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Grammar and Sentence Structure Quiz

Total questions: 98

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define the type of a predicate. My intention is to go to the Caucasus.

a)

compound nominal

b)

compound verbal

c)

simple

d)

compound verbal aspect

e)

compound verbal modal

2.

Define the function of the adverb. She sings beautifully.

a)

adverb of manner

b)

adverb of condition

c)

of place

d)

of degrees of comparison

e)

attribute.

3.

Define the function of the adverb. I distinctly remember a hot afternoon at school

a)

manner

b)

place

c)

degree

d)

condition

e)

result

4.

Define the function of the adverb. He will come soon.

a)

adv. mod of time

b)

adv. mod

c)

attribute

d)

object

e)

subject

5.

Identify imperative sentence among the following;

a)

Please hold my umbrella and coat for a minute

b)

Where did you park your car

c)

Who is there?

d)

His hard work earned him a promotion

e)

Anita ran wards during most of the day

6.

Find concrete noun among the following words;

a)

flower

b)

honor

c)

security

d)

happiness

e)

couragee

7.

Find abstract noun among the following words;

a)

tradition

b)

cafeteria

c)

dancers

d)

lake

e)

bunch

8.

The noun is a word used;

a)

to name a person, place, thing, or idea

b)

in place of a noun or of more than one noun

c)

to modify a noun or a pronoun

d)

to express action or otherwise helps to make a statement

e)

to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

9.

The verb is a word used;

a)

to express action or otherwise helps to make a statement

b)

to name a person, place, thing, or idea

c)

to modify noun or a person

d)

to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other words in the sentence

e)

in place of a noun or a pronoun

10.

A conjunction is a word that

a)

joins words or groups of words

b)

expresses emotion and has no grammatical relation to other words in the sentence

c)

used in place of a noun or of more than one noun

d)

expresses action

e)

modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

11.

An adverb is a word that

a)

modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

b)

shows action

c)

relates a noun or a pronoun to another word

d)

joins words or groups of words

e)

shows emotion

12.

A preposition is word that

a)

noun or a pronoun to other words in the sentence

b)

expresses action in the sentence

c)

joins words or groups of words in the sentence

d)

shows emotions in the sentence

e)

modifies a verb, and adjective, or another adverb

13.

A pronoun is a word that

a)

used in place of a noun or of more that one noun

b)

joins words or groups of words

c)

shows emotion

d)

expresses action

e)

modifies a verb, and adjectives, or another adverb

14.

Find proper noun among the following word

a)

Sylvia Bryan

b)

church

c)

swarm

d)

day

e)

story

15.

Find common noun among the following words

a)

city

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

Scotland

d)

Ohio River

e)

Brooklyn Bridge

16.

Find collective noun among the following words

a)

team

b)

designer

c)

Indianapolis

d)

courage

e)

lake

17.

Find personal pronoun among the following words

a)

they

b)

these

c)

themselves

d)

everyone

e)

whose

18.

Find possessive pronoun among the following words

a)

mine

b)

myself

c)

somebody

d)

whom

e)

me

19.

Find indefinite pronoun among the following words

a)

someone

b)

those

c)

what

d)

yourselves

e)

our

20.

Find demonstrative pronoun among the following words

a)

that

b)

they

c)

what

d)

themselves

e)

them

21.

« The house that you saw is a historical landmark. » The word «that» in this sentence is

a)

relative pronoun

b)

interrogative pronoun

c)

demonstrative pronoun

d)

reflexive pronoun

e)

personal pronoun

22.

Which of the following sentences contains subordinating conjunction;

a)

Dr Watson explained his theory Sherlock

b)

you or yours brother took the book

c)

John and Sheila are going to marry

d)

Both athletics and singers must train for long hours

e)

She neither moved nor spoke

23.

Find the sentence in which the word «practice» is a noun

a)

the coach decided that they needed more practice

b)

the women practice on Saturday afternoon

c)

She had a practice session after school on Wednesday

d)

You must practice to become a good specialist

e)

we have practice classes every week

24.

