Syntax (2)
Final Exam
Form B
Choose the correct answer and mark it in your answer sheet. (50 points)
1. The sentence, “Peter has grown a moustache,” is________.
a. simple
b. complex
c. compound
d. compound-complex
2. The sentence, “I believe that he is honest,” is ________.
a. simple
b. complex
c. Compound
d. compound-complex
3. The sentence, “I have bought a new shirt, but it does not fit me,” is ________.
a. simple
b. complex
c. compound
d. compound-complex
4. The sentence, “John is a very sensible chap but he says that he cannot agree to
our plans,” is ________.
a. simple
b. complex
c. compound
d. compound-complex
5. The sentence. “Who turned up the air conditioner?” is ________.
a. simple
b. complex
c. compound
d. compound-complex
6. The sentence, ‘The police believe that the car was stolen for they canrot find it,”
is ________.
a. simple
b. complex
c. compound
d. compound-complex
7. The sentence, “You could go to France, we could go to Spain, or we coild go to
Greece,” is ________.
a. simple
b. complex
c. compound
d. compound-complex
8. The sentence, “1 don’t remember saying that,” is ________.
a. simple
b. complex
c. compound
d. compound-complex
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9. The sentence, “As he said this, the door opened,” is________.
a. simple
b. complex
c. compound
d. compound-complex
10. The sentence, “The detective believes that the murderer killed the victir and hid the
body in the basement,” is ________.
a. simple
b. complex
c. compound
d.compound-complex
11. The underlined clause in the sentence “I floticed at hepoke English with an Australian
accent,” is________.
a.nominal
b. adjectival
c. adverbial
d. relative
12. The underlined clause in the sentence “To be neutral in this contict is out of the
question,” is ________.
a. nominal
b. adjectival
c. adverbial
d. finite
13. The underlined clause in the sentence “Turn off the tap was all I did,” is
a. nominal
b. adverbial
c. adjectival
d. finite
14. The underlined clause in the sentence “The techniques hare used by research team are
sound,” is ________.
a. adverbial
b nominal.
c.adjectival
d. non-finite
15. The underlined clause in the sentence “These are the factors to be taken into
account,” is ________.
a. nominal
b. adjectival
c. adverbial
d. appositive
16. The underlined clause in the sentence “He must be lying if he tclyothat,” is ________.
a. nominal
b. adjectival
c.adverbial
d. relative
17. The underlined clause in the sentence “She watered the flowers becaje’ were dry,”
is ________.
a. nominal
b.adverbial
c. adjectival
d. non-finite
18. The underlined clause in the sentence “She treated me as though I werea stranger,”
is ________.
a. nominal
b. adjectival
c. relative
d.adverbial
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19. The underlined clause in the sentence “Your assumption. that things will improve, is
unfounded,” is ________.
nominal
b. adjectival
c. relative
d. adverbial
20. The underlined clause in the sentence “What is the deep structure imiyj.ghis
sentence?” is ________.
a. nominal
b.adjectival
c. adverbial
d. to-infinitive
21. The underlined clause in the sentence “We are glad that you are able to join us on our
wedding anniversary,” is a nominal ________.
a. relative
b. appositive
that clause
d. if/whether
22. The underlined clause in the sentence “Whoever did that should admit it frankly,”
is________.
a. adjectival
b. relative
c. nominal-re1ative
d. adverbial
23. In the sentence “What is said in this chapter is irrelevant,” the underlined clause
functions as a ________.
a. subject
b. subject attribute
c. direct object
d. copula
24. The underlined clause in the sentence “My daughter aw the old lady beaten up" is
a/an ________.
a: indirect object
b.direct object
c. benefactive object
d. object attribute
25. In the sentence “1 understand this to have been a mistake underlined clause functions
as ________.
a. subject attribute
b. object attribute
c. direct object
d. indirect object
26. In the sentence “The security-guards gave whoever entered the hana penetrating
look,” the underlined clause functions as a/an ________.
