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

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.

Multiple choice

Directions: One of the four sentences given below is grammatically correct. Identify the correct sentence.

  1. The reason why he missed his classes was that he overslept.

  2. Before the rain would stop, they would have reached home.

  3. When you will come to see me, we will go to Mumbai.

  4. I have written both to their branch office and head office.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Option D uses proper parallel structure with 'both...and...' construction. The infinitive 'to' distributes correctly: 'written both to [branch office] and [head office]'. Option A has redundant construction, B misuses 'would stop', and C incorrectly mixes 'when' with 'will come'.