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
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Good Night
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Let's go!
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Good Evening
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Thank you
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Gehen wir means Lets go and is used to suggest leaving or starting an activity. Its the imperative form of gehen (to go) with wir (we). Good Night would be Gute Nacht.
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What are you going to have?
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What are you going to buy?
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What are you taking with you?
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What are you going to do?
A
Correct answer
Explanation
In French, 'Qu'est-ce que tu vas prendre?' translates to 'What are you going to have?' - typically referring to food or drink. 'Prendre' means 'to take' or 'to have' in the context of ordering. 'Acheter' would be for buying, 'emporter' for taking with you, and 'faire' for doing.
A
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct word is 'hear' which means to perceive sound. 'Here' refers to a location - this is another homophone pair that confuses many writers.
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Simple Past
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Future
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Present
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Present Continous
A
Correct answer
Explanation
The sentence 'Did Hema phone you yesterday' uses the auxiliary 'did' with the base form 'phone', which marks it as Simple Past tense (question form). The time marker 'yesterday' confirms the past timeframe. Future uses 'will', present uses present forms, and present continuous uses 'am/is/are + verb-ing'.
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Future
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Simple present
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Future perfect
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Past
C
Correct answer
Explanation
'We'll have finished by 6pm' uses 'will have + past participle', which is the Future Perfect tense. This tense expresses an action that will be completed before a specific future time. 'Future' alone would use 'will + verb', 'simple present' uses present forms, and 'past' uses past tense forms.
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Present
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Past
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Future contionous
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Present perfect
C
Correct answer
Explanation
'Will she still be travelling this evening' uses 'will be + verb-ing', which is the Future Continuous tense (typo 'contionous' in option). This tense describes an action that will be in progress at a specific future time. Present, past, and present perfect tenses use different auxiliary structures.
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an introductory adverb clause
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a dangling participle
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a misplaced modifer
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an adjective clause
A
Correct answer
Explanation
The phrase 'After she had purchased all her Christmas gifts' is an introductory adverb clause that modifies the main verb 'felt.' It tells when Juliza felt better and contains a subject (she) and a verb (had purchased).
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a prepositional phrase
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an introductory adverb clause
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a dependent clause modifying Jerzi
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an absolute phrase
D
Correct answer
Explanation
An absolute phrase consists of a noun and a participle (or participial phrase) that modifies the entire sentence. 'His hair greased down and his comb sticking out of his back pocket' describes Jerzi's state as an absolute phrase.
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an adjective clause modifying "mother-in-law"
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an absolute phrase
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a parenthetical element
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both (a) and (c)
D
Correct answer
Explanation
The phrase 'who just moved into a retirement community' is both an adjective clause (it modifies 'mother-in-law' with a relative pronoun and subject-verb structure) AND a parenthetical element (it's set off by commas and provides extra, non-essential information).
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all ready,all ready
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already,already
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already, all ready
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all ready,already
C
Correct answer
Explanation
'Already' is an adverb meaning 'by this time' or 'before now.' 'All ready' is a phrase meaning 'completely prepared.' In the sentence 'I have ___ said that we are ___ for the work,' the first blank needs an adverb (already) and the second needs the phrase indicating complete readiness (all ready).
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"I" is a pronoun.
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"I" is the 9th letter of the English Alphabet.
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I is a pronoun.
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I is the 9th letter of the English Alphabet.
A,B,C,D
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Explanation
When the word "I" is placed in quotation marks ("I"), it becomes the subject being discussed rather than functioning as the pronoun itself. Therefore, grammatically, "I" (the quoted word) IS a pronoun, and "I" (the letter) IS the 9th letter. All four options correctly use quotation marks to indicate that we're talking about the word "I" as a linguistic entity, not using it as a personal pronoun.
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Hello, Nice day, isn't it?
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Hello, How are you?
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Hello,Where are you?
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Hello, Come on?
B
Correct answer
Explanation
In Spanish, 'Hola' means 'Hello' and 'cómo estás?' means 'How are you?'. The phrase 'Hola, ¿cómo estás?' is a common Spanish greeting. The other options incorrectly translate the Spanish phrase - 'Nice day' would be 'buen día', 'Where are you' would be '¿dónde estás?', and 'Come on' would be 'vamos' or 'vámonos'.
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Hello, Nice day, isn't it?
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Hello, How are you?
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Hello,Where are you?
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Hello, Come on?
B
Correct answer
Explanation
In Spanish, 'Hola' means 'Hello' and 'cómo estás?' means 'How are you?'. The phrase 'Hola, ¿cómo estás?' is a common Spanish greeting. The other options incorrectly translate the Spanish phrase - 'Nice day' would be 'buen día', 'Where are you' would be '¿dónde estás?', and 'Come on' would be 'vamos' or 'vámonos'.
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occurrances
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occurences
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occurances
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occurrences
D
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct spelling is 'occurrences' with double 'c' and double 'r'. The base word is 'occur' (with one 'r'), and when adding the suffix '-ence', both the 'c' and 'r' are doubled to maintain pronunciation. This follows standard English spelling rules for polysyllabic words ending in consonant-vowel-consonant patterns.
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in the dog house
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as busy as a beaver
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until the cows came home
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like lambs to the slaughter
C
Correct answer
Explanation
The idiom 'until the cows come home' means for a very long or indefinite amount of time. 'As busy as a beaver' describes industriousness, and 'lambs to the slaughter' describes people unaware of impending danger.