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

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that is grammatically correct and the best version of the underlined part.

A farmer recalled that in 1999, he had rushed to the village hearing cyclone warning on radio.

  1. had rushed to the village hearing cyclone warning

  2. had rushed to the village after he had heard about cyclone warning

  3. had rushed to the village after he heard about cyclone warning

  4. rushed to the village hearing cyclone warning

  5. rushed to the village when he heard about the cyclone warning
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct, the tense is used correctly in simple past.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option which is grammatically correct and the best version of the underlined part.

The armless statue of Venus and the headless statue of Gandharva look far more beautiful than if her arms and his head was not chopped away.

  1. look far more beautiful than if her arms and his head was not chopped away

  2. looks far more beautiful than if her arms or his head were not chopped away

  3. look far more beautiful than if her arms and his head were not chopped away

  4. looks far more beautiful than if her arms and his head had not been chopped away

  5. look far more beautiful if her arms or his head was not chopped off
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct, both the verbs , 'look' and 'were', are in correct form.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option which is grammatically correct and the best version of the underlined part.

Since the advent of cable television, at the beginning of this decade, the entertainment industry took a giant stride forward in our country.

  1. this decade, the entertainment industry took

  2. this decade saw the entertainment industry taking

  3. this decade, the entertainment industry had taken

  4. this decade, the entertainment industry has taken

  5. this decade the entertainment industry took
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct, the verb is in correct form.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is an exclamatory sentence?

  1. Who are you taking to the prom?

  2. This is the best day of my life!

  3. Meet me at the town square.

  4. Green is my favorite color.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Exclamatory sentences include sign of exclamation ‘!’.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

Sarah cleans the house.

  1. The house is cleaned by Sarah.

  2. The house will be cleaned by Sarah.

  3. The house was cleaned by Sarah.

  4. Sarah does not clean the house.

  5. None of these

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

The subject becomes object and first form of the verb changes to is/am/are + 3rd form of the verb.