MCQs Of Linguistics

Q Identify the objects in the following sentence the object noun and any words that modify it
I was bored studying English at school
a) English, at school
b) English
c) at school
d) studying English at school

Q Identify the subject the subject noun and words that modify it
The movie was an action movie
a) Movie
b) an action movie
c) The movie
d) The movie was

Q Identify the subject complement in the following sentence
a) from English speaking countries
b) of the teachers
c) of the teachers are from English speaking countries
d) of the teachers, from English speaking countries

Q Identify the subject the subject noun and words that modify it
Most of the teachers taught us how to read and write a sentence grammatically
a) Most
b) of the teachers taught us
c) Most of the teachers
d) how to read and write a sentence grammatically

Q Identify the objects in the following sentence the object noun and any words that modify it
I was a part in the program
a) a part, program
b) a part in the program
c) I
d) part, program

Q Identify the correct tenses
Transformation is a change in a sentence from the deep structure to a surface structure without changing the meaning of the sentence.
a) noun phrase
b) verb phrase
c) prepositional phrase                                                                                                                                            d)adjective phrase

Q This rule says that you must be relevant in the conversation
a) Maxims of Quality
b) Grice’s Maxim of Relation
c) Grice’s Maxim of Quantity                                                                                                                                  d)Grice’s Maxim

Q Make your contribution as informative as is required Do not make your contribution more informative than is required
a) Maxims of Quality
b) Grice’s Maxim of Relation
c) Grice’s Maxim of Quantity
d) Grice’s Maxim

Q The social relationship and setting of the speakers and the hearers
a) Physical context
b) Epistemic context
c) Linguistic context
d) Social context

Q The utterances previous to the utterances under consideration
a) Physical context
b) Epistemic context
c) Linguistic context
d) Social context