English Language

English Grammar and Usage

2,711 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

Which one of the following options joins the two sentences given below correctly?

(a) The child was weeping. (b) The mother had scolded him.

  1. The child was weeping if the mother had scolded him.

  2. The child was weeping which the mother scolded him.

  3. The child was weeping because the mother had scolded him.

  4. The child was weeping why the mother had scolded him.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Option (3) is correct because it is a cause and an effect. The cause is 'scolding' and the effect is 'weeping'. ‘Because’ is used to tell the reason.

Multiple choice

Which one of the following options joins the two sentences given below correctly?

(a) I checked the room. (b) There was no one inside it.

  1. I checked the room but there was no one inside it.

  2. I checked the room because there was no one inside it.

  3. I checked the room then there was no one inside it.

  4. I checked the room or there was no one inside it.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) ‘But’ is used to show contrast. It is the correct word here to join the given two sentences.

Multiple choice

I _____ (receive) a letter yesterday

  1. received

  2. has received

  3. had received

  4. will have received

  5. will be receiving
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A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. The word 'yesterday' tells that the sentence is in simple past tense. 'Received' is the simple past form of the verb 'receive'.

Multiple choice

He _____ (come) to my house last month.

  1. has come

  2. came

  3. had come

  4. will be coming

  5. will come
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. The word 'last month' tells that the given sentence is in simple past tense. 'Came' is the simple past form of the verb 'come'.

Multiple choice

I _____ (write) a letter now.

  1. is writing

  2. am writing

  3. have written

  4. will be writing

  5. wrote
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. The word 'now' tells that the given sentence is in present continuous tense. 'Am writing' is the present continuous form of the verb 'write'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The given question carries four options. You are to mark the correct option after checking the punctuation(s) of each option.

He said I am leaving for Boston tomorrow.

  1. He said, “I, am leaving for Boston tomorrow.”

  2. He said, “I am leaving for Boston tomorrow.

  3. He said, “I am leaving for Boston tomorrow.”

  4. He said, “i am leaving for Boston tomorrow.”
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This is direct form of narration. The reported speech has to be separated by inverted commas (" ") and we need to put a comma between the reporting verb and the reported speech. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The given question carries four options. You are to mark the correct option after checking the punctuation(s) of each option.

What a beautiful toy said the child to his mother.

  1. “What a beautiful toy!” said the child to his mother.

  2. “What a beautiful toy? said the child to his mother.

  3. “What a beautiful toy”, said the child to his mother.

  4. “What a beautiful toy” said the child to his mother.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

This is direct form of narration. The reported speech has to be separated by inverted commas (" "). The reported speech is an exclamatory sentence, so we need to end it with a sign of exclamation.

Multiple choice

Which of the options given below best completes the following sentence?

She will feel much better if she _________.

  1. will get some rest

  2. gets some rest

  3. will be getting some rest

  4. is getting some rest
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B Correct answer
Explanation

It is a conditional sentence s + will + verb (1) + if + s + Present indefinite tense So (B) gets some rest. Other types of conditional sentence –

  1. If + verb (2nd) + _______ would + verb (1)
  2. If + s + had + verb (3rd) + would/could/might have + verb(3rd)
Multiple choice

How are you (informal)?

  1. Wie geht's?

  2. Wie geht es Ihnen?

  3. Wie gehts?

  4. Es geht.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Wie geht's? is the standard informal way to ask 'How are you?' in German, being a contraction of 'Wie geht es'.

Multiple choice

“After all this time?”

  1. “Never”, said Snape

  2. “Sometimes”, said Snape

  3. “Maybe”, said Snape

  4. “Always”, said Snape
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In the final book, Dumbledore asks Snape if he still loves Lily Potter after all this time. Snape replies with the iconic word Always.