English II Quiz 1: 7 July 2024 (May 2024 term)

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank [i] with the most fitting discourse marker among the options given below.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank [ii] with the most fitting discourse marker among the options given below.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank [iii] with the most fitting discourse marker among the options given below.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank [iv] with the most fitting discourse marker among the options given below.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Fill in blank [v] with the most fitting discourse marker among the options given below.

Identify the adjectival clause in the following sentence and the noun it modifies.
She wore a beautiful dress, which she had bought on her trip to Paris, and he complimented her on her impeccable style.

In the sentence “He is staring at the world as if he has never seen it before,” the suffix -ing added to the verb “stare” indicates:

They gave him an award. The number of complements in this sentence is/are _____.

In the following sentence, identify the nature of the adjective. The adjective is underlined. ‘The scariest villain I have seen comes in that novel.’

‘Technically speaking, the upcoming nuclear treatment plant will certainly invite only criticisms.’ The adverbs used in this sentence are

Identify the implied meaning of the sentence below: (Note that the word with stress is italicized and marked in bold).
I have found my book

‘The sun rises in the east.’ This sentence would ordinarily be spoken in a ______.

‘Perhaps we have been guilty of some terminological inexactitudes’ is an example of _____.

“Free as a bird” is an example of?

‘He is a pilot who’s afraid of heights’ is an example of _______.

‘The city never sleeps’ is an example of personification. This statement is ____.

Which of the following sentences uses a discourse marker for confirmation of clarity?

Which of the following discourse markers is used to express something not good.

Which of the following sentences uses a discourse marker to add information?

Intonations help in:

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options for the given subquestions.
(1)_______, the sun is a huge ball of gases. (2)_______, it has a diameter of 1.3927 million kms. It is incomprehensibly massive, and, (3)____________, it can hold millions of planets inside it. The Sun is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium gas. The surface of the Sun is known as the photosphere. (4)_________, the photosphere is surrounded by a thin layer of gas known as the chromosphere. Without the Sun, there would be no life on Earth. There would be no plants, no animals and no human beings. (5)__________, all the living things on Earth get their energy from the Sun for their survival.

Choose the correct answer for blank (1).

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options for the given subquestions.
(1)_______, the sun is a huge ball of gases. (2)_______, it has a diameter of 1.3927 million kms. It is incomprehensibly massive, and, (3)____________, it can hold millions of planets inside it. The Sun is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium gas. The surface of the Sun is known as the photosphere. (4)_________, the photosphere is surrounded by a thin layer of gas known as the chromosphere. Without the Sun, there would be no life on Earth. There would be no plants, no animals and no human beings. (5)__________, all the living things on Earth get their energy from the Sun for their survival.

Choose the correct answer for blank (2).

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options for the given subquestions.
(1)_______, the sun is a huge ball of gases. (2)_______, it has a diameter of 1.3927 million kms. It is incomprehensibly massive, and, (3)____________, it can hold millions of planets inside it. The Sun is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium gas. The surface of the Sun is known as the photosphere. (4)_________, the photosphere is surrounded by a thin layer of gas known as the chromosphere. Without the Sun, there would be no life on Earth. There would be no plants, no animals and no human beings. (5)__________, all the living things on Earth get their energy from the Sun for their survival.

Choose the correct answer for blank (3).

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options for the given subquestions.
(1)_______, the sun is a huge ball of gases. (2)_______, it has a diameter of 1.3927 million kms. It is incomprehensibly massive, and, (3)____________, it can hold millions of planets inside it. The Sun is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium gas. The surface of the Sun is known as the photosphere. (4)_________, the photosphere is surrounded by a thin layer of gas known as the chromosphere. Without the Sun, there would be no life on Earth. There would be no plants, no animals and no human beings. (5)__________, all the living things on Earth get their energy from the Sun for their survival.

Choose the correct answer for blank (4).

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options for the given subquestions.
(1)_______, the sun is a huge ball of gases. (2)_______, it has a diameter of 1.3927 million kms. It is incomprehensibly massive, and, (3)____________, it can hold millions of planets inside it. The Sun is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium gas. The surface of the Sun is known as the photosphere. (4)_________, the photosphere is surrounded by a thin layer of gas known as the chromosphere. Without the Sun, there would be no life on Earth. There would be no plants, no animals and no human beings. (5)__________, all the living things on Earth get their energy from the Sun for their survival.

Choose the correct answer for blank (5).

Identify the adverb in the following sentence.
The slow dog played with the chirpy parrot.

“The tree stumps had been worn smooth and comfortable by years of use.”
The phrase in italics is an _____.

Identify the degree adverb in the given sentence.
‘The cellar is nearly filled up, never having been either wide or deep, and the fruit of a few mossy apple−trees drop ungathered to the ground.’

____adverbs are used to make our perspectives clearer.

I ___ admired his talent for painting.

In the following lists of words, identify the words most likely to be adjectives based on word endings.
Foliage, farcical, fraternity, finance

‘The contract will be issued by the government.’ In this sentence, the verb 'will be issued' will change to ________ when converted to active voice.

Choose the correct type of sentence for the following sentence: ‘I went to the store, but I forgot to buy milk.’

Which of the following sentences contains an adverbial clause?

The kid who lives next door is very interesting. The relative pronoun here is ___.

In the following sentence, identify the role of the embedded clause.
‘The judge whose car we bought called our office.’

How many dependent clauses are there in the sentence given below:
The cat climbed the tree, but he could not get down

State whether the underlined is an adjunct or a complement:
Mary helped her mother with the dishes.

‘Joe plays the guitar beautifully ’.Here the adjunct is _____.

Read the following sentence and identify the adverb phrase in it.
‘The other clerk, whose name I have now forgotten, nodded and apologized while chewing on a pink lobe of kola nut.’