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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: The question has a word, which is followed by its four formations. You are required to tick the correct formation of the word as per the requirement of the question.

Which of the following is the correct “noun” form of “abound”?

  1. Abundance

  2. Abounding

  3. Abundant

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

(1) Abundance (great, plenty) (Noun) (2) Abounding (in abundance) (Adjective) (3) Abundant (plentiful) (Adjective) (4) Abundantly (plentifully) (Adverb)

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a word, which is followed by its four formations. You are required to select the correct formation of the word as per the requirement of the question.

Which of the following is the correct “verb” form of “carriage”?

  1. Carrier

  2. Carry

  3. Carriageable

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(1) Carrier (a person who carries) (Noun) (2) Carry (to convey) (Verb) (3) Carriageable (able to be carried) (Adjective)

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a word, which is followed by its four formations. You are required to tick the correct formation of the word as per the requirement of the question.

Which of the following is the correct “noun” form of “learn”?

  1. Learnable

  2. Learnedly

  3. Learning

  4. Learned
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(1) Learnable (worth learning) (Adjective) (2) Learnedly (in a learning manner) (Adverb) (3) Learning (Know ledge) (Noun) (4) Learned (one who learns) (Adjective)

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a word, which is followed by its four formations. You are required to tick the correct formation of the word as per the requirement of the question.

Which of the following is the correct “adjective” form of “urge”?

  1. Urge

  2. Urgent

  3. Urgently

  4. Urgency
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(1) Urge (to advise strongly) (Verb) (2) Urgent (pressing) (Adjective) (3) Urgently (in a pressing way) (Adverb) (4) Urgency (prompting) (Noun)

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a word, which is followed by its four formations. You are required to tick the correct formation of the word as per the requirement of the question.

Which of the following is the correct “adverb” form of “hate”?

  1. Hate

  2. Hatefully

  3. Hateful

  4. Hater
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(1) Hate (dislike) (Verb) (2) Hatefully (disliking) (Adverb) (3) Hateful (exciting hate) (Adjective) (4) Hater (one who hates) (Noun)

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a word, which is followed by its four formations. You are required to tick the correct formation of the word as per the requirement of the question.

Which of the following is the correct “verb” form of “slave”?

  1. Enslave

  2. Slavish

  3. Slavishly

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

(1) Enslave (to make slave) (Verb) (2) Slavish (befitting a slave) (Adjective) (3) Slavishly (in a slavish manner) (Adverb) (4) Slavishness (slavery) (Noun)

Multiple choice

Which of these is Name of a river :

  1. Ursula

  2. Uruguay

  3. Burkina Faso

  4. Nash
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Uruguay River is a major river in South America, flowing through Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the most appropriate fillers for the blanks such that the sentence makes coherent sense.

Comparative advertising can sometimes ___________ very badly and instead of gaining more _________ the company promoting such practices may actually lose them.

  1. pay, publicity

  2. backfire, customers

  3. use, shares

  4. gain, market
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Advertising is used to promote a product and going by the flow of first part of sentence, first blank should be filled by a word, which denotes negative publicity for the product. Both options (1) & (2) are pay and backfire are valid. Now using these two options check whether second blank is suitably filled or not from option (1). The sentence goes like 'instead of gaining more publicity', it doesn't sound too good to be deemed correct as you can't lose publicity whereas from option (2) the sentence goes like 'instead of gaining more customers', it sounds convincing. Hence, (2) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the most appropriate filler(s) for the blank(s) such that the sentence makes coherent sense.

A man is to carry himself in the presence of all opposition as if everything were _________ and _________ but he.

  1. titular ….. ephemeral

  2. eponymous ….. perpetual

  3. encomiastic ….. irresolute

  4. honeyed ….. vagrant

  5. loutish ….. veracious

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

Both the blanks act as a support to the proposition in the initial part of the statement. A man should  consider the opposition as something superficial or transient, only then will he be able to maintain his composure. Therefore, “titular” (of, or having the nature of, a title) and “ephemeral” (short lived; transitory) in (1) characterizes the blank. Hence, (1) is the answer.