English Language

English Grammar and Usage

2,711 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 that corrects and improves the sentence.

The board of directors of RBI will hold it's next meeting in December.

  1. will hold it's next meeting in December

  2. is going to hold its next meeting in December

  3. shall hold it's next meeting in December

  4. are going to hold their next meeting in December

  5. will hold its next meeting in December
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; both the verb and the pronoun are in correct form.

Multiple choice

In which cluster all the phrasal verbs are inseparable?

  1. Bring out, buy out, burn down, dress up

  2. Fix up, keep up, leave out, do without

  3. Hand over, hold off, call for, drop out of

  4. Figure out, fill up, fill out, cut in on

  5. Get off, get in, get on, go for
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

All of these are inseparable.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the grammatically correct option from the following:

  1. I live in a house in a street in the countryside. The street is called ‘’Bear Street’’ and the house is old – more than 100 years old!

  2. I live in the house in the street countryside. The street is called ‘’Bear Street’’ and the house is old – more then 100 years old!

  3. I live in a house in the street in the countryside. The street is called ‘’Bear Street’’ and the house is old – more than 100 years old!

  4. I live in a house in a street in the countryside. The street is called ‘’Bear Street’’ and a house is old – more than 100 years old!
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Option A uses articles correctly: 'in a house' (first mention), 'in a street' (first mention), 'the street' (specific reference), 'the house' (specific reference). Option B omits 'a' before 'street', uses 'then' instead of 'than'. Option C and D misuse articles in later references.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the grammatically correct option from the following:

  1. The teachers will be able to visit our schools and compare our teaching methods to their own.

  2. The teachers will be able to pay a visit to our schools and compare teaching methods for their own.

  3. The teachers will be able to visit our schools and compare our teaching methods with their own.

  4. The teachers will be able to visit our school and compare their teaching method with their own.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

When comparing similar or like things, we use 'compare with.' When highlighting differences between unlike things, we use 'compare to.' Since both 'our teaching methods' and 'their own' refer to teaching methods (similar items), 'with' is grammatically correct.

Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the following four sentences is grammatically correct?

  1. Neither the size nor the colour of the pullover are right.

  2. Found guilty of serious misconduct, the student leader was rusticated.

  3. I prefer tea more than coffee.

  4. We shifted here only the previous year.

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

Rectifications needed: ‘is right’; ‘prefer tea to coffee’; ‘last year’

Multiple choice

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

  1. He is as well acquainted with the matter as I am.

  2. He advised his three sons to not quarrel between themselves.

  3. If I would have known this earlier, I would not have supported him.

  4. Of the two brothers, the eldest one is very quarrelsome.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Corrections needed: ‘among’; ‘had known’; ‘elder’

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the grammatically correct option from the following:

  1. I have completed the work yesterday.

  2. I did completed the work yesterday.

  3. I have had completed the work yesterday.

  4. I completed the work yesterday.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The past simple tense 'completed' is used with 'yesterday' (specific past time), not the present perfect tense 'have completed'. Present perfect cannot be used with specific past time markers.

Multiple choice

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

  1. He took his engineers degree abroad.

  2. As businessman, he was most successful in his life.

  3. The tenant behaves as if he is the owner of the house.

  4. Although he is a newly recruited boy, his knowledge of work is quite appreciable.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Corrections needed: ‘Engineering degree’; ‘a businessman’; ‘he were’

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the grammatically correct option from the following.

  1. The train couldn’t stop in time and crashed with the truck.

  2. The train couldn’t stop in time and crashed into the truck.

  3. The train couldn’t stop in time and crashed against the truck.

  4. The train couldn’t stop in time and crashed before the truck.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Crash into' is the correct phrasal verb meaning to collide with something. 'Crashed with' is incorrect, 'crashed against' suggests hitting the side, and 'crashed before' refers to timing not collision.