Deck 3: Grammar and Language

Question 1

None but the brave ----- the honour

A)deserve
B)deserves
C)deserving
D)deserved

Answer 1

deserves

Question 2

'Sweet are the uses of adversity'. This is an example of

A)interrogative sentence
B)assertive sentence
C)exclamatory sentence
D)none of these

Answer 2

assertive sentence

Question 3

He slept for an hour. The verb in this sentence is

A)transitive
B)intransitive
C)monotransitive
D)ditransitive

Answer 3

intransitive

Question 4

'They made him the manager'. In this the verb is

A)monotransitive
B)ditransitive
C)complex transitive
D)compound transitive

Question 5

'Hari wanted to play tennis'. The infinitive is

A)bare infinitive
B)passive infinitive
C)to-infinitive
D)split infinitive

Question 6

John is easy to please. The infinitive is

A)bare infinitive
B)passive infinitive
C)to infinitive
D)split infinitive

Question 7

You ------ and it is getting in my nerves

A)always are contradicting me always
B)contradict me always
C)contradicted me always
D)are always contradicting me

Question 8

------- you were going to phone, I'd have stayed at home

A)had i known
B)if i knew
C)did i know
D)i had but known

Question 9

------ and I'm out of work

A)i've give the sack
B)the sack has given me
C)i've been given the sack
D)the sack has been given me

Question 10

They're vegetarians ----- they don't eat meat or fish.

A)the fact that means that
B)that is that
C)which is that
D)which means that

Question 11

------- I wasn't hungry

A)already eating
B)already eaten
C)having already eaten
D)i had already eaten

Question 12

Over the last six months ----- how to play the flute?

A)i have been learning
B)i'm learning
C)i am learning
D)was learning

Question 13

You ----- drink alcohol when you drive

A)don't
B)didn't need to
C)don't have to
D)mustn't

Question 14

Newspapers ----- have to say who provided their information

A)mustn't
B)don't
C)needn't
D)none of these

Question 15

Why don't we go out for a meal?

A)is a criticism
B)is a suggestion
C)is persuading some one
D)is showing surprise

Question 16

Can't you play that trumpet somewhere else?

A)is a suggestion
B)is persuading some one
C)is a criticism
D)is showing surprise

Question 17

Pick out the correct sentence

A)unless it rains, i'll pick you up at 6.00
B)until it rains, i'll pick you up at 6.00
C)unless it will rain, i'll pick you up at 6.00
D)none of these

Question 18

Fortune faours the brave is in

A)simple present tense
B)simple past tense
C)future tense
D)present perfect

Question 19

He just returned from office is in

A)simple present tense
B)past perfect tense
C)present perfect tense
D)present perfect continues

Question 20

He confessed that he was guilty. Convent into simple sentence

A)he confessed his guilty
B)he confessed his crime
C)he confessed he was guilty
D)none of these

Question 21

Silver is more plentiful than gold. (Begin Gold is ..)

A)gold is plentiful than silver
B)gold is less plentiful than silver
C)gold is less plenty than silver
D)gold is plenty than silver

Question 22

The benefits of writing are -------

A)vehicle for communication
B)intellectual exercise
C)assessment tool
D)all the above

Question 23

The most influential model of the writing process is

A)morgan and murray model
B)mcgrath and watson model
C)cook and munroe model
D)flower and hayes model

Question 24

Effective writing fulfills -------

A)writers intention
B)audience needs
C)strategies for invention
D)all the above

Question 25

Recursive process means ------

A)composing a linear process
B)moving back and forth among the stages of writing process
C)direct and indirect references
D)none of the above