MCQ Bank
Which of the following is an independent clause?
- A) Although he worked hard.
- B) Which book I want to read next.
- C) Every night before I go to bed.
- D) I eat mangoes.
To what level does the tree diagram provide the analysis of a sentence?
- A) Phrase
- B) Clause
- C) Word
- D) Sentence
The sentences of a text follow each other in some -------- order.
- A) random
- B) logical
- C) illogical
- D) haphazard
Which of the following is the common property of syntax of all languages?
- A) Universality
- B) Generality
- C) All the given options
- D) Creativity
Which of the following is an adverbial phrase in the given sentence?
Students can attempt this assignment quite easily.
- A) easily
- B) quite easily
- C) students can
- D) can attempt
Which of the following is the complementizer in the sentence ‘I doubt if you can help me.’?
- A) I
- B) Can
- C) If
- D) Me
Which of the following is a two-morpheme word?
- A) Smelled
- B) Snake
- C) Bag
- D) Run
In linguistics, ----------- is the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language.
- A) semantics
- B) pragmatics
- C) phonetics
- D) syntax
Which of the following is the predicate in the given sentence?
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
- A) around the Sun
- B) The Earth
- C) the Sun
- D) revolves around the Sun
Which of the following is the predicate in the given sentence?
Students of literature understand the realities of life.
- A) students of literature understand
- B) of literature understand the realities of life
- C) understand the realities of life
- D) students of literature
Grammatical knowledge of how to form and interpret expressions in the native language is ------------------.
- A) intentional
- B) subconscious
- C) explicit
- D) conscious
In Syntax, the ------------- is regarded as the largest or highest unit on the hierarchical scale of constituents.
- A) clause
- B) phrase
- C) word
- D) sentence
What does the term ‘IC’ analysis stand for?
- A) Internal Consonant
- B) Internal Constituent
- C) Immediate Consonant
- D) Immediate Constituent
Which of the following is a direct object in the given sentence?
I threw a ball to the catcher.
- A) None of the given options
- B) a ball
- C) I
- D) the catcher
Which of the following is a complementizer?
- A) That
- B) All the given options
- C) If
- D) For
Generally, English has a/an --------------- word order in a sentence.
- A) unstable
- B) changeable
- C) flexible
- D) inflexible
Children generally produce their first recognizable word (e.g. Mama or Dada) by around the age of --------- months.
- A) 6
- B) 18
- C) 24
- D) 12
Which of the following is a prepositional phrase in the given sentence?
Our planets revolve around the sun.
- A) around the sun
- B) our planets
- C) around
- D) the sun
Which of the following belongs to functional category of words?
- A) Adjective
- B) Noun
- C) Determiner
- D) Verb
Which of the following is an indirect object in the given sentence?
I threw a ball to the catcher.
- A) None of the given options
- B) the catcher
- C) I
- D) a ball