MCQ: In the following sentences the double-underlined is | A | B | C | D |
1. I have friends whose children are badly behaved. | NCI | Modifier | Subject | None of them |
2. Manchurians supported their team to win the match. | adverbial | infinitive | object | Verb phrase |
3. Finding out the cause is a prerequisite for the treatment. | participial | object | subject | None of them |
4. Manchurians expected to win the match. | complement | infinitive | object | None of them |
5. The exam was cancelled, which allowed us to stay at home. | NCI | Modifier | subject | None of them |
6. Jones' favorite hobby must have been lying in bed. | participial | object | subject | complement |
7. Their teachers advise them to do their best. | complement | adverbial | Verb phrase | Infinitive phrase |
8. She's got into trouble for faking an illness to avoid work. | participial | object | subject | Infinitive phrase |
9. We did not have a web site, which posed a problem. | NCI | subject | Modifier | None of them |
10. My mother wanted me to get the cheese in the fridge. | complement | infinitive | object | None of them |
11. She's got into trouble for an illness to avoid work. | participial | subject | Noun phrase | None of them |
12. The murderer forced the defendant to hide most of the truth. | Deep subject | complement | Verb phrase | Infinitive phrase |
13. Cairo, which is growing fast, needs another state university. | NCI | Modifier | subject | None of them |
14. She's got into trouble for faking an illness to avoid work. | Noun phrase | Modifier | complement | None of them |
15. A young clerk convinced the manager to change his view. | Deep subject | complement | Verb phrase | None of them |
16. She's got into trouble for faking an illness to avoid work. | adverbial | modifier | object | Object of preposition |
17. My eldest sister, whose arm is sprained, is leaving Friday. | NCI | modifier | object | None of them |
18. Most students plan to succeed with high marks. | adverbial | complement | Verb phrase | Infinitive phrase |
19. Being the chairman made me extremely un easy | adverbial | complement | object | Object of preposition |
20. Those students hurried to come to the lecture on time. | complement | Infinitive | adverbial | None of them |
21. The machine which sorts the local mail is broken. | NCI | modifier | object | None of them |
22. Being the chairman made me extremely uneasy. | adverbial | complement | subject | None of them |
23. His elder brothers offered to help him study his lessons. | object | complement | Infinitive | None of them |
24. The college recommends sending all applications early. | adverbial | complement | object | None of them |
25. Did I tell you about the author whom I met" | NCI | RCI | object | Object of preposition |
26. The teacher has just begun to understand the problem. | adverbial | complement | Deep subject | Infinitive phrase |
27. The college recommends sending applications early. | subject | object | participial | complement |
28. The children had promised him to do their best at home. | complement | object | Deep subject | None of them |
29. They are searching for the one who borrowed the book. | NCI | NP | object | RCI |
30. Swimming in your pool is always a big fun. | participial | complement | subject | object |
31. The young boys promised to do their best always. | object | complement | Noun phrase | None of them |
32. Her important achievement is winning the championship. | participial | complement | subject | None of them |
33. Let us talk about the movie that made him cry. | NCI | NP | object | adjective clause |
34. The museum will be shown to the tourists by the guide. | NP1 | NP2 | NP3 | None of them |
35. Your sole duty is to study hard to earn a better income. | object | complement | Noun phrase | Infinitive phrase |
1. A. State Whether the Following Statements are Correct (√) or Wrong (×) | √ | × |
1. A gerund phrase contains a gerund with optional modifiers before it and optional modifiers after it. | ||
2. When the participial phrase is essential to the meaning of the sentence, no commas should be used. | ||
3. An infinitive phrase includes an infinitive with obligatory direct or indirect objects, complements or adverbials after it. | ||
4. The active is used to focus attention on the action rather than on the doer. | ||
5. When the participial phrase modifies the noun immediately before it, it is not set off from it by a comma. | ||
6. A restrictive relative clause is necessary but not essential. | ||
7. A gerund phrase contains a gerund with optional modifiers before it and obligatory constituents after it. | ||
8. When a participial phrase or a relative clause is essential to the meaning, no commas should be used. | ||
9. A nondefining adjective clause is separated from the main clause by a comma or commas. | ||
10. The surface subject is an objective noun that represents a subjective noun that surfaces in a simple sentence. | ||
11. The passive voice is used when the writer wants to adopt an air of authority. | ||
12. A nonrestrictive adjective clause gives extra information about the noun it modifies but is not necessary to identify it. | ||
13. A gerund phrase contains a gerund with obligatory modifiers before it and obligatory constituents after it. | ||
14. When the participial phrase comes finally, a comma is used if it modifies an earlier noun in the sentence. | ||
15. If a nondefining adjective clause is removed from a sentence, the reference of the head noun does not change. | ||
16. When an adverbial infinitive phrase comes non-initially in a sentence, no punctuation is needed. | ||
17. The reason why the passive is problematic is that it is often confusing. | ||
18. A nonrestrictive relative clause adds more definition to the antecedent, but is not necessary for meaning. | ||
19. An infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite verb. | ||
20. The passive voice is used when the focus is on the action or the effect, not on the actor. | ||
1. B. State Whether the Following Sentences are Correct (√) or Wrong (x) | √ | x |
21. The local people interested in the story witnessed Jimmy wandering there. | ||
22. Do you recall to ask her that question? | ||
23. They will insist that their colleague be admitted to the cession. | ||
24. Dad's best friend who he visited at the hospital may never recover. | ||
25. Starting out as an army officer Sam's father was frequently transferred. | ||
26. The nurse decided to put off to buy a new thermometer. | ||
27. Why was the road crossed by the chicken? Is bad passive. | ||
28. The little town in Cornwall the name of which I have forgotten will be our next summer destination. | ||
29. Mrs. Samuels showing more bravery than wisdom invited thirty boys and girls to a party. | ||
30. Mr. Allen's wife enjoys to cook. | ||
31. School children started to walk home. | ||
32. The story says that Jack was stubborn spent most of his time in a café. |