English Language

English Grammar and Usage

2,780 Questions

English grammar and usage questions test fundamental sentence structure, correct verb forms, and accurate syntax. Topics include identifying grammatical errors, filling blanks with appropriate verbs, and changing narration. These are essential for the English language sections of competitive exams.

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English Grammar and Usage Questions

Multiple choice

Select the option that corrects the following incorrect sentence. Ray is the boy who he was punishes by the teacher.

  1. Ray is the boy who him was punished by the teacher.

  2. Ray is the boy who his was punished by the teacher.

  3. Ray is the boy who was punished by the teacher.

  4. Ray is the boy who himself was punished by the teacher.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(1), (2) and (4) are incorrect because all of them contain redundant pronouns like 'him', 'his' and 'himself'. Answer: (3)

Multiple choice

Select the option that corrects the following incorrect sentence. I am too busy not to see him.

  1. I am too busy not to saw him.

  2. I am too busy not to seeing him.

  3. I am too busy not to have seen him.

  4. I am too busy to see him.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(1), (2) and (3) are incorrect because the sense, in the given sentence, is that “I am so busy that I cannot see him”, whereas the sense conveyed by (1), (2) and (3) is quite opposite. Answer: (4)

Multiple choice

Select the option that corrects the following incorrect sentence. The moon has not been brighter never before.

  1. The moon has not been brighter nothing before.

  2. The moon has not been brighter one before.

  3. The moon has not been brighter ever before.

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(1) and (2) are incorrect because both of them have the negative words, which are not required. (4) is not applicable because (3) is correct. Answer: (3)

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate option for the blank, so as to make the sentence grammatically correct.

________________ by the time I received the interview call.

  1. I waited for several weeks

  2. I have been waiting for several weeks

  3. I had been waiting for several weeks

  4. I was waiting for several weeks

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'By the time' indicates continuation. 'Several weeks' indicate the time elapsed. The call has already been received, so the so it is past tense. Hence, the recommended use is past perfect 'had been'.

Multiple choice

Direction: Choose the appropriate option for the blank, so as to make the sentence grammatically correct.

____________________, it seems clear, he will continue to play for the country.

  1. Since he is a great player for the selectors to drop

  2. Since he is too great a player for the selectors to drop

  3. Since he is so great a player for the selectors to drop

  4. Since he is such a great player for the selectors to drop

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

He is so great a player that the selectors cannot drop him. Since no negation precedes 'drop' here, the negation has to come in the form of negative 'too'. Hence, option 2 is correct.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the underlined part of the following sentence into Past Infinitive.

I have seen John yesterday.

  1. I shall see John yesterday.

  2. I would have seen John yesterday

  3. I saw John yesterday.

  4. I see John yesterday.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(1) and (2) are incorrect because both of them indicate future tense, whereas the given sentence belongs to the past tense. (4) is incorrect because it indicates the simple present tense whereas the given sentence belongs to the past tense. Correct option is (3).