ENG 219 LIKELY QUESTIONS & ANSWERS COMPILED BY SOLUTION OF TEAM ASK
ENG 219 LIKELY QUESTIONS & ANSWERS COMPILED BY SOLUTION OF
TEAM ASK
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Endeavour to value it as it is to give you insight on what you are likely to see
in the exam. I wish you all success in your forthcoming ENG 219 (Syntax I)
exam. I remain my humble self SOLUTION of Team ASK and NASELS.
1. The study of arrangement of words to form sentences is called ______
A. Pragmatics B. Syntax C. Morphology D. Semantics
2. The boy was beaten. The underlined is
A. NP (article pronoun) B. NC (det. Noun) C. NP (det. Noun) D. AP(det.
Pronoun)
3. How many are the relations of Syntax?
A. Three B. Four C. Two D. Six
4. The book containing morphological and syntactic rules is _____
A. Morphology B. Guide C. Manual D. Grammar
5. _____ allows for the formation of word.
A. Words B. Morpheme C. Phrase D. Clauses
6. The nucleus of a sentence is _____
A. Noun B. Pronoun C. Verb D. Adverb
7. Grammar is also known as ______
A. Morphemes B. Syntax C. Morphology D. Pragmatics
8. The internal structure of words refers to _____
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A. Morpheme B. Morphology C. Syntax D. Grammar
9. Parts of speech also refer to ______
A. Syntax B. Word C. Pragmatics D. Sentences
10. Taiwo Abdullahi etc. ______ students of Unilorin.
A. is B. are C. was D. am
11. Taiwo Abdullahi or Kolawole Ruth ______ in Ilorin at Tanke
A. Living B. Lives C. Live D. Leave
12 "Pseudo" in the word "Pseudoscientific" means
A. emanate B. not real C. type D. duplicate
13. "cide" in "insecticide" means
A. Slayer B. Preserver C. Controller D. Killer
14. The word "department" in "departmental" is _____
A. root morpheme B. stem morpheme C. bound morpheme D. derivational
morpheme
15. The morpheme which changes word class is ____
A. derivational B. inflectional C. bound D. root
16. Somebody is expected to do the job but nobody is willing to. The
underlined are ____:
A. reciprocal pronoun B. Personal pronoun C. Demonstrative pronoun D.
Indifinite pronoun.
17. Niether Taiwo nor Abdullahi should ______ to them.
A talk B. talks C. talking D. talked
18. The auxiliary verbs can be divided into ______
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A. 5 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
19. She leaves for Abuja by tomorrow.
A. Future tense B. Past tense C. Future continuous tense D. Present tense
20. ENG 219 is quite interesting
A. Adverbial phrase B. Adjectival clause C. Noun clause D. Relative phrase
21. Which infinitive verb phrase is used in the following sentence? I want to
play baseball today.
A. To play B. Want to C. Play D. I want
22. Which verb phrase is there in the following sentence? I will not be going
camping because it's too cold.
A. Will not be going B. Will be going camping C. It's too cold D. I will not be
23. Which of the following is not a type of conjunction?
A. Coordinating conjunction B. Comparative conjunction C. Subordinating
conjunction D. Correlative conjunction
24. What type of pronouns case are me, them her, him, us?
A. Both subject and object B. Subject C. Object D. Complement
25. Which four questions are answered by adverbs?
A. Who? when? where? why? B. When? where? how? who? C. When? where?
to what extent/degree? what? D. To what extent/degree? when? where?
how?
26. Which three questions are answered by adjectives?
A. What? when? where? B. Who? what kind? to what extent/degree? C.
Which one? what kind? to what extent/degree D. Which one? what kind?
how many?
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27. What part of speech has words such as: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so
which connects words or groups of words ?
A. Preposition B. Adverb C. Conjunction D. Interjection
28. "By the end of today, I will be meeting with Mr. Solution." what tense is
used in the statement above?
A. Future continueous tense B. Future past perfect tense C future perfect
tense D. Future oast continuous tense.
29. How many adjectives are there in following sentence?
The red car roared around the sharp corner and hit an old oak tree.
A. 4 B. 8 C. 6 D. 7
30. What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun and answers the
questions which one(s)? how many/much? or what kind(s)
A. Verb B. Adverb C. Adjective D. Preposition
31. Which part of speech expresses a mild or sudden burst of emotion?
A. Adverb B. Noun C. Interjection D. Preposition
32. Robert was an unwise king. He was the king of seven kingdoms. What
type of pronoun is found in this sentence?
A. Subject B. Object C. Complement D. Object and subject
33. _______ and Sara went to the store.
