Test 2: Unit 9: Grammar and Text MCQs

MCQs

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  1. Question 1

    Choose the correct option according to grammar: In the sentence "In the quiet village of Greenfield, a decent girl with bright blue eyes lived with her grandmother," the adjectival phrase is:

    • AIn the quiet village of Greenfield
    • Bwith bright blue eyes
    • Clived with her grandmother
    • Da decent girl
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    Answer: B

    The phrase 'with bright blue eyes' describes the noun 'girl', so it does the work of an adjective.

  2. Question 2

    Choose the correct option according to grammar: In the sentence "He speaks in a low voice," the adverbial phrase is:

    • AHe speaks
    • Bspeaks in
    • Cin a low voice
    • Da low voice
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    Answer: C

    The phrase 'in a low voice' answers the question 'How does he speak?'.

  3. Question 3

    Choose the correct option according to grammar: In the sentence "He ran at an incredible speed," the phrase 'at an incredible speed' answers the question:

    • AHow?
    • BWhich one?
    • CWhat kind?
    • DHow many?
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    Answer: A

    Adverbial phrases answer how, when, where, why or to what extent.

  4. Question 4

    Choose the correct option according to grammar: Which of the following is a prepositional phrase made of a preposition + a pronoun?

    • Aon the chair
    • Buntil quite recently
    • Cunder the old oak tree
    • Dwith him
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    Answer: D

    'With him' is a preposition followed by the pronoun 'him'.

  5. Question 5

    Choose the correct option according to grammar: In the sentence "The car with the tinted windows is mine," the phrase 'with the tinted windows' is:

    • Aan adjectival phrase
    • Ban adverbial phrase of time
    • Ca verb phrase
    • Da noun phrase
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    Answer: A

    It describes the noun 'car', so it does the work of an adjective.

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