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English Grammar and Usage

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English grammar and usage form a critical component of language sections in competitive exams. This hub provides practice with fill in the blanks, prepositions, and appropriate word selection. Strong grammar skills are necessary to score well in verbal ability tests.

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English Grammar and Usage Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct answer for the following question.

Who is the most beautiful bollywood actress amongst all?

  1. Aishwarya Bachhan has the most beautiful amongst all.

  2. Aishwarya Bachhan is the most beautiful amongst all.

  3. Aishwarya Bachhan is the most beautiful between all.

  4. Aishwarya Bachhan are the most beautiful amongst all.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence requires the verb 'is' to agree with the singular subject 'Aishwarya Bachhan'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct answer for the following question.

How long have you been working on computer?

  1. I've been working on computer for three hours.

  2. I've been working on computer since three hours.

  3. I've worked on computer since three hours.

  4. I'm working on computer for three hours.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The present perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and continues to the present. 'For' is used to indicate a duration of time, making 'for three hours' the correct phrase.

Multiple choice

Directions: Vicky was playing volleyball in the ground with his friends. One of his friend, Himesh who was standing near the boundary felt something climbing upon his feet. Subsequently he started crying in pain. Vicky being a class IX student identified the climbing creature as leech and helped in removing the leech.

What value does Vicky exhibit?

  1. Helping

  2. Fun loving

  3. Playfuless

  4. Evasive
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Vicky identifies the leech and helps remove it from his friend, which demonstrates a helpful and caring nature. The other options describe personality traits that do not align with the act of assisting a friend in pain.

Multiple choice

Fill in blank (iv).

Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question.

Some parents force their children to study as it is thought to be far more useful for life than play. Through the experience of play a child enriches his life and becomes strong not only ____(i)____ but also ____(ii)____. There is ____(iii)____ reward at every level of effort, provided it is regular. Light regular exercise makes your heart run ____(iv)____ for at least 20 minutes thereafter. The reward is immunity to colds and flu, less stress, slightly healthier levels of cholesterol and blood pressure. The figure trims down ____(v)____ but only gradually.

  1. fast

  2. fastly

  3. more faster

  4. faster
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Here we need the positive degree of adjective. Hence, option 1 is answer.

Multiple choice

Fill in blank (v).

Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question.

Some parents force their children to study as it is thought to be far more useful for life than play. Through the experience of play a child enriches his life and becomes strong not only ____(i)____ but also ____(ii)____. There is ____(iii)____ reward at every level of effort, provided it is regular. Light regular exercise makes your heart run ____(iv)____ for at least 20 minutes thereafter. The reward is immunity to colds and flu, less stress, slightly healthier levels of cholesterol and blood pressure. The figure trims down ____(v)____ but only gradually.

  1. a little

  2. a few

  3. some

  4. much
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A Correct answer
Explanation

'A little' here means 'up to some extent'. 

Multiple choice

A _________ of locusts damaged the wheat crop.

  1. Gaggle

  2. Pile

  3. Swarm

  4. Flock
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C Correct answer
Explanation

A swarm is the collective noun used for a large group of insects, particularly locusts. Gaggle refers to geese, while a flock is typically used for birds or sheep.

Multiple choice

Although aspirin irritates the stomach, it can be avoided if the aspirin tablet is given a coating that will not dissolve until the tablet reaches the intestine.

  1. Although aspirin irritates the stomach, it

  2. The irritation of the stomach caused by aspirin

  3. The fact that aspirin causes irritation of the stomach

  4. Aspirin causes stomach irritation, although it

  5. Aspirin irritates the stomach, which
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Error of sentence formation. 'Irritating somebody/something' and 'causing irritation' are two different things.

Multiple choice

Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods.

  1. films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills

  2. in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills

  3. coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West

  4. films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills

  5. films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The underlined part is perfectly fine.

Multiple choice

Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility to the plan, the research report indicates that both younger and the older people approve of governmental appropriations for Social Security.

  1. younger and the older people

  2. younger people and the older

  3. the younger and the older people

  4. younger and older people

  5. people who are younger and those who are older
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Error of article (the) usage. Option 4 corrects the same.

Multiple choice

Although it was once funded entirely by the government, the Victoria and Albert Museum was one of the first of Britain's national museums seeking support from corporations and private donors and to increase income by increasing attendance.

  1. one of the first of Britain's national museums seeking support from

  2. one of Britain's first national museums seeking support of

  3. among Britain's first national museums to seek support of

  4. among the first of Britain's national museums to seek support from
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Error of sentence formation. We never use double possessive. So, 'among the first of Britain's national museums' is the correct option.