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: Change the voice of the given sentence.

Had the women brought frocks for the baby?

  1. Had the frocks for the baby been brought?

  2. Had the frocks for the baby been brought by the women?

  3. Were the frocks for the baby brought by the women?

  4. Were the frocks brought by the women for the baby?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice of a sentence from active to passive, we interchange the respective postions of the subject and the object.  Moreover, while changing the voice from active to passive, past perfect tense gets converted into past perfect continuous tense. We do not have the liberty to delete the subject/object.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

The fishermen had caught plenty of fish.

  1. Plenty of fish had to be caught by the fishermen.

  2. Plenty of fish had been caught by the fishermen.

  3. Plenty of fish was to be caught by the fishermen.

  4. Plenty of fish were to be caught by the fishermen.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice from active to passive, past perfect tense gets converted into past perfect continuous tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

People claim to have seen the suspect in several cities.

  1. The suspect is being seen in several cities.

  2. The suspect has been seen by the people in several cities.

  3. The suspect is claimed to have been seen in several cities.

  4. The suspect was seen by people in several cities.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice of a sentence from active to passive, we interchange the respective postions of the subject and the object.  Moreover, we use the past participle form of the verb. Considering this, option 3 is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

I will have read the whole novel by evening.

  1. The whole novel will have read by me by evening.

  2. The whole novel will have been read by me by evening.

  3. The novel whole will be read by me by evening.

  4. The whole novel will have to be read by me by evening.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice from active to passive, present perfect tense gets converted into present perfect continuous tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb, adjective, adverb, preposition or conjunction.

Joanna and Suzzan were best friends and together they had the ______ wonderful time.

  1. <font face="Arial">best</font>

  2. <font face="Arial">most</font>

  3. <font face="Arial">more</font>

  4. <font face="Arial">happiest</font>
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The given blank is preceded by the article 'the' which is used only in superlative degree. Hence, (2) is the correct answer. 'Best wonderful' and 'happiest wonderful' are improper usages.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb, adjective, adverb, preposition or conjunction.

While Gopal threw down the hay, Govind _________ the cow and Govardhan cleaned out the barn.

  1. milked

  2. was milked

  3. would milk

  4. had milked
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The given sentence is a mixture of complex and compound sentence, it must have the same tense at all the places of the transitive verbs and “milked” is one of them. Hence, (1) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

In which of the following sentences, is a preposition wrongly inserted?

  1. Global Warming has been progressing rapidly since the last five years.

  2. I stay with my family during Diwali.

  3. Our neighbours have gone to Canada for two weeks.

  4. Swati will complete her project within a week.

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

There is a wrong usage of preposition in option 1. Preposition 'since' is used to refer to a point of time and ‘for’ is used for a period of time.

Multiple choice

In which of the following sentences, is a pronoun wrongly inserted?

  1. If Hasan gets late today, he will be fined.

  2. Neither of the boys brought his bag.

  3. When a child goes to school, he should not be pressurised.

  4. Meena and Rashmi like to cook their food theirselves.

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

There is a wrong usage of reflexive pronoun in option 4. Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject. There is no such word as theirselves, it should be themselves.

Multiple choice

Directions: In which of the following sentences, is determiner wrongly inserted?

  1. The roof was covered with straw, sediments and another materials.

  2. Sushi likes white and dark, both kinds of chocolate.

  3. Ravi got tourist visa for the UK.

  4. Please add some milk in the coffee.

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

There is a wrong usage of distributive determiner in option 1. Another is used with countable and singular noun and other is used with plural nouns or uncountable nouns.

Multiple choice

Directions: Use the correct question tag for the given sentence.

You're done with your homework, ______

  1. have you?

  2. haven't you?

  3. aren't you?

  4. didn't you?

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

A question tag is a question added at the end of a sentence. A negative tag is used with an affirmative statement. Tags are always used with pronouns. In the given sentence the subject of the statement is ‘you’, so we should use the pronoun “you” in question tag. You're means 'you are'. So, option 3 is the correct answer.