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11. Which of these is not a type of assertive sentence?
A. Affirmative
B. Informal
C. Negative
D. Emphatic
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION :An assertive sentence can be classified into three types. They are : Affirmative sentence, negative sentence and emphatic sentence.
12. Assertive sentence can also be called as ____________.
A. Emphatic sentence
B. Declarative sentence
C. Imperative sentence
D. Exclamatory sentence
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION: An assertive sentence states a fact, describes a thing or reports an event. Assertive sentence can also be called as declarative sentence or a statement.
13. To which of these types does the following sentence belong?
Brutus loved Caesar.
A. Assertive sentence
B. Interrogative sentence
C. Imperative sentence
D. Exclamatory sentence
ANSWER:A
SOLUTION:
The above sentence is an example of an assertive sentence. To be precise, it is an affirmative sentence as it states a fact.
14. Which of these words is not used to transform non-emphatic sentence to emphatic sentence?
A. Do
B. Does
C. Did
D. Has
ANSWER:D
SOLUTION: A non-emphatic sentence can be transformed into an emphatic sentence with words like do, does, did. For example, He wrote a letter. Emphatic : He did write a letter.
15. To which type does the sentence belong?
Alas! I have no hope of life.
A. Assertive sentence
B. Interrogative sentence
C. Imperative sentence
D. Exclamatory sentence
ANSWER:D
SOLUTION:The above sentence is an example of exclamatory sentence. An exclamatory sentence expresses sudden emotion or feeling.
16. Which of these is an example of affirmative sentence?
A. Can you do this?
B. What a pretty girl!
C. Everyone accepts his version.
D. Please open the door.
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION : An affirmative sentence is a type of assertive sentence which states a fact or describes a thing. ‘Can you do this?’ is an example of interrogative sentence. ‘Please open the door’ is an example of imperative sentence.
17. Wherever there is a large American city,there will be poverty.
A. Noun Clause
B. Adjective Clause
C. Adverb Clause
D. None
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION:
This clause tells where poverty will exist, and specifying a location is the function of an adverb.
18. Choose the correct statement:
A. I’ll write a letter when I will reach Mumbai.
B. I’ll write a letter when I reach Mumbai.
C. I’ll write a letter as I reach Mumbai.
D. I’ll write a letter when I shall reach Mumbai.
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION:
The correct statement is : I’ll write a letter when I reach Mumbai. When we refer to the future in an adverbial clause of time, we normally use the simple present tense ( not will or shall).
19. A clause must have these two elements ______ and ____.
A. Adjective and Adverb
B. Subject and Verb
C. Subject and Object
D. Subject and Subordinator
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION:A clause must have these two elements Subject and Verb.
20. How many subordinate (or dependent) clause types are there?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 1
ANSWER:A
SOLUTION:
There are three different kinds of subordinate clauses: adverb clauses, adjective clauses, and noun clauses.