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Grammar and Linguistics Quiz

Total questions: 96

Worksheet time: 48mins

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Class
Date
1.

Parts of language are

a)

phonology, lexicology, grammar

b)

morphology and syntax

c)

phonology, lexicology, morphology and syntax

d)

phonology and grammar

e)

grammar and stylistics

2.

Theoretical grammar is … .

a)

a linguistic discipline aims at describing language on a scientific basis

b)

a linguistic discipline which aims at describing grammar rules

c)

part of language which deals with language

d)

grammatical discipline deals with practical language

e)

practical discipline

3.

Paradigmatic relations are established … .

a)

between different forms of the same word and between structurally homogeneous language units

b)

between different forms of the same word

c)

between structurally homogeneous language units possessing some common part

d)

between sentences and utterances

e)

between different kind of relations

4.

Syntagmatic relations are established … .

a)

in speech

b)

in the system of language

c)

in written speech

d)

in dialogue

e)

in the text

5.

Grammatical meaning is the same … .

a)

with all grammatical forms

b)

with all words having the same grammatical form

c)

with all words beginning with the same prefix

d)

with lexical meaning

e)

with connotative meaning

6.

Grammatical category is a unity of … .

a)

the root and some grammatical or lexico-grammatical affixes

b)

words and their forms

c)

grammatical meaning, lexical meaning and grammatical word-form

d)

different notional and functional parts of speech

e)

elements of a sentence

7.

The method employed to reveal a certain grammatical category is called … .

a)

the method of immediate constituents

b)

the method of binary oppositions

c)

the method of contextual analysis

d)

the comparative analysis

e)

the descriptive method

8.

A grammatical category … without constant formal markers.

a)

can exist

b)

can't exist

c)

always exists

d)

should exist

e)

could exist

9.

The opposition within the category … .

a)

is not always binary

b)

is not obligatory

c)

is not binary at all

d)

is free

e)

is complex

10.

The category of degrees of comparison in English is established by means of a/an … opposition:

a)

privative

b)

equipollent

c)

gradual

d)

stable

e)

constant

11.

Analytical grammatical forms consist of two elements … .

a)

the notional and the functional

b)

the notional and the derivational

c)

the auxiliary and full-meaning

d)

the constructional and oppositional

e)

the converted and functional

12.

A paradigm can embrace … .

a)

synthetic and analytical forms

b)

only simple morphological forms

c)

only analytical forms

d)

only synthetic

e)

none

13.

The peculiarity of English affixation is … .

a)

that words are synonymous with roots

b)

that words are antonymous with roots

c)

that words are homonymous with roots

d)

that words are homogeneous with roots

e)

that words are unanimous with roots

14.

The suffix -ity- in the words necessity, peculiarity is … .

a)

Lexical

b)

lexico-grammatical

c)

grammatical

d)

practical

e)

colloquial

15.

The term "……" is only applied to every morpheme serving to derive a grammatical form and having no lexical meaning of its own.

a)

suffix

b)

inflection (ending)

c)

root

d)

word

e)

syllabus

16.

The suffix -er is added to teach-, drive- to produce … .

a)

new forms

b)

forms of words

c)

new words

d)

neologisms

e)

object

17.

All prefixes in English are … .

a)

lexical morphemes

b)

derivational morphemes

c)

grammatical morphemes

d)

stems

e)

roots

18.

The function of the morpheme as a linguistic unit is … .

a)

significative

b)

predicative

c)

nominative

d)

dative

e)

genitive

19.

Grammatical categories of the English noun are … .

a)

the category of gender, the category of case

b)

the category of number, the category of case

c)

the category of number, the category of gender

d)

the category of aspect, the category of mood

e)

the category of subject , the category of object

20.

The theory of analytical cases was introduced by … .

a)

A.I. Smirnitsky

b)

O. Jespersen

c)

M. Deutchbein

d)

N. Chomsky

e)

I. Bloch

21.

Qualitative adjectives … .

a)

denote qualities inherent to things of the real world

b)

denote imaginary qualities

c)

denote qualities of things through some other things (material, time, etc.)

d)

denote personal qualities of things

e)

denote real qualities of things

22.

The ability of adjectives to form degrees of comparison is associated with … .

a)

relative adjectives

b)

stative adjectives

c)

qualitative adjectives

d)

describing adjectives

e)

descriptive adjectives

23.

… claimed that in English there are two degrees of comparison: the positive and the relative.

a)

O. Jespersen

b)

A.I. Smirnitsky

c)

M. Blokh

d)

N. Chomsky

e)

Z. Harris

24.

In case of conversion when nouns are derived from verbs there may be … .

a)

a stress shift

b)

a vowel shift

c)

a great vowel shift

d)

a great consonant shift

e)

a sound shift

25.

The English category of aspect is connected with the lexical classification of verbs into … .

a)

durative and terminative

b)

regular and irregular

c)

transitive and intransitive

d)

declinable and indeclinable

e)

stative and unstative

26.

The category of order in English is …

a)

a tense category

b)

an aspect category

c)

a specific category

d)

a mood category

e)

a gender category

27.

