REVISION TEST (1) 1718

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following word formation processes is a highly productive process of
forming words in English?
A. back formation B. conversion C. clipping D. compounding
2. A …………… is a minimal free form.
A. word B. morpheme C. base D. root
3. How many inflectional morphemes are there in the following sentence “When the autumn
comes, colorful leaves fall gently from trees”?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
4. Which of the following serves as specifiers of verbs?
A. Determiners B. Auxiliaries C. Degree words D. None
5. The underlined word in the sentence “Get me a kilo of mangoes.” is a/an … (*)
A. clipped word B. blended word C. abbreviation D. compound word
6. The prefix multi- in the sentence “My problem multiplied until they completely took over
my life.” means …
A. to become an annoyance B. to become uncontrollable
C. to become troublesome D. to become many
7. non- is the affix to form … in English.
A. nouns B. adjectives C. adverbs D. A&B
8. Which of the following nouns has the plural form?
A. honey B. flour C. ice-cream D. butter
9. The process of coining new word by using affixes is called…
A. inflection B. prefixation C. suffixation D. B&C
10. Which of the following words does not belong to the closed word classes?
A. between B. necerthless C. mine D. type
11. Which of the following words cannot stand before a noun?
A. alive B. lively C. live D. living
12. The word biochemical in “Winter Seasonal Affective Disorder is caused by a
biochemical imbalance because of the lack of sunlight” is a/an…
 A. derived word B. clipped word C. blended word D. acronym
13. What is the base of the word grammaticalization?
A. grammar B. grammatic C. grammatical D. grammaticalize
14. Which of the following indefinite pronouns has the plural form?
A. other B. both C. everyone D. none
15. Which of the following verbs can have a subjective complement?
A. seek B. look for C. discover D. appeare
16. Which of the following words does not belong to the open word classes?
A. whether B. time C. quickly D. very
17. The type of word formation to form the word quake from earthquake is called… (*)
A. compounding B. affixation C. clipping D. blending
18. What is the type of the verb in the sentence “They lived a happy life.”?
A. intransitive B. mono-transitive C. di-trasitive D. complex transitive
19. Person is a grammatical category of … class in English.
A. nouns B. verbs C. adjectives D. A&B
20. There are … inflectional morphemes in the sentence “The builders removed the lovely
old kerb stones along the quay and replaced with modern generic kerb.”
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
21. “Finding” in “Finding Nemo is one of the best Disney animated films.” is a/an …
A. participle B. gerund C. adjective D. none
22. The underlined word in the sentence “They left her alone.” is a/an …
A. direct object B. indirect obj. C. subj. complement D. obj. complement
23. How many clauses are there in the sentence “Since the amount of winter daylight you
receive changes the farther you are from the equator, Seasonal Affective Disorder is most
common in people who live at least 30 degree latitude north or south”?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
24. How many adverbial modifiers are there in the sentence “Every afternoon, she sat by the
window looking at the children playing noisily in the playground”.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
25. What is the type of the non-finite reduced clause in the sentence “Students handling in
their essays late will lose ten marks.”?
 A. appositive clause B. adverbial clause of time
C. adverbial clause of reason D. relative clause
26. The underlined phrase in the sentence “She spent long hours reading books in the
library” is a/an …
A. direct object B. indirect object
C. subjective complement D. objective complement
27. How many noun phrases are there in the sentence “Current economic weakness may be a
result of high energy crises”?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
28. What is the type of adverb “Hopefully” in “Hopefully, the book will inspire readers to
wider interest in weather, atmospheric science, and earth science in general.”?
A. adjunct B. disjunct C. conjunct D. intensifier
What is the syntactic relation of the underlined words and the italicized words in sentences
29 -> 32?
29. Switzerland is not in the European Union, nor is it a member of NATO.
A. Subject-Predicate relation B. coordinate relation
C. subordinate relation D. embedded relation
30. Lunch is not ready for Ann to take to school.
A. Subject-Predicate relation B. coordinate relation
C. subordinate relation D. embedded relation
31. Don’t be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.
A. Subject-Predicate relation B. coordinate relation
C. subordinate relation D. embedded relation
32. Players in A.C Milan are all good footballers, in addition, many of them have years of
experience playing together.
A. Subject-Predicate relation B. coordinate relation
C. subordinate relation D. embedded relation
33. What is the grammatical relation of the underlined words in the sentence “Pat’s birthday
party was the joy for her family.”?
A. modifier-modfied B. possessor-possessed
C. subject-predicate D. head-complement
What is the type of the underlined adverbial clauses in sentences 34 -> 37?
34. The underlined words in “Being late, she didn’t get tickets for the show” is a/an …
A. reduced clause of reason B. reduced clause of time
C. noun clause D. complement clause
35. As the shuttle crashed, NASA has been demoralized.
A. concession clause B. reason clause C. time clause D. purpose clause
36. Type this again as I showed you a moment ago.
A. manner clause B. reason clause C. place clause D. purpose clause
37. The shooting star moved so quickly that I almost missed it.
A. concession clause B. reason clause C. result clause D. manner clause
38. A complementizer cannot introduce a/an … in English.
A. relative clause B. object clause C. subject clause D. B&C
39. The function of the underlined phrase in the sentence “Kate brings a smiles to the face of
the terminally-ill boy when she gives him a birthday card.” is a/an …
A. subject B. object C. complement D. predicate
40. How many adverbial modifiers are there in the sentence “The days continue growing
dark early in my hometown when the winter comes.”?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

II. PROBLEM SOLVING (TREE DIAGRAM)

1. Return home after summer holiday.
2. New books on planet discovery.
3. The house was surrounded with a large fruit orchard.
4. Either you have to study hard, or you will fail the exam.
5. The girls are pleased that they will have a long holiday.
 ANSWER KEY 1718
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. D 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. D
11. A 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. D 16. A 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. C
21. B 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. B 29. B 30. D
31. B 32. B 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. A 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. B
Note: 1/ Sự khác biệt giữa Clipping (câu 17) và Abbreviation (câu 5)
Khi chỉ đưa từ rút gọn mà không đưa ra từ xuất phát thì gọi là Abbreviation.
Khi đưa ra từ rút gọn rồi sau đó đưa ra từ xuất phát thì gọi là Clipping.
2/ Sự khác biệt giữa Adjunct, Cọnjunct và Disjunct (Câu 28)