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