Question 1

_______ is a part of speech that is used to qualify a noun or a pronoun.

Accepted Answer

A) adverb 
B) adjective 
C) verb 
D) preposition

Question 2

_______ collocations are those words that have many other options.

Accepted Answer

A) positive 
B) assertive 
C) strong 
D) weak

Question 3

Once you learn how to write a well structured paragraph, the next thing to be done is editing your _____.

Accepted Answer

A) thoughts 
B) draft 
C) essay 
D) sentences

Question 4

In English, ______ expresses the relationship of the subject to the verb.

Accepted Answer

A) tense 
B) voice 
C) word 
D) preposition

Question 5

The _______________ is used to compare between two items, groups or people.

Accepted Answer

A) comparative 
B) positive 
C) superlative 
D) negative

Question 6

____________ is a kind of language proficiency test question and it consists of mixed words or sentences written in a mixed order.

Accepted Answer

A) recursion 
B) movement 
C) jumbled sentences 
D) mixed paragraphs

Question 7

_______ refers to reporting someone else's statement in your own words without changing the meaning of the statement.

Accepted Answer

A) indirect speech 
B) direct speech 
C) active voice 
D) present tense

Question 8

The verb present in the reporting speech is known as the ________.

Accepted Answer

A) verb 
B) reporting verb 
C) reported verb 
D) reporting speech

Question 9

__________ is a group of sentences which conveys one main idea and it helps one to organize their thoughts during the process of writing.

Accepted Answer

A) essay 
B) paragraph 
C) jumbled sentences 
D) proverb

Question 10

The closing sentence in a paragraph is also known as a _________.

Accepted Answer

A) transition sentence 
B) closing sentence 
C) key sentence 
D) supporting sentence

Question 11

_______ is a group of two or more words which we usually use together as a set phrase.

Accepted Answer

A) movement 
B) recursion 
C) collocation 
D) lexical

Question 12

___________ tense refers to events that have taken place in the past or an event that occurred continually in the past.

Accepted Answer

A) past 
B) present 
C) future 
D) continuous

Question 13

Adjectives change in form in order to show comparison. These different forms of the adjective are known as _________.

Accepted Answer

A) degrees of comparison 
B) transformation of sentences 
C) direct speech 
D) adverb

Question 14

In a subject-verb concord, if the subject of the sentence is plural, the verb also must be ___.

Accepted Answer

A) singular 
B) plural 
C) concord 
D) identified

Question 15

A ____________ sentence is a sentence which consists of only one clause, a single subject and predicate.

Accepted Answer

A) simple 
B) complex 
C) compound 
D) declarative

Question 16

Indirect speech is also known as _________.

Accepted Answer

A) reported speech 
B) direct speech 
C) active voice 
D) changing speech

Question 17

According to the degree of force used by the speaker, a full stop or a ________ is used at the end of the sentence.

Accepted Answer

A) question mark 
B) quotations 
C) comma 
D) exclamatory mark

Question 18

One of the following is not an aspect in English. Which one is it?

Accepted Answer

A) simple 
B) progressive 
C) perfect 
D) movement

Question 19

A ______ verb is a verb that shows tense, number (singular or plural) or person.

Accepted Answer

A) finite 
B) non finite 
C) anomalous 
D) irregular

Question 20

____________ expresses things like universal truths, theories and principles, proverbs/sayings, characteristics, ordinary routine activities and professional activities. Eg: The sun sets in the West.

Accepted Answer

A) simple present 
B) present perfect 
C) present perfect progressive 
D) present progressive

Exam 2: Grammar and Language: Part B