ENG509 Final Term MCQs

OBJECTIVE PART:

1. There are traditionally said to be two different types of word; namely content words and function words. (True)
2. The main lexical/substantive categories found in English are noun, verb, adjective, adverb and preposition. (True)
3. Which of the following is a determiner? (this)
4. Which of the following is a complementizer? (if)
5. Finite clauses must contain a verb which shows tense. (True)
6. Over 85% of languages usually place the subject first, either in the sequence SVO or the sequence SOV. (True)
7. The sentence ' Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.' is correct --------------------

- . (syntactically)

8. Most linguists believe that human infants are born pre-programmed to learn language the way as they are pre-programmed to walk upright. (True)
9. SVO is the basic word order of ------------------. (English)
10. Over 85% of languages usually place the subject first, either in the sequence SVO or the sequence SOV. (True)
11. The sentence ' Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.' is correct -----------------.

(syntactically)

12. Most linguists believe that human infants are born pre-programmed to learn language the way as they are pre-programmed to walk upright. (True)
13. SVO is the basic word order of ------------------. (English)
14. The passive involves promotion of an object phrase to a new position in the sentence, known as the subject position. (True)
15. At what age, children can acquire native like syntactic competence? (9 or 10)
16. Run’ is a two-morpheme word. (False)
17. Chomsky claims human beings are biologically endowed with an innate language faculty. (True)
18. English is a non-null-subject language. (True)

Q19. At what age, children generally produce their first recognizable word (e.g. Mama or Dada)?

(12)

20. Each word consists of one or two morphemes. (True)
21. John laughed. In this sentence John is a ___phrase. (Noun)
22. ‘IC’ analysis stands for Immediate Constituent. (True)
23. The clause is regarded as the largest or highest unit on the hierarchical scale of constituents. (False)
24. The syntactic analysis of the sentence does not usually go below the level of the word. (True)
25. Cleft sentence is considered a sentence in which some part is moved from its normal position into a different place to give it more emphasis. (True)
26. Pseudo-cleft sentence is a kind of cleft sentence in which the subordinated clause is a relative clause headed by an interrogative pro-form. (True)
27. Passivisation is a way of rearranging the information in a sentence. (True)
28. The term passivisation was coined by linguist Noam Chomsky. (True)
29. Word order in English is fixed to a large extent. (True)
30. ‘A beautiful flower’ is _____. (Determiner phrase)
31. A sentence which consists of a string of coordinated clauses (conjoins) is called a____ sentence. (compound)
32. English also has verbless clauses. (True)
33. The young German girl is ___ phrase. (noun)
34. Myself, yourself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves are known as ____ pronouns. (reflexives)
35. Coordinate clauses are introduced by coordinators (and, but, or, for, etc.).

(True)

36. The head of an adjective phrase is a/an adjective. (True)
37. What is the verb phrase (VPs) in the following sentence? Jeffry is going out for a vacation. (Is going out for a vacation)
38. Label the underlined phrase in the following sentence. Sam is studying in his room. (Verb Phrase)
39. Non-finite VPs are those which exhibit no contrast between past and present tense. (True)
40. All Noun Phrases (NPs) happen to end with the Head noun (N). (True)
41. The Head of an AdvP is an ____. (adverb)
42. The Head of an AdjP is an adjective. (True)
43. Words are grammatical units which a speaker of a language can intuitively recognize. (True)
44. Lexical verbs can be preceded by one or more auxiliaries. (True)
45. Adjectives in English change in form to show number. (False)
46. ‘To the tramp’ is a _____. (prepositional phrase)
47. Dative movement refers to the transformation that relates a prepositional indirect-object construction. (True)
48. Unfortunately, certainly, in my view, in fact are referred as sentence adjuncts. (True) 49. The function of a Predicative Complement (Pc) is that of ascribing some property to the Subject of the sentence. (True)
49. The verb phrase (VP) contains two constituents in addition to the VP- Head and its specifires: an NP and a PP. (True)
50. Give, offer and pour are known as ____. (ditransitive verbs)
51. Complement is the obligatory constituent to complete VP. (True)
52. Each clause contains a VP preceded by an NP. (True)
53. Remain is a ________. (transitive verb)
54. Love is a ____ verb. (monotransitive)
55. In general, adverbial adjuncts are modifiers of the activity expressed by the verb. (True)
56. Snore is a/an ______ verb. (intranstive)
57. Eat is a ______ verb. (monotransitive)
58. The verbs put, word and remind are____. (transitive)
59. Verbs such as laugh, snore and yawn have no complement. (True)
60. Embedded clauses very often function as adjuncts. (True)
61. A verbless clause is a clause-like construction in which verb elements is implied but not present. (True)
62. Nonfinite verbs cannot perform action as the root of an independent clause.

(True)

64. The morpheme -n't is not an independent word. (True)
65. Did you measure the distance? (Yes-No Question)
66. In basic sentences in English the noun phrase typically follows the____. (verb)
67. Wh-movement can operate in two ways. (correct)
68. Are you a vegetarian? (Yes-No Question)
69. Where are you going? (Direct question)
70. Ali asked if she was studying. (direct question)
71. Tense can never occur on its own; it must always be attached to a verb or an auxiliary. (True)
72. Mary wondered: ' What is John doing?' The string with quotation marks is an example of ____. (direct speech)
73. Relative clauses are also known as postmodifying. (True)
74. If the preposition is stranded, the moved wh-word on its own can be deleted.

(True)

75. Normally, wh-question formation involves: (a)wh-movement (b)SAI, with or without dosupport. (True)