It is … to establish the category of voice by means of the opposition "asks - is asked" in which both the members are marked.

a)

not possible

b)

possible

c)

incredible

d)

awesome

e)

useless

28.

The category of voice in English is connected with the lexical classification of verbs into … .

a)

transitive and intransitive

b)

durative and terminative

c)

regular and irregular

d)

declinable and indeclinable

e)

stative and unstative

29.

The difference between the doctor's arrival (a phrase) and the doctor arrived (a sentence) lies in the following: … .

a)

unlike sentences phrases express negation

b)

unlike phrases sentences express productivity

c)

there is no difference between them

d)

unlike phrases sentences express attributiveness

e)

unlike phrases sentences express directionality

30.

Each component of a phrase … undergo grammatical changes in accordance with grammatical categories represented in it, without destroying the identity of the phrase.

a)

can

b)

cannot

c)

should

d)

must

e)

couldn't

31.

Intonation is one of the most important features of a…

a)

word

b)

phrase

c)

sentence

d)

syllable

e)

text

32.

One-member sentences are … sentences.

a)

full-meaning complete

b)

elliptical

c)

composite

d)

complex

e)

complete

33.

Sentences … ready-made units.

a)

can be treated as

b)

cannot be treated as

c)

should be treated as

d)

must be treated

e)

could be treated as

34.

Structurally sentences fall into …

a)

simple synthetic and analytical

b)

simple and derived

c)

simple and composite

d)

interrogative and negative

e)

declarative and negative

35.

The interrogative sentence presents … wanted by the speaker from the listener.

a)

a request for information

b)

a command

c)

a reproach

d)

an advice

e)

a suggestion

36.

The communicative function of the imperative sentence is … .

a)

to induce the listener to perform (or not to perform) an action

b)

to let the listener perform (or not perform) an action

c)

to discuss with the listener how to perform (or no to perform) an action

d)

to ask for something

e)

to get a request

37.

Principal parts of the sentence are … .

a)

independent

b)

interdependent

c)

dependent

d)

substitutional

e)

non-substitutional

38.

The minimal unit of communication is … .

a)

a word

b)

a word combination

c)

a simple sentence

d)

a text

e)

dialogue

39.

The sentence is a group of words based on … relations which expresses a complete thought about an event of reality and is used with a certain … aim.

a)

predicative, communicative

b)

communicative, predicative

c)

structural, functional

d)

notional, functional

e)

notional, emotional

40.

Components of predicativity are … .

a)

person, number

b)

person, time

c)

person, time, modality

d)

time, place

e)

action, person

41.

Means expressing predicativity are … .

a)

subject, finite verbal forms

b)

subject, intonation

c)

subject, finite verbal forms, intonation

d)

non-finite for

42.

Means expressing predicativity are … .

a)

subject, finite verbal forms

b)

subject, intonation

c)

subject, finite verbal forms, intonation

d)

non-finite forms

e)

pronunciation, intonation

43.

Primary predication establishes … relations.

a)

subject-object

b)

subject-predicate

c)

noun-verb

d)

object-noun

e)

noun-attribute

44.

Secondary predication is contained in …

a)

subject-predicate construction

b)

gerundial, infinitive, participial constructions

c)

attributive constructions

d)

objective constructions

e)

verbal constructions

45.

Structures of secondary predication … function as autonomous sentences.

a)

can

b)

cannot

c)

might

d)

could

e)

couldn't

46.

The subject is …

a)

dependent on the predicate

b)

dependent on secondary parts of the sentence

c)

is not dependent on any part of the sentence

d)

interdependent in itself

e)

dependent on the attribute

47.

The subject is one of the … main parts of sentence.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

six

e)

eight

48.

The semantic structure of the sentence is often called … .

a)

surface structure

b)

deep structure

c)

syntactic structure

d)

stylistic structure

e)

language structure

49.

The procedure of morphemic analysis was introduced by … .

a)

L. Bloomfield

b)

H. Sweet

c)

A.I.Smirnitsky

d)

O. Jespersen

e)

O.S. Akhmanova

50.

Don't you know him? He always ... lies.

a)

tells

b)

say

c)

says

d)

tell

e)

Burn

51.

He phoned to say he … his bag on the plane.

a)

had left

b)

has left

c)

forgot

d)

has forgotten

e)

Collect

52.

I have never seen such ... men!

a)

tall

b)

high

c)

higher

d)

the tallest

e)

aircraft

53.

don't think you should select the pictures so carefully. ... will do.

a)

any

b)

no

c)

some

d)

none

e)

Get off

54.

He wonders ... he could possibly get the job.

a)

whether

b)

whatever

c)

whenever

d)

weather

e)

Isolation

55.

The clothes are absolutely wet. I should dry ... .

a)

them

b)

their

c)

it

d)

theirs

e)

To begin school

56.

He decided to save some money and put ... in the bank.

a)

it

b)

their

c)

them

d)

its

e)

Stopet

57.

