Syntax MCQs

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1. What is syntax?





2. Which sentence is grammatically correct?





3. What is a phrase?





4. A clause is:





5. “And,” “but,” “or” are examples of:





6. Which is a dependent clause?





7. An independent clause:





8. Which sentence has a compound subject?





9. The basic word order in English is:





10. Which is a complex sentence?





11. In “The tall man ran,” the word “tall” is:





12. In syntax, what does “tree diagram” represent?





13. The subject in a sentence usually:





14. Which is a compound sentence?





15. A sentence that makes a statement is called:





16. Which is an imperative sentence?





17. “Did she leave early?” is a:





18. The main verb in a sentence is called:





19. Which is a subordinate conjunction?





20. A run-on sentence occurs when:





21. Which is an example of a simple sentence?





22. The predicate in a sentence expresses:





23. Which of the following is NOT a phrase type?





24. In syntax, recursion allows:





25. “Quickly” in “She runs quickly” is a:





26. Which sentence is in passive voice?





27. Transforming a sentence from active to passive voice changes:





28. The sentence “To swim in the ocean is fun” begins with:





29. Which is a compound-complex sentence?





30. A sentence missing a subject or verb is called:





31. What is a complement in syntax?





32. “If you study, you will pass” is an example of:





33. Which of these is a noun phrase?





34. Syntactic ambiguity occurs when:





35. “Reading books improves knowledge” contains:





36. The WH-words (who, what, where, when, why) are used in:





37. Which is an example of a prepositional phrase?





38. “He said that he was tired” contains:





39. What is syntactic competence?





40. Transformational-generative grammar was introduced by:





41. Which term refers to the hierarchical structure of sentences?





42. A sentence in which the subject comes after the verb is:





43. Which is NOT a syntactic category?





44. The sentence “She will have been working” contains:





45. Which is a coordinating conjunction?





46. “Neither the students nor the teacher was ready” shows:





47. A dangling modifier is a word or phrase that:





48. A sentence with two or more independent clauses joined by a comma without a conjunction is:





49. In syntax, a head word is:





50. Syntax is an essential part of:





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