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

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

If he ………………………….. a good education, he wouldn’t have reached this position.

  1. haven’t had

  2. hadn’t had

  3. didn’t have

  4. haven’t have

  5. hadn’t
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. ‘Hadn’t had’ is the past perfect tense form of the verb have. When we use ‘would have + past participle’ in the main clause, the verb in the if-clause should be in the past perfect tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

I …………………………. many musical instruments, but my favourite is the piano.

  1. studied

  2. had studied

  3. study

  4. have studied

  5. am studying
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D Correct answer
Explanation

To suggest the completion of an activity in the unspecified or unknown past, we use the present perfect tense. The present perfect tense is not used with a past time of reference. In that case, we have to use the past simple.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

If I had had any money, I ………………………… you a drink.

  1. will buy

  2. would buy

  3. would have bought

  4. would be buying

  5. might buy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

‘Had had’ is the past perfect tense form of ‘have’. If the verb in the if-clause is in the past perfect tense, we have to use ‘would have + past participle’ in the main clause. This sentence can be written in three ways. (Type 1 conditional) If I have enough money, I will buy you a drink. (Type 2 conditional) If I had enough money, I would buy you a drink. (Type 3 conditional) If I had had enough money, I would have bought you a drink. 

Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Not only speech enables man to handle and pass on more complicated ideas, it also enables him to accumulate them.

  1. Not only speech enables man to handle and pass on

  2. Not only does speech enable man to handle and pass on

  3. Not only is speech enabling man to handle and pass on

  4. Not only speech enables man to handle and pass off

  5. Not only speech enables a man to handle and pass on
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentences beginning with negative words ought to use auxiliaries before the subject, as in the case of an interrogative sentence. The error is rectified by the introduction of 'does' in option (B).

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the sentence that is incorrect in spellings/grammar. (1) Whenever I round the first curve of some precipitous pass, I feel a tensing of nerves. (2) Paying for college education now is more difficult than it was in the past. (3) Politics is all a game hobbled by money , muscle power and connections. (4) The packet finally arrived, however it was not the one I had ordered for in the past.

  1. 3 & 2

  2. 1 & 4

  3. 2

  4. 4

  5. 1
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; the sent has punctuation error . The conjunctive adverb , 'however' should be preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma; 'arrived ; however, '.