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
  1. Walking the ancient Nakasendo highway from Kyoto to Tokyo is a trip into a nation's past.

  2. If you walk the ancient Nakasendo highway from Kyoto to Tokyo is a trip into a nation's past.

  3. Seeing the ancient Nakasendo highway from Kyoto to Tokyo is a trip into a nation's past.

  4. Walking the ancient Nakasendo highway from Kyoto to Tokyo was a trip into a nation's past.

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

Sentence 1 is the most correctly formed sentence. It introduces and elaborates all the elemnts one-by-one.

Multiple choice
  1. saw, gazing

  2. had seen, gazed

  3. have seen, gazing

  4. had seen, gazing

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

This is a compound sentence in the past tense. Here, the principal clause demands 'past indefinite', while the subsidiary clause demands 'past continuous'.