Which of the following sentences is declarative?

a)

Geriatrists deals with the diseases of old ages

b)

Open the door

c)

Have you seen a sculpture by Augusta Savage

d)

Where is my book

e)

What is your name

25.

Which of the following sentences is interrogative?

a)

Was Jane Austin the author of Pride and Prejudice?

b)

Do your paper in the usual way

c)

Don't do it!

d)

Oh!! How beautiful!

e)

A massive work of carved stone is the Great Sphinx.

26.

Which of the following sentences is imperative;

a)

Shut the door

b)

Have you seen this film

c)

What about going to the cinema

d)

He brought many pastries

e)

He could identify all the element of accord

27.

Which of the following sentences is exclamatory;

a)

What a wonderful day we had yesterday

b)

We often went to the shops and the restaurants in the hotel

c)

Two of the books had been torn

d)

By whom is the mail sent

e)

The empire called a strike

28.

Identify declarative sentence among the following;

a)

The empire called the strike

b)

Please mail these letters for me

c)

By whom is the mail sent

d)

Why did Earl leave the party so early

e)

Please meet me at the station

29.

In which sentence the word «morning« is a subject :

a)

Morning is very nice today

b)

The best part of the day for exercises is the morning

c)

I get up early in the morning

d)

You must do morning exercises every day

e)

Will you go shopping in the morning

30.

Which of these sentences is one member sentence?

a)

Why not give him a telephone call

b)

I see

c)

This is my son Henry

d)

Two of the letters were from my uncle

e)

Watching TV has become his favorite pastime

31.

The subject of the sentence:

a)

the principle part of the sentence

b)

the predicate

c)

the predicative

d)

the notional part of speech

e)

object

32.

Interjections:

a)

are the words expressing emotions

b)

are structural words that serve to connect words or phrases

c)

include two classes of words-cardinal numerals and ordinal numerals

d)

point the person, subject or phenomenon without naming it

e)

are the words naming action

33.

The minimal unit of meaning is

a)

morpheme

b)

word

c)

sentence

d)

passage

e)

context

34.

Which of the following morphemes is bound?

a)

un

b)

yes

c)

loan

d)

spider

e)

they

35.

Which of the following words consists of one morpheme:

a)

silver

b)

waiter

c)

colder

d)

running

e)

witches

36.

In which word the morpheme «er» is a nounbuilding suffix:

a)

waiter

b)

sillier

c)

spider

d)

lovelier

e)

warmer

37.

Which of the following words consists of two free morphemes:

a)

girlfriend

b)

foundling

c)

fling

d)

loveliness

e)

retake

38.

What part of speech is the word «under» from the sentence «The cat is under the table»?

a)

preposition

b)

conjunction

c)

interjection

d)

adverb

e)

adjective

39.

The verbals have

a)

no grammatical categories

b)

category of mood

c)

category of tense

d)

category of aspect

e)

category of gender

40.

In what sentence do we have a complex attribute:

a)

Big, furry, shy dog appeared before me

b)

Have you heard that incredible story

c)

Can you see that beautiful girl

d)

Don't go to that horrible house

e)

What an interesting book

41.

The principal parts of the sentence are:

a)

subject and predicate

b)

subject and object

c)

predicate and predicative

d)

attribute and adverbial modifier

e)

subject and attribute

42.

A two-member sentence is a sentence which

a)

has both the subject and predicate

b)

has a subject which consists of two words

c)

has a predicate which consists f two words

d)

consists of two words

e)

has ah attribute and an adverbial modifier

43.

Identify positive degree of comparison of an adjective:

a)

straight

b)

straightest

c)

straighter

d)

more straight

e)

most straight

44.

Identify comparative degree of an adjectives

a)

heavier

b)

heavy

c)

heaviest

d)

more heavy

e)

most heavy

45.

Identify superlative degree of an adjective

a)

simplest

b)

simple

c)

simpler

d)

more simple

e)

most simple

46.

A composite sentence

a)

consists of two, more sentences

b)

contains only the subject

c)

contains only the predicate

d)

has both the subject and the object

e)

contains object and attribute.

47.

