English Language

Grammar

1,680 Questions
All Parts of Speech Identification 1421 Tense and Time Sequence 167 Conjunctions and Connectors 8 Prepositional Usage 8 Subject-Verb Agreement 6 Pronoun Agreement and Case 4 Adjective and Adverb Confusion 2 Non-Finite Verbs 2 Parallel Structure 2 Noun Pluralization 1

Grammar Questions

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify the principal or main clause in the following sentence:
As the rain continued to fall, Joe and Martha stayed indoors.

  1. the rain continued to fall

  2. the rain

  3. Joe and Martha stayed indoors

  4. Joe and Martha
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Principal clauses form a complete sentence and can stand alone without any extra information. Here "Joe and Martha stayed indoors" makes a complete independent sentence, hence Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify the principal/main clause in the following sentence:
Because the food was too cold, I heated it on the stove.

  1. the food was too cold

  2. I heated it on the stove

  3. the food

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

Principal clauses form a complete sentence and can stand alone without any extra information. Here "I heated..stove" makes a complete independent sentence, hence Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify the principal or main clause in the following sentence:
Joe and Mary arrived after I had already left the house.

  1. Joe and Mary arrived

  2. left the house

  3. after I had already left the house

  4. Joe and Mary
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Principal clauses form a complete sentence and can stand alone without any extra information. Here "Joe and Mary arrived" makes a complete independent sentence, hence Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify the subordinate clause in the following:
The man who had left behind his spectacles on the park bench was later identified as the same person who had been accused of the robbery in the nearby bank. 

  1. who had left behind

  2. was later identified

  3. who had been accused

  4. of the robbery in the nearby bank
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,C Correct answer
Explanation

Subordinate clauses start with conjunctions or prepositions and cannot exist without the on the main clause. Here “who...behind” and “who...accused” are dependent on “The...identified”. Hence, Option A and C are correct. The rest of the options do not fit this description, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify the subordinate clause in the following:
Apart from the shy manner in which he greets his guests, there is something particularly distinct about his demeanor. 

  1. in which he greets his guests

  2. Apart from the shy manner

  3. Apart from the shy manner in which he greets his guests

  4. there is something particularly distinct about his demeanor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Subordinate clauses start with conjunctions or prepositions and cannot exist without the on the main clause. Here “apart...guests” is dependent on “there...demeanour”. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not fit this description, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:
After Mary finished writing the first draft of her essay, she went out to take a stroll through the garden. 

  1. writing the first draft of her essay

  2. she went out

  3. to take a stroll through the garden

  4. After Mary finished writing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Subordinate clauses start with conjunctions or prepositions and cannot exist without the on the main clause. Here “after...writing” is dependent on “she...garden”. Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not fit this description, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify the subordinate clause in the following:
Mr. Desouza will not begin his day until he has had his first cup of coffee. 

  1. Mr. Desouza will not begin his day

  2. his first cup of coffee

  3. until he has had his first cup of coffee

  4. will not begin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Subordinate clauses start with conjunctions or prepositions and cannot exist without the on the main clause. Here “until...coffee” is dependent on “Mr.Desouza...day”. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not fit this description, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice types of sentences sentences english

Identify the subordinate clause in the following:
He was taught to defend his country against his enemies who were always waiting to strike. 

  1. He was taught to defend his country

  2. against his enemies

  3. who were always waiting to strike

  4. his country against
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Subordinate clauses start with conjunctions or prepositions and cannot exist without the on the main clause. Here “who...strike” is dependent on “He...enemies”. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not fit this description, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice

What is the past tense of "Natasha can calculate very quickly"?

  1. Natasha calculated very quickly.

  2. Natasha was calculating very quickly.

  3. Natasha could calculate very quickly.

  4. Natasha can't count.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The modal verb 'can' changes to its past tense form 'could' to indicate the past ability of the subject.

Multiple choice

Which sentence is in past perfect tense?

  1. Sunju did 50 push-ups.

  2. Sunju did 50 push-ups perfectly.

  3. Sunju had done 50 push-ups.

  4. Sunju can only do 1 push-up.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The past perfect tense is formed using 'had' + the past participle of the verb. 'Had done' correctly follows this structure.

Multiple choice

Which sentence is in past continuous tense?

  1. John is studying.

  2. John was studying.

  3. John will be studying.

  4. John never studies.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The past continuous tense is formed using 'was' or 'were' + the present participle (verb + -ing).