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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 replacing parts of speech transformation of sentences english

Complete the following sentence using nominalisation of the underlined verb/adjective.
I am getting my book published. Its __________ will certainly shed the common superstitions about the subject.

  1. Publication

  2. Publishing

  3. Publicising

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

The correct answer is Option A.

We are to choose from the given options the correct nominalisation of the verb published.
Nominalisation refers to the noun form of a verb or an adjective.
Options B, C and D are incorrect because:
Option B: PUBLISHING is a verb that means dissemination of information and literature to the public.
Option C: PUBLICIZING is a verb form.
Option D: PUBLIFYING is also in the verb form which means the act of publishing.
Option A is the correct answer which is the noun form of the verb publish. It means the preparation or issuing of the book. It is correct in the given context and hence the correct answer.  

Multiple choice replacing parts of speech transformation of sentences english

Complete the following sentence using nominalisation of the underlined verb/adjective.
Boss has dismissed the minister's nephew. This __________ is going to cost him dearly.

  1. Dismiss

  2. Dismissing

  3. Dismission

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

The correct answer is Option D.

We are to complete the given sentence by using the nominalisation of the verb 'dismissed'.
Nominalisation is the noun form of a verb or an adjective.
Options A and B, DISMISS and DISMISSING are both verb forms. 
Option C: DISMISSION is the noun form but exactly a correct word to use.
Hence these options are incorrect.
Option D 'DISMISSAL' is the correct noun form of the form and also satisfies the meaning of the given sentence.

Multiple choice replacing parts of speech transformation of sentences english

Complete the following sentence using nominalisation of the underlined verb/adjective.
This contestant is really beautiful. Her __________ has mesmerised even the jury.

  1. Beautification

  2. Beauty

  3. Beautifulness

  4. Beautifying
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Nominalization is the process of turning a verb or adjective into a noun. The noun form of the adjective 'beautiful' is 'beauty'.

Multiple choice replacing parts of speech transformation of sentences english

Rewrite using the verb form of the underlined noun:

These mangoes have a sweet smell.

  1. These mangoes smell sweet.

  2. These mangoes smellfully sweet.

  3. The smelling mangoes are sweet.

  4. The mangoes are sweet smell.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The tense of the original sentence should never be changed. In this sentence, 'smell' has been used as a noun as if the sweet smell is a quality of the mangoes.
Option A is correct because the word 'smell' suggests the action of smelling. That is why it is a verb.
Option B is incorrect because the word smellfully does not exist.
Option C is incorrect because smelling is used an an adjective.
Option D is incorrect because the sentence construction is in itself wrong.

Multiple choice

When something is the object of the sentence it means____________

  1. It is doing the action

  2. It is being acted upon

  3. It owns something

  4. It is with another pronoun
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In grammar, the object of a sentence is the person or thing that receives the action performed by the subject. The subject performs the action, and the object receives it.

Multiple choice

What is an object pronoun?

  1. When the pronoun is the object of the sentence

  2. When the pronoun is the subject of the sentence

  3. When the pronoun shows ownership

  4. When the pronoun is the subject and the object

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

An object pronoun is used when the pronoun is the recipient of the action in a sentence. Examples include me, you, him, her, it, us, and them.

Multiple choice

What is a subject pronoun?

  1. When a pronoun acts as the subject of a sentence

  2. When the pronoun shows ownership

  3. When the pronoun acts as the object of a sentence

  4. When a pronoun is the subject and the object
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A subject pronoun is used when the pronoun serves as the subject of a sentence. These pronouns perform the action of the verb.

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 as far as possible. 

They had been playing in the garden this afternoon. 

  1. Had they been playing in the garden this afternoon?

  2. Have they been playing in the garden this afternoon?

  3. Will they be playing in the garden this afternoon?

  4. Should they be playing in the garden this afternoon?
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, 'Had' is the verb, 'they' is the subject and 'garden' is the object. 
Thus, option A is the correct answer. 

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.