The complex sentence:

a)

is the composite sentence the relationship between the clauses of which is that of subordination.

b)

is the composite sentence the relationship between the clauses of which is that of coordination.

c)

contains the complex subject.

d)

contains the complex object.

e)

contains the complex predicate.

48.

Paradigmatic relations are based on:

a)

the similarity of function

b)

the similarity of meaning

c)

the similarity of forms

d)

the similarity of words

e)

the similarity of terms

49.

What is the grammatical meaning?

a)

the meaning of the whole class or a subclass

b)

the individual meaning of the word

c)

the meaning is not expressed formally

d)

the meaning of a part of speech

e)

the meaning of a subclass within the same part of speech

50.

Who illustrated the distributional approach?

a)

Charles Frus

b)

Henley Sweet

c)

Ferdinand de Saussure

d)

Jack London

e)

Jhon Twist

51.

Classical or logical inflectional approach based on:

a)

a Latin grammar

b)

a Greek grammar

c)

an English grammar

d)

a French grammar

e)

a Russian grammar

52.

How many principles can be classified word-group?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

e)

6

53.

The term 'grammar' goes back to

a)

Greek

b)

Latin

c)

Spanish

d)

English

e)

Russian

54.

The Paradigmatic relations divided into:

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

d)

5

e)

1

55.

How many types Indo-European language classified?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

e)

6

56.

The word combines in its semantic structure two meaning. Name them?

a)

lexical-grammatical

b)

lexical-practical

c)

formal-functional

d)

practical-theoretical

e)

practical-semantic

57.

The grammatical meaning divided into:

a)

explicit and implicit

b)

lexical and grammatical

c)

formal and informal

d)

formal and functional

e)

synthetic and analytic

58.

According to different principles of classification nouns fall into several subclass:

a)

3

b)

4

c)

6

d)

2

e)

5

59.

Verbs that realize their passive meaning only in special context: Mark the correct option?

a)

to sleep,to sit

b)

to see,to make

c)

to mark, to raise

d)

to seem

e)

tosynthetic

60.

Specify the correct option of non-progressive verbs?

a)

to hate, to love, to think

b)

to live, to make, to study

c)

to mark, to raise, to perform

d)

to write, to book, to sing

e)

to buy, to bite, to gaze

61.

The English noun has the morphological categories of…

a)

case, gender

b)

gender, number

c)

case, number

d)

gender, case, number

e)

gender

62.

The categorical or lexico-grammatical meaning of noun is…

a)

property

b)

thingness

c)

process

d)

state

e)

gender

63.

Complements are…

a)

the obligatory partners of the verb

b)

the auxiliary verbs

c)

other verbs

d)

the optional partners of the verb

e)

the optional verbs

64.

The transformational grammar was first suggested by American scholar…

a)

Zelling Harris

b)

G. Pocheptsov

c)

John Sweet

d)

Noam Cnomsky

e)

Charles Frus

65.

What is the branch of linguistics?

a)

stylistics

b)

lexicology

c)

grammar

d)

translation

e)

phonetics

66.

The language unit phoneme is opposed to the speech unit:

a)

sound

b)

utterance

c)

text

d)

discourse

e)

sentence

67.

Types of syntagmatic relations:

a)

coordinate, subordinate, prediccetive

b)

explicit and implicit

c)

animateness

d)

morphology and syntax

e)

terminativeness/non-termihafiveness

68.

What is the grammatical meaning?

a)

meaning of whole class or subclass

b)

individual lexical meaning

c)

meaning of verbialify

d)

general or dependent meaning

e)

meaning of subclasses

69.

How many classes of words illustrated Charles Fries?

a)

15

b)

13

c)

17

d)

10

e)

11

70.

Who identified five criteria of nouns?

a)

W.N. Erancis

b)

Charles Fries

c)

John Sweet

d)

Henry Sweet

e)

Zelling Harris

71.

The main features of the verbs?

a)

syntactic, morphological,semantic

b)

morphological, phonrtical, lexical

c)

phonetical, syntactical, semantic

d)

verbial, morphological, syntactic

e)

semantic, syntactic, phonetic

72.

How many approaches vacillating English grammarians?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

5

d)

3

e)

6

73.

