English Grammar and Vocabulary
Test your knowledge of English grammar, vocabulary, parts of speech, and idiomatic expressions with this comprehensive quiz covering various language concepts.
Questions
Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable pronoun.
___________ books are these?
- Who
- Where
- Whose
- Whom
Directions: Identify the sentence with the correct usage of pronouns.
- Each member of the team must submit in writing, a detailed report of their experience to the team management.
- Each member of the team must submit in writing, a detailed report of his experience to the team management.
- Each member of the team must submit in writing, a detailed report of one's experience to the team management.
- Each member of the team must submit in writing, a detailed report of him experience to the team management.
- Each members of the team must submit in writing, a detailed report of his experience to the team management.
Directions: Choose appropriate meaning of the word in bold as per their contextual use.
Derek comes from an opulent family, lives in a palatial house and drives around in an Audi.
- Business
- Middle class
- Urban
- Wealthy
Directions: Select the word that suits the context.
The river is in spate and __________ waters are sure to cause flooding.
- turbid
- turgid
Directions: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
Many people believed that spices help ___________ food; however, nutritionists found that most spices were __________ of having any effect on the growth of microbes present in the food.
- preserve, incapable
- produce, impossible
- save, preventive
- spoil, probable
Directions: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
Sitting around eating sandwiches at the meeting’s end, the participants seemed most _______ to have been able to _______ their comments about the topic.
- elated, state
- grateful, reveal
- pleased, articulate
- aggressive, guess
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate pronoun out of the given options.
The book 'Walden Pond', ______ was written in the mid-1800s, remains a popular book among romantic and individualistic Americans.
- who
- whom
- which
- whose
Directions: Choose the type of noun to which the given word belongs.
Strength
- Abstract noun
- Collective noun
- Common noun
- Proper noun
Directions: Choose the correct type of noun for the given word.
Foolishness
- Abstract noun
- Collective noun
- Common noun
- Proper noun
Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable noun.
She has fallen in ______________ with him.
- prejudice
- poverty
- love
- alone
Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate conjunction.
Arnold does well; he __________ gets confused.
- with
- also
- only
- and
Directions: The sentence given below has been divided into three parts marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error, mark (4) as your answer.
- A heir
- was born to the
- prince last week
- No error
Directions: Among the four alternatives, pick the correct phrasal word for the given meaning.
Enter by force
- Break out
- Break with
- Break for
- Break in
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose the part that has an abstract noun.
(a) Loyalty (b) helps him (c) in any (d) case.
- (a)
- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose the part that has an abstract noun.
She (a) asked me the (b) strength (c) of my (d) life.
- (a)
- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
Directions: Choose the correct part of speech for the word in italics.
This is a book.
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
Directions: Fill in the blank with the most suitable word or phrase from the options.
The patient was _______ after being administered painkillers.
- tranquil
- quiet
- calm
- All of the above
Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable interrogative pronoun.
_________ did they fight for?
- Whom
- Who
- What
- Which
Directions: Find the meaning of the given word.
Arduous
- Difficult
- Attribute
- Hesitation
- None of these
Directions: Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in italics.
It is because of his nature that Ramu can turn his hand to anything.
- To adapt himself to
- To find fault with
- To twist the facts about
- To take advantage of
Directions: Choose the correct part of speech for the given word.
Raffle
- Noun
- Adjective
- Verb
- Adverb
Directions: Write the adjective form of the given noun.
Hope
- Hopish
- Hopeless