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Quiz 1 - Lesson 1

Part 1: Syntax (Sentence Structure)

1. What is syntax?
a) The study of word meanings
b) The arrangement of words to form meaningful sentences
c) The sound patterns of speech
d) The meaning of individual words

2. Which of the following best describes a subject in a sentence?


a) The person or thing doing the action
b) The action being performed
c) The receiver of the action
d) The description of the action

3. What does the verb in a sentence represent?


a) The person doing the action
b) The action or state of being
c) The object of the action
d) The place where the action happens

4. Which sentence follows correct syntax?


a) The cat is on the sleeping couch.
b) The cat is sleeping on the couch.
c) Couch the cat sleeping is on.
d) Is the couch sleeping cat on?

5. What is the subject in the sentence "The dog chased the ball"?
a) The ball
b) The dog
c) Chased
d) The

Part 2: Morphology (Word Forms)

6. What is morphology?
a) The study of sentence structure
b) The study of word formation and structure
c) The study of sound patterns in language
d) The study of word meanings
7. Which of the following is a bound morpheme?
a) run
b) tree
c) un-
d) book

8. What does adding the suffix "-ed" to a verb typically indicate?


a) Present tense
b) Future tense
c) Past tense
d) Plurality

9. What is an example of an inflectional morpheme?


a) un-
b) -s in "cats"
c) -ness in "darkness"
d) -er in "teacher"

10. Which of the following words contains a derivational morpheme?


a) books
b) running
c) happier
d) teacher

Part 3: Common Grammar Mistakes

11. Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?


a) She go to the store.
b) She goes to the store.
c) She went to the store.
d) She gone to the store.

12. What is the role of prepositions in a sentence?


a) To show the action in a sentence
b) To indicate the tense of a verb
c) To show relationships between words
d) To modify nouns

13. Which sentence uses the correct preposition?


a) She is on the bus.
b) She is in the bus.
c) She is at the bus.
d) She is by the bus.
14. Which of the following sentences uses the correct verb tense?
a) I have went to the store.
b) I have gone to the store.
c) I go to the store.
d) I going to the store.

15. Which sentence is grammatically correct?


a) There is many people in the room.
b) There are many people in the room.
c) There is many person in the room.
d) There are much people in the room.
Answer Key:

1. b) The arrangement of words to form meaningful sentences

2. a) The person or thing doing the action

3. b) The action or state of being

4. b) The cat is sleeping on the couch.

5. b) The dog

6. b) The study of word formation and structure

7. c) un-

8. c) Past tense

9. b) -s in "cats"

10. d) teacher

11. b) She goes to the store.

12. c) To show relationships between words

13. a) She is on the bus.

14. b) I have gone to the store.

15. b) There are many people in the room.

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