The pre-course guide test: language

Multiple choice test

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