English Language

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

Which one of the following is an example of gerund?

  1. He was climbing a tree.

  2. He saw a one eyed man.

  3. I do not know much about his liking.

  4. I poured water into the glass.

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

'Liking' is a gerund here as it indicates the object of a sentence. Hence, option 3 is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has a blank followed by four options. Select and write the appropriate option so as to make the sentence grammatically correct.

It is ____________ today.

  1. much cold

  2. high cold

  3. too cold

  4. very cold

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

Too implies a negative result. Very implies a positive result. “Too cold” would be correct if the weather were to be rendered unsuitable for a purpose. Example: It is too cold to go out today. Unless the unsuitability is borne out, the usage will remain “very cold”, which indicates only the intensity, not the unsuitability.

Multiple choice

Select the correct answer for the following incorrect sentence.

I have seen this movie last week with a friend of yours.

  1. I shall have seen this movie with a friend of yours last week.

  2. I must have seen this movie with a friend of yours last week.

  3. I saw this movie last week with a friend of yours.

  4. I have been seeing this movie last week with a friend of yours.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The given sentence refers to Past Tense as is indicated by the phrase “last week.”  Answer: (3)

Multiple choice

Which of the following is the correct form of sentence?

  1. When he gets his degree, he had been studied at Oxford for three years.

  2. When he gets his degree, he will have been studying at Oxford for three years.

  3. When he got his degree, he will have been studying at Oxford for three years.

  4. When he has got his degree, he will have been studying at Oxford for three years.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

If we want to emphasise the continuity of an activity from a point of time to the future, we use the continuous form.

Multiple choice

Select the correct answer to complete the following sentence.

If I have time, _____________.

  1. I shall visit the exhibition

  2. I should visit the exhibition.

  3. I ought to visit the exhibition

  4. I shall have visited the exhibition.

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

In a Type 1 conditional sentence, the tense in the 'if' clause is in the simple present, and the tense in the main clause is in the simple future. The given part of the sentence is in simple present. Thus, the main clause will be in simple future tense. 

Multiple choice

Select the correct option for the following incorrect sentence.

If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we shall catch the bus.

  1. If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we can catch the bus.

  2. If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we shall have caught the bus.

  3. If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we would have caught the bus.

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Here, the sentence presents an imagined situation of the past and we use would/could/should have to tell about the possible outcome if things had been according to the imagined situation.