- Must I make the final choice right now? - - No, you …. .

a)

needn't

b)

can't

c)

mustn't

d)

couldn't

e)

ours

58.

If food in the Chinese restaurant is not bad and in the Japanese restaurant it is extremely delicious that means that the first one is ... than the second.

a)

worse

b)

better

c)

the worst

d)

the best

e)

April

59.

… Mississippi is one of the longest rivers in the world.

a)

the

b)

a

c)

an

d)

-

e)

with

60.

They are … asleep.

a)

still

b)

just

c)

yet

d)

else

e)

a school

61.

He … the house since 1997.

a)

has owned

b)

have been owning

c)

own

d)

owned

e)

maple leaf

62.

The man is old and he can't … well.

a)

hear

b)

heard

c)

to hear

d)

listen to

e)

grew

63.

They arrived … the airport on time.

a)

at

b)

in

c)

to

d)

-

e)

wives

64.

We can't agree ... you on the problem.

a)

with

b)

to

c)

without

d)

-

e)

Airport

65.

A ... wind is blowing.

a)

strong

b)

stronger

c)

strongest

d)

small

e)

neck

66.

I don't like parties … finish late.

a)

which

b)

what

c)

who

d)

so that

e)

To turn

67.

Have you ever been ... Scotland?

a)

to

b)

at

c)

in

d)

into

e)

light

68.

I don't believe she can ... that long.

a)

speak

b)

tell

c)

say

d)

to speak

e)

Difficult

69.

Tom said he would come back ... I finished.

a)

before

b)

while

c)

until

d)

till

e)

Expected

70.

There isn't ... sense in what you suggest.

a)

much

b)

many

c)

few

d)

a few

e)

Water

71.

Can you explain why you ... this mistake again?

a)

have made

b)

has

c)

make

d)

do

e)

by

72.

She thinks he's ... man in the world.

a)

the smartest

b)

a smarter

c)

smartest

d)

a smart

e)

Mostly

73.

Nobody knows when it last ... in Sri-Lanka.

a)

snowed

b)

has snowed

c)

is snowing

d)

will snow

e)

clothes

74.

Give him a good mark to ... his self-respect.

a)

raise

b)

rise

c)

get up

d)

get down

e)

Anything

75.

You must have as … sugar as possible. It's bad for you.

a)

little

b)

a little

c)

few

d)

a few

e)

On

76.

Would you like … sweet?

a)

another

b)

other

c)

others

d)

the others

e)

pick up

77.

Where's ... bag? It's gone.

a)

the

b)

an

c)

-

d)

a

e)

The Thames

78.

She ... in the sun too long and got burnt.

a)

lay

b)

has been lying

c)

is lying

d)

has laid

e)

the better

79.

Look at ... ear-rings! Do you like them?

a)

the

b)

an

c)

-

d)

a

e)

fog

80.

Who can tell me where ... ?

a)

my key is

b)

is my key

c)

was my key

d)

my key had been

e)

are arrested

81.

There is no place like …

a)

home

b)

apartment

c)

house

d)

accommodation

e)

Actions

82.

The information is top secret, so naturally, everybody is interested in ... .

a)

it

b)

they

c)

them

d)

their

e)

Collects

83.

Save your money but don't put ... in the bank.

a)

it

b)

them

c)

they

d)

their

e)

gift

84.

One boy hit another … a ball.

a)

for

b)

by

c)

through

d)

with

e)

ilpleasant

85.

Everyone has to answer for all this ….?

a)

hasn't he

b)

doesn't he

c)

does he

d)

don't they

e)

were

86.

They looked … each other in surprise.

a)

at

b)

after

c)

for

d)

with

e)

must

87.

I cannot excuse you, unless you … me what the problem is.

a)

tell

b)

speak

c)

talk

d)

say

e)

organizasion

88.

You just … what you have done!

a)

look

b)

at

c)

watch

d)

notice

e)

eight

89.

Use the correct verb form: our order _____ on this condition.

a)

is placed

b)

are placed

c)

place

d)

places

e)

placing

90.

Use the correct verb form: the payment _____ on any basis.

a)

will be made

b)

will make

c)

will made

d)

will be make

e)

is make

91.

Use the correct verb form: we _____ already _____ you our order.

a)

have/sent

b)

has/sent

c)

is/sent

d)

was/sent

e)

have/been sent

92.

Use the correct verb form: you ____ a consumer for the rest of your life.

a)

will be

b)

is

c)

was

d)

has been

e)

was been

93.

Use the correct verb form: in 1998 the company ______ its strategy.

a)

defined

b)

has defined

c)

is define

d)

have defined

e)

was define

94.

Use the correct verb form: children shoes _______ differently at different time.

a)

are marketed

b)

will market

c)

has market

d)

have marketed

e)

markets

95.

Use the correct verb form: financing _______ necessary cash.

a)

provides

b)

have provide

c)

providing

d)

will provided

e)

were provide

96.

Use the correct verb form: we must ____ the order

a)

cancel

b)

canceled

c)

will cancel

d)

have cancelled

e)

has cancelled

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