a. direct object
b. indirect object
c. relative clause
d. benefactive object
27. In the sentence “My father bought whoever came in a cake,” the underlined clause
functions as a/an ________.
a. direct object
b. indirect object
c. object attribute
d.benefactive object
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28. In the sentence Visiting Athens is seeing Greece at its best.” the underlined clause
functions as a/an ________.
a. object attribute
b. subject attribute
c. direct object.
d. subject
29. In the sentence “I call that putting the cart before the horse.” the underlined clause
functions as a/an ________.
a. subject attribute
b. object attribute
c. direct object
d. adverbial adjunct
30. In the sentence “They forced their prisoner to make a full confession,” the underlined
clause functions as a/an ________.
a. object attribute
b. direct object
c. predicator complement
d. adverbial adjunct
31. In the sentence “To_speaicfj, Jim is not the man we want.” the urderlined clause
functions as a/an ________.
a. adverbial conjunct
b. subject
c. adverbial disjunct
d. predicator complement
32. In the sentence “Unless kept minimum. footnotes will put the reader off,” the
underlined clause functions as a/an ________.
a. finite clause
b.adverbial adjunct
c. direct object ci.
d.adverbial disjunct
33. In the sentence “Is Douglas coming too? I hope --------------,“ the appropriate proform be used in the space is----------- .
a. it
b. here
c. then
d. not
34. In the sentence, “They could go to the British museum or visit the National Gallery,”
the ellipted element(s) is/are ________.
a. th’ey
b. could
c.they could
d. they could go
35. In the sentence “Fred imports and his father sells used cars,” the ellipted element(s)
is/are ________.
a. used
b. cars
c. sells
d.used cars
36. In the sentence “Give me some money and I’ll help you escape,” the coordinating
conjunction and indicates that the
a. first clause is a condition of the second
b. second clause is a comment on the first
c. second clause makes a point similar to the first
d. second clause introduces a contrast
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37. The sentence “John and Mary have won a prize each,” illustrates an example of-coordination ________.
a. combinatory
b. segregatory
c. elementary .
d. supplementary
38. In the sentence, “They went wherever they could find work,” the underlined adverbial
clause has the semantic role of ________.
a. place
b. time
c. condition
d. purpose
39. In the sentence “I lent him the money because he needed it.” the underlined adverbial
clause has the semantic role of ________.
a. result
b. purpose
c. reason
d. time
40. In the sentence “I would pay ‘ou now, except that I don’t have any money on me,”
the underlined adverbial clause has the semntic role of ________.
a. concession
b. preference
c. place
d. exception
41. In the sentence “Students should take notes to make revision easier.” the underlined
adverbial clause has the semantic role of ________.
a. condition
b. result
c.purpose
d. reason
42. In the sentence, “Although he had just joined, he was treated exactly like all the
others,” the underlined adverbial clause has the semantic role of________.
a. recession
b.concession
c. discussion
d. exception
43. In the sentence, “The question whether to join now or later is irrelevant” the
underlined clause is ________.
a. re’ative
b.appositive
c. adjectival
d. adverbial
44. In the sentence, “We are looking for an alternative,” the underlined verb is
a________ verb
a. phrasal
b. prepositional
c. one-word
d. wonderful
45. In the sentence, “The farmer kicked the horse,” the underlined verb is a________
verb.
a. monotransitive
b. copulative
c. ditransitive
d. complex transitive
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46. In the sentence, “Sarah helped us edit the script,” the verb ‘helped’ is ________.
a. complex transitive
b.transitive pc
c. ditransitive
d. non-transitive
47. John avoided________ at me.
a. to look
b. look
c. looked
d. looking
48. The teacher permitted me________ the room early.
a. leave
b. leaving
c. to leave
d. left
49. Oil is now more expensive and that will affect our economy.
This sentence illustrates an example of________ coordination.
a. syndetic
b. synthetic
c. asyndetic
d. classic
50. Declarative sentences are chiefly used to make ________.
a. questions
b. satements
c. commands
d. exclamations
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