Practice Test GeeksDLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Practice Test
← All DLAB Flashcard Decks

DLAB Contextual Word Order Rules Flashcards

6 cards from real DLAB practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.

Read the first 6 DLAB Contextual Word Order Rules flashcards as text

  1. In language Z, time expressions always come first in a sentence. 'I will eat tomorrow' is correctly reordered as:

    Answer: Tomorrow I will eat

    The time expression 'tomorrow' must move to sentence-initial position, yielding 'Tomorrow I will eat.'

  2. A fictional grammar rule states that possessives always follow the noun they modify. 'My book' (I=mi, book=libro) is expressed as:

    Answer: libro mi

    The possessive (mi) must follow the possessed noun (libro), giving 'libro mi' (book my).

  3. In invented language Q, indirect objects come before direct objects after the verb. 'She gave me the book' has which structure?

    Answer: Subject-Verb-Indirect Object-Direct Object

    The rule places the indirect object (me) before the direct object (the book), so the order is Subject-Verb-IO-DO.

  4. In a test language, prepositions follow their objects (postpositions). 'In the house' (house=kasa, in=en) becomes:

    Answer: kasa en

    A postposition rule places the relational word after its object, giving 'kasa en' (house in).

  5. Language R places the most important information last in a sentence. For 'Yesterday John ran quickly,' which element appears last?

    Answer: quickly

    The manner adverb 'quickly' is the focal/most important information and therefore appears at the end.

  6. A fictional language places ALL modifiers after the words they modify. 'The fast red car stopped suddenly' would be reordered as:

    Answer: car fast red stopped suddenly

    Each modifier follows its head: 'car' precedes 'fast' and 'red,' and 'stopped' precedes 'suddenly,' yielding car fast red stopped suddenly.