English Language

English Grammar and Usage

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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

Directions: The following sentences may have one or more grammatical errors. Select the grammatically incorrect option from among those given below the set of sentences.

(A) None except her and her father arrived at the venue in time. (B) Either you, or your brother or sister ought to have informed me. (C) Let you and I go for a walk.

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Only C

  4. Both A and B

  5. Both A and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Both (A) and (B) are correct. Both the pronouns following preposition 'let' in (C) should be in the objective case.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below may have one or more grammatical error. Select the grammatically correct option from among those given below the sentence:

No sooner that I stepped out of the house than it started raining. (A) No sooner that I had stepped out of the house than it started raining. (B) No sooner had I stepped out of the house than it started raining. (C) No sooner than I stepped out of the house that it started raining.

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Only C

  4. Both A and B

  5. Both A and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Usage of 'that' in (A) and (C) is redundant. Also sentences beginning with negatives, use auxiliary verbs before the subject. (B) is the correct statement.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below may have one or more grammatical error. Select the grammatically correct option from among those given below the sentence:

You haven't finished your work. Didn't you? (A) You haven't finished your work. Haven't you? (B) You haven't finished your work. Have you? (C) You did finish your work. Didn't you?

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Only C

  4. Both A and B

  5. Both B and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is a tag question. In such questions, a positive statement is followed by a negative question and a negative statement by a positive question, keeping the tense unchanged. Only (B) and (C) meet this requirement. (A) has both negatives.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the appropriate words or phrases to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

It is a long time ______ I saw my brother who is studying ______ a boarding school ______ Shimla.

  1. when, at, of

  2. since, for, of

  3. since, at, in

  4. before, in, at

  5. before, with, at
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct conjunctional and prepositional use. 'In Shimla' is the correct usage. Hence, option 4, as no other option has 'in' for 'Shimla'.