A. She B. Her C. Him D. Them
34. I went camping with John and _______
A. She B. He C. Him D. Us
35. Which part of speech is this underlined word? The boys went inside to
eat dinner.
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A. Adverb B. Preposition C. Noun D. Conjunction
36. What type of pronouns are I, we, she, they him, us?
A. Personal pronoun B. Reflexive pronoun C. Relative pronoun D. Reciprocal
pronoun
37. The noun "mob" is an example of common noun, a concrete noun,
and.......
A. Collective noun B. Proper noun C. Abstract noun D. Uncountable noun
38. The hot-air balloon was invented by two French brothers who ran a
paper bag factory.
The indicated in the above statement is
A. Noun B. Pronoun C. Adjective D. Conjunction
39. They filled a paper bag with hot air and found that it floated.
The above indicated word is
A. Noun B. Pronoun C. Adjective D. Article
40. In 2021, the brothers went for a test flight.
The word indicated in the above is a/an.......
A. Noun B. Pronoun C. Adjective D. Preposition
41. The police claim that a number of stolen cars ____ recovered
A. Have been B. Has been C. Has being D. Have being
42. Each of the houses _____ a new.look
A. Have got B. Have C. Has D. Were given
43. Three quarters of the people in the village ____ being killed but.only half
of their huts _____ being affected
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A. Were/were B. Was/ was C. Were/was D. Was/were
44. Four weeks _____ enough for the police to conclude their investigation.
A. Were B. Is C. Are D. Has been
45. A survey of opinions on how pupils feel about their teachers _____ been
carried out
A. Has been B. Have been C. Are being D. Is been
46. Ahmed is one of the boys who always ____ good work
A. Does B. Do C. Would do D. Done
47. The course rep and PRO of the English department_____ next week
A. Arrives B. Are to arrive C. Arrive D. Are arriving
48. My friends, Babatunde, our principal, the teachers or I_____going to
London
A. Is B. Are C. Am D. were
49' Some of the food _____ spoilt
A. Is B. Are C. Were D. Have
50. Our lecturer and Dean of the faculty ____ just arrived
A. Has B. Having C.Have D. Had
51. The helpless _____ our sympathy
A.Require B. RequiresbC. Required D. Are requiring
52.The police ____ happy about the dwindling crime rate
A. Says that are B. Say it is C. Say they are D. Says it is
53. The man not his children______ here
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A. Are B. Is C. Were D. am
54. Everywhere_____dark
A. Are looking B. Look C. Looks D. Looked
55. Neither Ahmed nor his parents______the meeting now
A. Attended B. Attend C. Attends D.Has attended
56. Two young boys have been caught with parts of the stolen machine but
_____ admitted stealing it
A. Neither of them has B. Neither of them have C. None of them has D.
None of them have
57. Sixty percent of the unskilled workers _____ yearly by the company
A. Are retain B. Is retainedvC. Were retained D. Are retained
58. One of the ____selective marking of errors
A. School of thought suggests B. Schools of thought suggest C. Schools of
thought suggested D. Schools of thought suggests
59. The government which ______ recruiting ______ workers. Suddenly
stopped doing so
A. Are/its B. Was/Its C. Is/their D. Were/their
60. The quality of your questions which _____always attracted attention
______never been in doubt
A. Have/has B. Have/have C. Has/has D. Has/have.
61. The relation along the horizontal axis is ______
A. Syntagmatic B. Pragmatics C. Paradigmatic D. Syntactic
62. There are _____ types of clauses.
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A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 7
63. How many Be verbs are in English language?
A. 8 B. 6 C. 5 D. 4
64. "Auto" in "Autopilot" means
A. Power B. Magic C. Self D. Electrical
65. The beautiful young musician from America will sing tonight. What is
the verb phrase?
A. will sing B. from America C. young musician D. sing
66. The people standing outside are violent. What is the head word?
A. The people B. people C. outside D. standing.
67. The relation of choice is
A. Syntagmatic B. Pragmatics C. Paradigmatic D. Syntactic
68. The Super Eagles is a team to beat in African tournament.
A. Verb phrase B. Prepositional phrase C. Adverbial phrase D. Infinitive
phrase
69. Telling the truth is uneasy
A. Gerund phrase B. Noun phrase C. Adverbial phrase D. Adjectival phrase
70. "Anti" in the word "anticorruption"
