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ENG102: English Grammar

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  • This quiz contains 20 multiple choice questions.
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ENG102 QUIZ

Question 1 of 20

Use this passage to answer the following question: 1. A man who left his tired 7-year-old son to wait alone on Japan’s Mount Fuji while he continued a family hike has been reprimanded by police. 2. The boy was spotted sitting on his own at a hut about 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea level. The relationship between 'son' and 'the boy' is

  • A

    Substitution

  • B

    Identification

  • C

    Reference

  • D

    Collocation

Use this passage to answer the question that follows: 1. A man who left his tired 7-year-old son to wait alone on Japan’s Mount Fuji while he continued a family hike has been reprimanded by police. 2. The boy was spotted sitting on his own at a hut about 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea level. The relationship between 'a man' and 'he' is

  • A

    Anaphoric reference

  • B

    Cataphoric reference

  • C

    Identification

  • D

    Exophoric reference

Use this passage to answer the question that follows: 1. A man who left his tired 7-year-old son to wait alone on Japan’s Mount Fuji while he continued a family hike has been reprimanded by police. 2. The boy was spotted sitting on his own at a hut about 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea level. The relationship between 'wait' and 'continue' is

  • A

    Synonymy

  • B

    Antonymy

  • C

    Homonymy

  • D

    Polysemy

Use this passage to answer the question that follows: 1. A man who left his tired 7-year-old son to wait alone on Japan’s Mount Fuji while he continued a family hike has been reprimanded by police. 2. The boy was spotted sitting on his own at a hut about 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea level. The relationship between 'family' and 'son' is

  • A

    Antonymy

  • B

    Hyponymy

  • C

    Meronymy

  • D

    Synonymy

While endophoric reference is also called textual reference, exophoric reference is also called

  • A

    Anaphoric reference

  • B

    Cataphoric reference

  • C

    Grammatical reference

  • D

    Contextual reference

The type of verb found in pattern 7 of the basic simple sentences is 

  • A

    Mono-transitive

  • B

    Di-transitive

  • C

    Intransitive

  • D

    Complex-transitive

The sentence 'James left the money in the room' is pattern

  • A

    8 (SPOCadjectival)

  • B

    9 (SPOA)

  • C

    6 (SPA)

  • D

    3 (SPOO)

Pick the sentence that contains inherent negation.

  • A

    Janet is not on campus.

  • B

    Cheating is illegal.

  • C

    The food is bad.

  • D

    She saw nothing.

Pick the sentence that contains verbal negation.

  • A

    The information is inaccurate.

  • B

    They will not come.

  • C

    Taiwo went nowhere.

  • D

    Bisola was dissapointed.

Change the sentence below to passive:

n

Favour loves Adroit Tutors.

  • A

    Adroit Tutors is loved by Favour.

  • B

    Favour is loved by Adroit Tutors.

  • C

    Adroit Tutors was loved by Favour.

  • D

    Adroit Tutors loves Favour.

What's the tag question of the sentence below:

n

I will ace this course,

  • A

    Won't I?

  • B

    Will I?

  • C

    Wouldn't I?

  • D

    Would I?

Which of the following is a marked non-polar question? 

  • A

    Are you alright?

  • B

    Who are you?

  • C

    He did it how?

  • D

    John is back?

Which of the following is a statement question? 

  • A

    We are back.

  • B

    You will call me?

  • C

    How are you?

  • D

    Do you love me?

Which of the following is a non-basic simple sentence?

  • A

    Go out.

  • B

    Isaac is diligent.

  • C

    Jeremy went out.

  • D

    It rained.

Which of the following is not a simple sentence?

  • A

    After the match, he disappeared.

  • B

    Kola fulfilled his promise after a very long time last year in Lagos.

  • C

    We carried the box and the bag.

  • D

    To pass the course, Hikmat studied diligently.

One of these is a productive minor sentence:

  • A

    Good morning

  • B

    Wow!

  • C

    Once beaten, twice shy

  • D

    The Trial of Brother Jero

A type of sentence that is incomplete grammatically and semantically which should be avoided is called a 

  • A

    Minor sentence

  • B

    Fragment sentence

  • C

    Major sentence

  • D

    Micro sentence

Pick the grammatically correct option:

  • A

    No sooner the president left that the governor arrived.

  • B

    I would rather you complete the note.

  • C

    Be rest assured, the results will be out soon.

  • D

    You can pay the fees instalmentally.

All the options are grammatically correct except one:

  • A

    It is time we left.

  • B

    Faith loves politics, he even contested for a post this semester.

  • C

    The teacher felicitated Ibrahim after he won the match.

  • D

    The wood was split into two.

One of these is false of a formal letter:

  • A

    Contractions should be avoided.

  • B

    The writer's address is not compulsory.

  • C

    The title can be underlined or written in uppercase without underline.

  • D

    'Dear Madam' should be used instead of 'Dear Ma' when addressing a female.

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