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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 framing questions transformation of sentences english

Select a suitable yes/no question that corresponds to the given response:

Yes, I have been listening to you. 

  1. Have you listened to me?

  2. Have you been listening to me?

  3. Did you hear what I was saying?

  4. Had you been listening to me?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Yes/No' questions are those questions which start from helping verbs like was, are, were, is, etc. 

In such a case, the order is Verb + Subject + Object. In the given sentence, 'have' is the verb, 'you' is the subject and 'me' is the object. 
Thus, option B is the correct answer. 

Multiple choice framing questions transformation of sentences english

Frame 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Anne is watching the television.

  1. Is Anne watching the television?

  2. Who is watching the television?

  3. Anne is watching the television, isn't she?

  4. Anne is watching what?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Option B is the correct answer because 'who' is used to refer to a person who is doing something.
Options A and C are incorrect because the question specifically asks for a 'wh' question.
Option D is incorrect because it is a grammatical rule that in a 'wh' question, the question word is placed before the verb. Also 'what' is used to refer to a thing. 

Multiple choice framing questions transformation of sentences english

Convert the given statement into a yes/no question:
(Ensure that the meaning of the sentence remains unchanged.)
She wrote a great story.

  1. Did she write a great story?

  2. Does she write a great story?

  3. Is she writing a great story?

  4. She wrote a great story?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Yes/No' questions are those questions which start from helping verbs like was, are, were, is, etc. 

In such a case, the order is Verb + Subject + Object. In the given sentence, 'Did' is the verb, 'she' is the subject and 'story' is the object. 
Thus, option A is the correct answer. 

Multiple choice framing questions transformation of sentences english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
_________ is the highest mountain in the world?

  1. What

  2. Which

  3. Who

  4. How
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Options A and B: When the question requires a choice from a list of items, 'which' is more formal, compared to 'what'.
The given question asks about the highest mountain in the world, which is one mountain from a choice of mountains. Hence option B is correct and A is incorrect.
Option C: 'Who' addresses a person, and not a thing (mountain).
Option D: 'How' addresses the manner in which something is done, or the state of something. It does not indicate a choice or degree.
Hence options C and D are incorrect.
Multiple choice framing questions transformation of sentences english

Frame a 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Kids are playing in the garden.

  1. What are the kids doing?

  2. Where are the kids playing?

  3. Who is playing in the garden?

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Since the emphasis is on thing, place and person, "where', "what" and "who" should be used. Hence, Option D is correct. 

Multiple choice framing questions transformation of sentences english

Frame 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Sandra loves the new cafe.

  1. Sandra does love the new cafe, right?

  2. Sandra loves the new cafe, doesn't she?

  3. Who loves the new cafe?

  4. Sandra loves what?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Since the emphasis is on person in direct, "who" should be used. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice framing questions transformation of sentences english

Frame 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Monica was sleeping in the afternoon.

  1. Monica was doing what in the afternoon?

  2. Who was sleeping in the afternoon?

  3. Monia was sleeping in the afternoon, wasn't she?

  4. What was Monica doing in the afternoon?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B,D Correct answer
Explanation

Since the emphasis is on both thing and person,  both "what" and "who" should be used. Hence, Option A and B are correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice framing questions transformation of sentences english

Frame 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Tina is jogging.

  1. What is Tina doing?

  2. Who is jogging?

  3. A & B both

  4. Tina is jogging, isn't she?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Since the emphasis is on both thing and person,  both "what" and "who" should be used. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice framing questions transformation of sentences english

Frame a 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Jay is doing something.

  1. Jay is doing what?

  2. Jay is doing something, isn't he?

  3. Is Jay doing something?

  4. What is Jay doing?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Since the emphasis is on thing, "what" should be used. Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice framing questions transformation of sentences english

Frame a 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Ajay just left from work.

  1. When did Ajay leave from work?

  2. Why did Ajay leave from work?

  3. Ajay left from work, didn't he?

  4. Ajay is leaving from work, isn't he?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Since the emphasis is on time, "when" should be used. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice framing questions transformation of sentences english

Frame a question such that the underlined part of the sentence given is the answer:
We stopped at a small vendor's stall near the mountains for breakfast. 

  1. Where did you stop for breakfast?

  2. Why did you stop for breakfast?

  3. How did you have breakfast?

  4. When did you stop for breakfast?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Wh-questions are used to ask certain types of questions. What, when, why, whom, who, whose, where and how are the wh-questions. 

Where is used to ask in or at what place or position. 
The highlighted part of the sentence shows the place 'vendor's stall'. 
Thus, option A is the correct answer. Rest of the options are incorrect ones. 

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify whether the following sentence is simple, compound or complex:

The plastic bags were thin and green.

  1. Simple

  2. Compound

  3. Complex - subordinate adjective clause

  4. Complex - subordinate adverb clause
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

There is only one finite verb in the given sentence and, by extension, only one clause. Thus,it is not a complex or a compound sentence. Therefore, Option A is the correct answer. 

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify whether the following sentence is simple, compound or complex:

The children strolled through the meadow.

  1. Simple

  2. Compound

  3. Complex - subordinate adverb clause

  4. Complex - subordinate noun clause
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

There is only one finite verb in the given sentence. Thus, there is only clause, so, it cannot be a complex or compound sentence. Hence, Option A id the correct answer. 

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify whether the following sentence is simple, compound or complex:

His blue shirt hung sideways on the door.

  1. Simple

  2. Complex - subordinate adverb clause

  3. Complex - subordinate noun clause

  4. Compound
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The given sentence has only one finite verb and, by extension, only one clause. Therefore, it cannot be a complex or compound sentence. Thus, Option A is the correct answer. 

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify the type of sentence from the options given below:
He left.

  1. Phrase

  2. Compound sentence

  3. Complex sentence

  4. Simple sentence
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Option D is the correct answer. There is only one finite verb. Thus, there is only one clause. So, it cannot be a compound or a complex sentence. Though the sentence is small, it does indeed contain a verb and makes complete sense, which does not make it a phrase. Therefore, Options A,B and C are all incorrect.