A. Opposed to B. In for C. Together with D. Prone to
71. She tried her best yet couldn't attain it.
A. Complex sentence B. Compound sentence C. Compound complex D.
Simple sentence
72. My phone, that I have just bought yesterday, has been stolen. The
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underlined is _____
A. Noun clause B. Adjectival phrase C. Relative clause D. Adverbial phrase.
73. The combination of two or more independent clause conjoined by
coordinating conjunction is _______
A. Simple sentence B. Compound sentence C. Complex sentence D.
Compound complex
74. Whenever a goal is scored, fans jubilate.
A. main clause B. subordinate clause C. independent clause D. dependent
phrase
75. Although the weather forecast predicts rain, the sky was cloudless and
the drought spell continued. The sentence structure is ______
A. Compound B. Complex C. Simple D. Compound complex
76. Which of the following is not related to function of sentence?
A. Compound B. Interrogative C. Imperative D. Exclamatory.
77. The statement that gives ascertion is ______
A. Simple sentence B. Declarative sentence C. Imperative sentence D.
Exclamatory sentence
78. Adjectival clause can be classified into ______ & ______
A. root and bound B. restrictive and non-restrictive C. simple and
compound D. Simple and multiple
79. Measles _______ a serious disease.
A. are B. is C. am D. can
80. One of the prisoners _____ sick.
A. looks B. look C. looking D. luke
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81. What is the phrase in "Zeenat played the ball."
A. Zeenat played B. played C. Zeenat D. played the ball
82. She was at the market then.
A. Noun phrase B. Adverbial phrase C. Prepositional phrase D. Relative
phrase.
83. Sentence is classified into _______
A.forms and sentence B. Structure and tense C.forms and style D. function
and form.
84. What is the main function of syntax in language?
A. To provide meaning to words B. To create sentences C. To convey
information D. To impose structure on words
85. What is the term used to describe the order in which words appear in a
sentence?
A. Semantics B. Phonology C. Syntax D. Pragmatics
86. What is the name given to clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence,
but instead is used in combination with other clause?
A. independent clause B. dependent phrase C. dependent clause D. main
clause.
87. What is the name of a word that can be used to substitute for a noun in
a sentence?
A. Verb B. Adjective C. Adverb D. Pronoun
88. What is the term used to describe the process of adding -s or -es to a
verb to indicate the third person singular present tense?
A. Inflection B. Conjunction C. Interjection D. Agreement
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89. What is the term used to describe words that express strong emotions
or exclamations in a sentence?
A. Conjunctions B. Prepositions C. Interjections D. Adverbs
90. What is the term used to describe the words and phrases that surround
a noun or pronoun and provide additional information about it?
A. Adjectives B. Adverbs C. Prepositions D. Modifiers
91. What is the term used to describe words that join together two or more
words, phrases, clauses, or sentences in a sentence?
A. Conjunctions B. Prepositions C. Interjections D. Adverbs
92. A group of words is _____
A. Clause B. Phrase C. Sentence D. Morpheme
93. A sentence with a main clause and no dependent clause is _______
A. Complex sentence B. Simple sentence C. Compound sentence D.
Declarative sentence
94. The type of sentence structure formed when sentences are joined by
coordinating conjunction is ______.
A. Complex sentence B. Compound sentence C. Simple sentence D.
Compound complex
95. The book is very interesting. The underlined is a/an _____
A. adverb B. adjective C. noun D. conjunction
96. The essential part of noun phrase is _____
A. modifier B. qualifier C. headword D. adjective
97. What is the formation in "The tall quiet boy in the classroom."?
A. mmhqq B. mmhhq C. mhq D. mmmhq
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98. The man who bought the car is here
A. Adverbial clause B. Adjectival phrase C. Relative clause D. Nominal
clause
99. The school could have realized its fault.
A. Noun clause B. Adverbial clause C. Verb phrase D. Adjectival phrase
100. A nominal phrases is headed by ______
A. Noun B. Verb C. Adverb D. Preposition.
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ANSWERS
1. B 2.C 3.c 4.D 5B 6.C 7.B 8.B 9.B 10.B 11.B 12.B 13.D 14.A 15.A 16.D 17.A
18.B 19.A 20.D 21.A 22.A 23.B 24. C 25.D 26.D 27.C 28.A 29.D 30.C 31.C
32.A 33.A 34.C 35.A 36.A 37.A 38.C 39.B 40.A 41.A 42.C 43.A 44.B 45.B
46.B 47.A 48.C 49.A 50.A 51.A 52.C 53.B 54.C 55.B 56.A 57.D 58.D 59.B
60.C 61.A 62.A 63.A 64.C 65.A 66.B 67.C 68.D 69.A 70.A 71.B 72.C 73.B
74.B 75.D 76.A 77.B 78.B 79.B 80.A 81.C 82.C 83.D 84.B 85.C 86.C 87.D
88.A 89.C 90.A 91.A 92.B 93.B 94.B 95.A 96.C 97. D 98.C 99.C 100. A
