English Language and Literature Quiz

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What is the term for the variety of language distinguished according to use?

Affixation

Register (correct)

Morpheme

Cronym

What is the primary function of an outline's graphic structure?

To show the writer's pattern of writing

To display a distinctive structure that cannot be mistaken (correct)

To make writers cantons

To uniquely identify the storyline of a passage

What is the term for the concept that denotes the time of an action relative to the time the sentence is uttered?

Substitution

Tense (correct)

Abronym

Clipping

Which tense is used to describe an activity that is actually in progress at the moment of speaking?

Present progressive tense Signup and view all the answers

What part of a sentence reflects the tense form?

Verb Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the auxiliary verbs 'will' and 'shall'?

To realise the future tense Signup and view all the answers

By the time I finish my studies, I will have been studying English for how many years?

For ten years Signup and view all the answers

If I had studied harder, I ______ the examination.

Would have passed Signup and view all the answers

By next year, I ______ in this house for five years.

Will have lived Signup and view all the answers

If it had snowed, we ______ a snowman.

Would have built Signup and view all the answers

By the time I arrived, they ______ their homework.

Had done Signup and view all the answers

If I ______ harder, I would have passed the exam.

Had studied Signup and view all the answers

What is the opposite of 'copious' in meaning?

Scanty Signup and view all the answers

What is the opposite of 'empyrean' in meaning?

Mortal Signup and view all the answers

What is the opposite of 'affective' in meaning?

Emotionless Signup and view all the answers

What is the opposite of 'seldom' in meaning?

Often Signup and view all the answers

What is the opposite of 'master' in meaning?

Forget Signup and view all the answers

What is the opposite of 'displeased' in meaning?

Delighted Signup and view all the answers

What would be the correct tense to use when describing an action that started in the past and will continue up to a specific point in the future?

Shall have been doing Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following sentences is in the correct order for a hypothetical past situation?

If I had studied, I would have passed the exam. Signup and view all the answers

What is the correct tense to use when describing an action that will be completed at a specific point in the future?

Will have done Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence 'If it had rained heavily, my clothes would be wet now', what is the correct tense to use in the if-clause?

Had rained Signup and view all the answers

What is the correct tense to use when describing an action that started in the past and continued up to another point in the past?

Had been doing Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence 'You would have paid if your friend hadn't had any money', what is the correct tense to use in the main clause?

Would have paid Signup and view all the answers

If she hadn't eaten the spoiled food, she......ill.

wouldn't have fallen Signup and view all the answers

The tourists got lost in the woods because they......their map.

didn't bring Signup and view all the answers

The company's financial problems began......the CEO was fired.

when Signup and view all the answers

If I were you, I......that job offer.

wouldn't have taken Signup and view all the answers

By the time they arrived, the party......for an hour.

had been going Signup and view all the answers

The teacher asked the students......their homework.

if they did Signup and view all the answers