The pre-course guide test: language

Multiple choice test

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  1. What is the object of the verb like in William and Jessica particularly liked the hotel by the beach?
    1.   particularly
    2.   the beach
    3.   William and Jessica
    4.   the hotel by the beach
  2. If we start with the hypernym building, which of the following form a set of hyponyms?
    1.   car park, square, street, lane
    2.   house, church, office block, chalet
    3.   home, cave, residence, tree house
    4.   live, reside, dwell, inhabit
  3. What grammatical function is the word fascinated performing in She appeared fascinated?
    1.   the subject of appear
    2.   an adverb
    3.   an adjective
    4.   the object of appear
  4. The phrase has been done in The work has been done already is best described as ...
    1.   a verb phrase
    2.   the subject phrase
    3.   a noun phrase
    4.   a prepositional phrase
  5. Which of the following is an example of the present perfect tense?
    1.   Mary has done the work
    2.   Mary'll do the work
    3.   Mary'd already done the work
    4.   Mary did the work
  6. Which of the following refers to a background fact which is always true?
    1.   Will she know your address?
    2.   Does he know your address?
    3.   Did she ask for your address?
    4.   Have you told her your address?
  7. What sort of verb is could in She couldn't see what was happening?
    1.   a modal auxiliary
    2.   the past of of can
    3.   a past tense
    4.   a main verb
  8. The consonant at the beginning of fish is the same as the one at the end of ...
    1.   dive
    2.   graph
    3.   dish
    4.   with
  9. The word design rhymes with ...
    1.   cream
    2.   time
    3.   fine
    4.   lane
  10. The phrases by the guest house and beside the bed and breakfast place are
    1.   synonymous
    2.   identical
    3.   dialect differences
    4.   antonymous