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Mock Test Syntax MA

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  • Q1
    Sentence parts are called
    constituents
    components
    constituitive parts
    30s
  • Q2
    The constituents at different levels combine to form increasingly large units
    upside-down analysis
    top-down analysis
    bottom-up analysis
    inside-out analysis
    30s
  • Q3
    What is the smallest meaningful language part?
    morpheme
    phoneme
    lexeme
    30s
  • Q4
    Marking off each constituent from sentence level to word level
    mark up
    wording
    bracketing
    30s
  • Q5
    Notational device which is equivalent labelled bracketing, though different in representation.
    bracketing
    parsing
    tree diagram
    30s
  • Q6
    S→ S coord S
    S1 is extended as S2 and S3.
    both are correct
    S 1 contains immediate constituents (S2 and S3)
    30s
  • Q7
    Constituency tests are performed by
    All points mentioned
    Cleft
    Substitution by one word
    Posing a question
    30s
  • Q8
    The boundaries of sentences are marked by means of
    punctuation
    all points mentioned
    coordinators
    subordinators
    30s
  • Q9
    Conjoin is
    a clause which is coordinated with another clause.
    a clause which is subbordinated by another clause.
    30s
  • Q10
    Compound sentence
    - is a sentence consisting of coordinated clauses (conjoins). [S1 [S2] coord [S3]]
    - is a sentence consisting of subordinated clauses . [S1 [S2] sub [S3]]
    30s
  • Q11
    The clauses in which the verb (usualy the form of the verb to be) or other elements have been omitted.
    Verbless
    Non-finite
    30s
  • Q12
    Word classes ( parts of speech) are essential for any grammatical description and are defined by their
    syntactic and morphological behaviour.
    morphological behaviour.
    syntactic behaviour.
    30s
  • Q13
    Functional parts of speech are sentence members.
    True
    False
    It depends on the position in the sentence.
    30s
  • Q14
    Criteria for determining word classes are
    all the points mentioned
    morphological
    semantic
    syntactic
    30s
  • Q15
    Subsective Gradience is a phenomenon when
    grammatical categories involve a categorial core (the prototypes) as well as a periphery which consists of a number of less prototypical members.
    categories resemble each other to varying degrees.
    30s

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