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

Past tense of the word remain

  1. remainder

  2. remains

  3. remained

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

The past tense of 'remain' is 'remained'. Regular verbs form their past tense by adding '-ed' to the base form. 'Remained' is the correct past tense form. The other options are incorrect: 'remainder' is a noun, 'remains' is present tense or noun, and 'remaining' is a participle.

Multiple choice

Past tense of the word 'accept' is

  1. accepts

  2. accepted

  3. accepting

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

Accepted is the regular past tense of accept, formed by adding -ed to the base verb. Accepts is present tense with third-person singular, accepting is the present participle, and acceptance is a noun. Regular verbs follow this -ed pattern unless they end in 'e' already (like like → liked).

Multiple choice

Past tense of the word 'swim' is

  1. swam

  2. swims

  3. swum

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

The past tense of 'swim' is 'swam'. This is an irregular verb where the vowel changes from 'i' to 'a'. 'Swum' is the past participle form (used with 'have/has'), not the simple past tense.

Multiple choice

Past tense of the word 'drive' is

  1. drove

  2. driven

  3. drew

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

'Drive' is an irregular verb. Its simple past tense form is 'drove'. 'Driven' is the past participle form (used with helping verbs like 'have/has/had driven'). 'Drew' is the past tense of 'draw', not 'drive'.

Multiple choice

Past tense of the word 'spoil' is

  1. spoilt

  2. spoils

  3. spoiles

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

Both 'spoilt' and 'spoiled' are acceptable past tense forms of 'spoil'. 'Spoilt' is more commonly used in British English, while 'spoiled' is preferred in American English. Option A is correct.

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.

In this he attempts to teach the distinction among quantity and accent in the Greek language, but more particularly to describe the position and physiological action of the organs of speech in producing the elementary sounds in the languages referred to.

  1. In this he attempts to teach the distinction among quantity and accent

  2. In this he attempts to teach the distinction between quantity and accent

  3. In this he attempts to teach the distinction between the quantity and the accent

  4. In this he attempts to teach the distinction amongst quantity and accent

  5. In this he attempts to teach the distinction about the quantity and the accent
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence bears prepositional error. When comparison is drawn, 'between' is used for two and 'among' is used for more than two. This option rectifies the prepositional error and replaces 'among' by 'between'.