Lesson AO6-1

AO6-1 Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures Quiz: AQA English Language, Unit 3

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Lesson AO6-1, Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA GCSE English Language (8700), Unit 3: Assessment objectives, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does AO6 require in vocabulary and sentence structure?

    • Only simple sentences with no subordinate clauses at all
    • A single repeated sentence pattern that is easy for the examiner to mark
    • A range of vocabulary and sentence structures used for clarity and effect
    • The longest possible words in every line of the response

  2. Which sentence shows a varied structure?

    • Report done. Day over. Night came. Sleep now.
    • She went home. She ate. She slept. She woke up.
    • The report was done and the day was over and the night came.
    • Although it was late, she finished the report; then she slept.

  3. Which is a complex sentence?

    • Because the bus was late, we walked to school.
    • School is open, and the bus was late again.
    • We walked to school before the bell rang.
    • We walked and we talked and we laughed.

  4. Which sentence is a compound sentence?

    • Wide was the river, flowing through the town.
    • The river that flows through the town was wide.
    • Because the river was wide, the bridge was built.
    • The river was wide, and the bridge was narrow.

  5. Which is the most precise vocabulary choice for 'the man walked very slowly'?

    • The man was walking
    • The man went
    • The man did walk
    • The man trudged

  6. Which choice shows a range of vocabulary?

    • The storm was bad and the wind was bad and the rain was bad.
    • It was bad and it was big and it was loud and it was bad.
    • The storm battered the coast, and the gale tore at the rooftops.
    • The storm was big and the wind was big and the rain was big.

  7. Which is a simple sentence?

    • When the dog barked, the cat ran.
    • The dog barked.
    • The dog, which was old, barked.
    • The dog barked, and the cat ran.

  8. Which is a subordinate clause in 'Although she was tired, she kept walking'?

    • she kept
    • she was tired
    • she kept walking
    • Although she was tired

  9. Why is a semicolon sometimes used?

    • To link two closely related main clauses
    • To begin a list of unrelated nouns at the start of a sentence
    • To end a question that is written in the imperative mood
    • To mark the start of a direct speech in a narrative paragraph

  10. Which uses a range of sentence openings?

    • It was the door. It was the sound. It was nobody. It was still.
    • The door opened and the sound came and nobody spoke and moved.
    • Slowly, the door opened. Then came the sound of footsteps. Nobody spoke.
    • The door opened. The sound came. Nobody spoke. Nobody moved.

  11. Which is the best example of a precise adjective?

    • The big, very large, heavy thing
    • The ancient, weather-worn stone
    • The stuff that was there, outside
    • The nice, pleasant, good thing

  12. What is a noun phrase?

    • A verb with a subject that is written in the future tense
    • A group of words built around a noun, such as 'the old wooden gate'
    • A question that begins with a pronoun and ends with a question mark
    • A single word that stands for a whole sentence of the text

  13. Which choice uses a sentence type for effect?

    • A subordinate clause standing alone without any main clause
    • A rhetorical question: Who would choose silence over hope?
    • A word repeated three times with no punctuation between the words
    • A declarative list of nouns with no verb anywhere in it

  14. Which is the most accurate use of a modal verb to show possibility?

    • The bridge must collapse if the storm continues
    • The bridge did collapse, and the storm continues
    • The bridge might collapse if the storm continues
    • The bridge collapses if the storm continues

  15. Which choice avoids repetition of vocabulary?

    • The meal was delicious, and the dessert was equally tempting.
    • The meal was nice and the dinner was nice and the food was nice.
    • The meal was good and the good meal was a good thing.
    • The meal was good, and the meal was good, and the meal was good.

  16. Which sentence contains a passive construction?

    • The storm broke the window.
    • The window breaks in the storm.
    • The storm is breaking the window now.
    • The window was broken by the storm.

  17. Which sentence uses a fronted adverbial?

    • Carefully, she placed the vase on the shelf.
    • The vase was placed on the shelf carefully.
    • The vase, placed carefully, sat on the shelf.
    • She placed the vase carefully on the shelf.

  18. Which sentence is the most varied in structure?

    • Frightened, she ran; the gate was open, and the road was empty.
    • She ran. She was frightened. The gate was open. The road was empty.
    • She ran and she was frightened and the gate was open and the road was empty.
    • Running was what she did, frightened by the open gate and empty road.

  19. Which is an example of a sentence using a dependent clause for effect?

    • Whenever the bell rang, the children froze.
    • The bell rang and the children froze in fear.
    • The children froze when the bell rang loudly.
    • The children were frozen. The bell was ringing.

  20. What is the effect of a sentence that finishes with its most important word?

    • It hides the key idea so the reader must search for it
    • It shows that the writer has forgotten the earlier words in it
    • It means the sentence is incomplete and must be rewritten
    • It places emphasis on the key idea at the end

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