Define the function of the noun. I got my teacher the book he needed.

a)

Object

b)

Subject

c)

Predicative

d)

Adv. mod

e)

Attribute

74.

Define the function of the noun. He got only four dollars a week.

a)

Object

b)

Subject

c)

Predicative

d)

Attribute

e)

Adv. mod

75.

Define the function of the noun I have a match in my hand.

a)

Object

b)

Subject

c)

Attribute

d)

Adv. mod

e)

Predicative

76.

Define the function of the noun. I have a match in my hand.

a)

Object

b)

Adv. mod

c)

Subject

d)

Predicative

e)

Attribute

77.

Define the function of the noun He looked at the sleeping girl.

a)

Object

b)

Subject

c)

Predicative

d)

Attribute

e)

Adv. mod

78.

Define the function of the noun I want to buy a necktie.

a)

Object

b)

Subject

c)

Predicative

d)

Attribute

e)

Adv. mod

79.

Define the function of the noun. The letter was written in haste.

a)

Subject

b)

Object

c)

Predicative

d)

Adv. mod

e)

Attribute

80.

Define the part of Speech. I hate the thought of being married.

a)

Gerund

b)

Verb

c)

Noun

d)

Participle

e)

Pronoun

81.

Define the part of Speech. They don't have much money.

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Gerund

d)

Participle

e)

Pronoun

82.

Define the part of Speech. He prefers the round one.

a)

Pronoun

b)

Noun

c)

Adjective

d)

Gerund

e)

Participle

83.

Define the function of the pronoun. He put it near my box.

a)

Subject

b)

Object

c)

Predicative

d)

Attribute

e)

Adv. mod

84.

Define the function of the pronoun. I'm not afraid of you.

a)

Object

b)

Subject

c)

Predicative

d)

Attribute

e)

Adv. mod

85.

Define the function of the noun. I dropped the coin into the well.

a)

Subject

b)

Adv. mod

c)

Object

d)

Attribute

e)

Predicative

86.

Define the function of the noun. The plane landed at the airport.

a)

Adv. mod

b)

Subject

c)

Attribute

d)

Predicative

e)

Object

87.

Define the function of the noun. Spring follow winter every year.

a)

Subject

b)

Object

c)

Adv. mod

d)

Attribute

e)

Predicative

88.

Define the function of the noun. Albert received an unexpected letter.

a)

Subject

b)

Predicative

c)

Object

d)

Adv. mod

e)

Attribute

89.

Define the function of the noun. Albert received an unexpected long distance call.

a)

Subject

b)

Object

c)

Predicative

d)

Adv. mod

e)

Attribute

90.

Define the function of the noun I never promised you a rose garden.

a)

Object

b)

Subject

c)

Attribute

d)

Adv. mod

e)

Predicative

91.

Define the function of the Adjective. I never promised you a rose garden.

a)

Attribute

b)

Object

c)

Subject

d)

Adv. mod

e)

Predicative

92.

Define the function of the Pronoun. I never promised you a rose garden.

a)

Object

b)

Subject

c)

Adv. mod

d)

Attribute

e)

Predicative

93.

Define the function of the Pronoun.. I never promised you a rose garden.

a)

Object

b)

Subject

c)

Attribute

d)

Predicative

e)

Adv. mod

94.

Define the function of the noun. I shall apply for a job.

a)

Object

b)

Subject

c)

Attribute

d)

Adv. mod

e)

Predicative

95.

Define the function of the Pronoun. I dropped the coin into the well.

a)

Subject

b)

Object

c)

Attribute

d)

Adv. mod

e)

Predicative

96.

Define the function of the noun. I pronounce you man & wife.

a)

Object

b)

Subject

c)

Attribute

d)

Predicative

e)

Adv. Mod

97.

Define the function of the noun. The audience seems sleepy.

a)

Subject

b)

Object

c)

Predicative

d)

Attribute

e)

Adv. mod

98.

Define the function of the Infinitive: The doctor advised her to go to the south.

a)

Object

b)

Predicative

c)

Subject

d)

Attribute

e)

Adv.mod.