‫بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم‬
‫جامعــــة فيــالدلفيـــا‬
Philadelphia
University
‫كلية اآلداب‬
Arts
ِFaculty of
‫قسم اللغة اإلنجليزية وآدابها‬
Department of English
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Examination Sheet
Form D
PART 1 :
A : Information
Student's Full name:
Semester:
Tutor's Name:Dr. Khalil Nofal
Time:
Examination
√ First
Mark (
Second Mark (
Final
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Student's No. :
Academic year :
Module Title:Syntax
Date: /
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Module No:120325
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B -Guidelines
-The exam consists of four categories and the total mark is ( 20 ) .
- Each question has its own mark beside it.
-The answer must be written clearly.
- Student must not talk or cheat during the exam or he / she will be subject to penalty
C. Exam Questions, Grades and Time Allocated for Each Question:
Question
Minutes
Total point
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50
20
2
3
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5
Total
50
20
Points Earned
D- Student Comments on the Questions ( If any )
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Syntax
First Exam
Form D
Question ( 1 ):
Choose the most appropriate alternative and mark your choice on the attached ANSWER SHEET.
(20 pts)
1. In the sentence " They consider him a fool." , the verb 'consider' is :
a. monotransitive
b. ditransitive
c. transitive PC
d. complex transitive
2. In the sentence " When will the patient come round again?." , the word "round" is a/an :
a. preposition
b. noun
c. adverb
d. adjective
3. I cannot come since my mother is ill. The word underlined subordinate clause is :
a. a constituent of the phrase
b. a constituent of the sentence
c. all of the above
d. none of the above
4. The study of the evolution of the language through time represents a/an ………approach.
a. sociolinguistic
b. applied
c. diachronic
d. synchronic
5. In the sentence " She has no friends.", the word "no" functions as a/an :
a. head of the NP
b. determiner
c. adjective phrase
d. none of the above
6. Our teacher is marching in front of………………….
a. ourselves
b. ours
c. our
d. us
7. An adjective that functions as a sentence constituent is called :
a. superlative
b. predicative
c. attributive
d. comparative
8. The sentence "Susan prefers her tea hot.", the word "hot" functions as a/an :
a. indirect object
b. object attribute
c. subject attribute
d. postmodifier
9. The regular plural morpheme is phonetically realized as /iz/ ….
a. after voiced and voiceless sibilants
b. after bases ending in voiced sounds except sibilants
c. after bases ending in voiceless sounds except sibilants
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d. in all phonological environments
10. Which of the following nouns can have a zero plural?
a. ox
b. goose
c. grouse
d. index
11. In the sentence "I do like her .", the verb "do" is :
a. an auxiliary of aspect
b. a lexical verb
c. an auxiliary of periphrasis
d. an auxiliary of emphasis
12. The word "this" in the sentence "This is my friend.", is :
a. an NP functioning as subject
b. personal pronoun
c. a demonstrative pronoun
d. (a) and (c)
13. In the sentence " You can spare yourself the trouble.", the reflective pronoun "yourself"
functions as a/an
a. indirect object
b. direct object
c. benefactive object
d. predicator complement
14. The verb "charge" in the sentence "They charged the man with murder." is:
a. transitive PC
b. ditransitive
c. non- transitive PC
d. monotransitive
15. The phrase "linguistically complement" is :
a. an adjective phrase with head adjective "competent" premodified by an adverb
phrase "linguistically"
b. an adverb phrase with head adverb " linguistically" postmodified by an adjective
phrase " competent"
c. (a) and (b)
d. none of the above
16. In the word "reception" , the root is:
a. recipe
c. receive
b. – ceive
d. recept
17. The immediate constituents of the sentence "Jack has been studying syntax." Are :
a. [Jack has been studying] [syntax]
b. [Jack has been] [studying syntax]
c. [Jack] [has been studying syntax]
d. [Jack has] [been studying syntax]
18. The plural form of the word " phenomenon " is :
a. phenomenon
c.phenomenas
b. phenomeni
d. phenomena
19. In the sentence "She bought him chocolate." , the noun "chocolate" functions as a / an :
a. indirect object
b. object attribute
c. direct object
d. predicator complement
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20. Did you tell me you'd be away? of course I did . The word "did" is used :
a. emphatically
b. as a pro- verb
c. as a lexical verb
d. periphrastically
21. A sentence to which more than one deep structure can be assigned is :
a. ungrammatical
b. non- sensical
c. none of the above
d. ambiguous
22. Which of the following adjectives is used attributively only :
a. old
b. intent
c. former
d. afraid
23. The word " discouragement" can be analyzed as :
a. discouragement is the root, and no prefixes or suffixes
b. courage is the root, and dis is a prefix and ment is a suffixes
c. discourage is the root and " ment" is a suffix
d. all of the above
24. In the sentence "He insisted on his suggestion ." the verb 'insisted on' is :
a. phrasal – prepositional
b. prepositional
c. phrasal
d. ditransitive
25.The class of nouns that cannot usually be preceded by an definite article are
the………..nouns:
a. non count (mass)
b. count
c. proper
d. common
26. Which of the following statement is incorrect :
a. Inflectional affixes change the word class (category) of the base
b. Suffixes can be either inflectional or derivational
c. The majority of derivational affixes are class changing
d. All prefixes are derivational morphemes
27. The part of the word that exists before any inflectional affixes have been added is a /an :
a. stem
b. base
c. root
d. allophone
28. The coordination in the sentence " The students are waving black flags and white ones." is:
a. sentential coordination
b. phrasal coordination
c. word coordination
d. all of the above
29. In the sentence "The man who escaped is dangerous." The finite clause "who escaped" is a:
a. postmodifier of the head noun "man"
b. constituent of the noun phrase "the man"
c. constituent of the sentence
d. (a) and (b)
30. The term " rank scale " refers to a hierarchy in which :
a. phrases function as constituents of sentences
b. morphemes function as constituents of words
c. words function as constituents of phrases
d. all of the above
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31. In the sentence "That tin contains tobacco. ", the noun "tobacco" function as a:
a. predicator complement
b. subject attribute
c. direct object
d. none of the above
32. Someone must have left the door open . The word "someone" is :
a. an immediate constituent of the sentence
b. a quantifier
c. a determiner
d. (a) and (c)
33. He is no longer the man …………. he used to be :
a. what
c. that
b. which
d. who
34. The study of the internal structure of words to form larger grammatical units is the domain
of:
a. phonology
b. grammar
c. syntax
d. morphology
35. Which of the following suffixes characterizes only nouns?
a. – ence
b. ‫ ـ‬able
c. ‫ ـ‬ive
d. ‫ ـ‬en
36. In the sentence " They found him guilty." , the adjective "guilty" functions as a/an :
a. indirect object
b. direct object
c. subject attribute
d. object attribute
37. The different realizations of the same phoneme refer to:
a.roots
b. allomorphs
c. morphemes
d. allophones
38. Their house is up for sale. The word "their" is :
a. an immediate constituent of the sentence
b. a possessive pronoun
c. an immediate constituent of the NP
d. (b) and (c)
39. The speech habits of a single person refer to :
a. style
b. language
c. idiolect
d. dialect
40. Which of the following sentences is correct?
a. John is a bachelor and so does his brother
b. John is a bachelor and so his brother
c. John is a bachelor and so is his brother
d. John is a bachelor and so hi1s brother is
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