun or any other part of speech

e)

All answers are correct.

21.

What is 'predication'?

a)

It is the expression of the relation of the utterance to reality

b)

It is a relation between the subject and the verb

c)

It is a predicative link word

d)

It is a modal verb

e)

All answers are correct.

22.

Point out the adverbial modifier.

a)

Nelson watched her with annoyance.

b)

She made her way back to the boat deck

c)

The feature was in her power

d)

She was most anxious to stay young.

e)

All answers are correct.

23.

According to the word the object modifies, it may be:

a)

Object to a verb, object to an adjective, object to an adverb

b)

Object-pronoun, object-noun, object-infinitive

c)

Object -simple, object -phrasal, object-clausal

d)

Object direct, indirect, cognate

e)

All answers are correct.

24.

Predicative may not be confused with:

a)

a predicate

b)

an object

c)

a subject

d)

an adverbial modifier

e)

all answers are correct.

25.

What two notions does Bas Arts distinguish to avoid ambiguity of the status of the subject, the predicate and the object

a)

Predicator and predicate

b)

Complement and derivation

c)

Modifier and determiner

d)

Subjective complement, Predicator and object complement

e)

All answers are correct.

26.

Which is common to subject, object and adverbial +modifier:

a)

According to the structure

b)

According to the way of expressing

c)

According to the types

d)

According to the word they modify

e)

All answers are correct.

27.

What new terms did the scientists employ to express the grammatical peculiarity of compound sentence?

a)

"Double" and "Multiple" sentences

b)

"Independent" and "dependent" sentences

c)

Only "dependent" sentence

d)

"Copulative" and "Adversative" sentences

e)

"Multiple" and "triple" sentences

28.

Which of the following is a semi-compound sentence?

a)

No.38.39 and 40 were incorporated together as the Balaclava Private Hotel.

b)

He had no wish to make a collection of cut dogs leads.

c)

Men are SQ extraordinary when it's a question of money.

d)

Miss Army Carnaby fell back, her hand went to her ample breast.

e)

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