Grammar & syntax quiz

Name: Semester: Total Marks: 20

Multiple choice questions Marks: 15

1 I'm not really sure where the cat is, but I think she ............... in the kitchen.
a. might play
b. might be playing
c. might have played
d. none
2 If I had left early like everyone else did, I ............... sitting here now listening to all this
rubbish.
a. may not be
b. wouldn't be
c. was not able to be
3 The bus ...... just arrived.
a. Do
b. Does
c. Have
d. Has
4 How........ people reach the top of this mountain?
a. Do
b. Does
c. Have
d. Has
5 I ……….. busy when you called me.
a. am
b. was
c. were
d. is
6 What questions does a direct object answer?
a. What and where?
b. How and why?
c. When and whom?
d. What and whom?
7 Direct and indirect objects are what parts of speech?
a. Adjective and adverb
b. Noun and pronoun
 c. Verb and interjection
d. Adverb and verb
8 What type of verb can take a direct object?
a. Helping
b. Passive
c. Transitive
d. None
9 What questions does an indirect object answer?
a. To what and to whom
b. For what and for whom
c. Both A and B
d. All
10 Identify the direct object in the following sentence. If there is none, choose none. I
won the championship game of Scrabble last weekend!
a. Championship
b. Game
c. Scrabble
d. None
11 Identify the direct object in the following sentence. If there is none, choose none. My
iPhone died yesterday.
a. My
b. IPhone
c. Yesterday
d. None
12 The planning and compilation of concrete dictionaries. This part of lexicography is known as
a. Theoretical Lexicography
b. Practical Lexicography
c. General Lexicography
d. Specialized lexicography
13 Semantics usually involved in lexicological work is called lexical semantics. Choose one
suitable option for it.
a. Compiling
b. Homonymy
c. Both
d. None
14 It is the applied study of the meaning, evolution, and function of the vocabulary
a. Etymology
b. Phraseology
c. Practical lexicography
 d. Lexicography
15 The manager …………. remember the names of all the employees.
a. Can
b. could
c. might
d. may

Short questions ( 5 marks)

1. Define transformational generative grammar.
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2. Define complements and how many are they? Name them.

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