English Grammar Exercise 1
Here in this text there are total thirty MCQs from Tenses. These questions are of various types for various exams.
- Find out the incorrect sentence.
(i) Write the questions as follows:
(ii) Write the question as follow:
(iii) Write the questions as follow:
(iv) Write the question as follows:
(a) i and ii (b) ii and iii
(c) i and iv (d) iv and iv - Which of the following sentence has REQUEST in it?
(a) They said to the teacher,”Let us go to home.”
(b) I said to him,”Let us go to market.”
(c) She said to him,”Open the book and read chapter 3.”
(d) Both a and b - Which of the following sentence is grammatically correct?
(a) Kine are grazing in the field.
(b) Kines are grazing in the field.
(c) Kine has been grazing in the field since morning.
(d) Kines have been grazing in the field since morning - To find fault is easy. The underlined part is –
(a) Participle (b) Infinitive
(c) Gerund (d) Perfect Participle - She refused to obey her husband. The underlined part is –
(i) Object of a transitive verb
(ii) Participle
(iii) Infinitive
(iv) Object of an intransitive verb
(a) i and ii (b) i and iii
(c) i and iv (d) iv and iii - His custom is to ride daily. The underlined part is –
(a) Complement (b) Infinitive
(c) Both a and b (d) Only b - I saw him leave. The underlined part is –
(a) Complement (b) Infinitive
(c) Participle (d) Only a and b - We eat to leave. The underlined part is –
(a) Complement
(b) Bare Infinitive
(c) Participle
(d) Qualifying Infinitive - To tell the truth, I quite forgot my promise. The function of underlined phrase is – (a) Qualifying the noun (b) Qualifying the whole sentence (c) Qualifying the adjective (d) Only a and b
- When the infinitive is used to qualify a noun, verb, adjective or sentence is called _____.
(a) Gerundial Infinitive
(b) Verbal Infinitive
(c) Adjectival Infinitive
(d) Adverbial Infinitive - He can help me. The underlined word is –
(a) Complement
(b) Infinitive
(c) Participle
(d) Only a and b - Which of the following sentence is grammatically correct?
(a) They daren’t talk me.
(b) She need to come here.
(c) Needs he go there?
(d) He need not goes there. - Which of the following sentence is correct?
(i) He heard her cry.
(ii) He heard her crying.
(iii) He saw her run.
(iv) He saw her to play.
(a) i, ii and iii (b) i and iii
(c) i and iv (d) only iv - The court noticed him appear. The correct passive is –
(a) He was noticed to appear in the court.
(b) He was noticed appear in the court.
(c) He was noticed to appear the court.
(d) He was noticed appear the court. - She was bidden to go by me. The correct active voice is –
(a) I bade her to go.
(b) I bade her go.
(c) I bade her going.
(d) I bade her for going. - Which of the following sentence is incorrect?
(a) Let us go to the cinema.
(b) Let us go to play cricket.
(c) Let us to have food.
(d) Let him play the game. - Which of the following sentence is incorrect? (a) You had better go then stay here.
(b) He had rather stay than depart.
(c) He would rather die than tell a lie.
(d) He would rather study than to work in the field.
- Which of the following sentence is incorrect?
(a) There is nothing to do but wait.
(b) She was made to weep.
(c) He does nothing but play.
(d) Why should pay more fee at other institutions? - Which of the following sentence does not have gerund?
(a) He has a smiling face.
(b) He enjoys flying kites.
(c) Seeing is believing.
(d) It is foolish playing with fire. - Krishna looks forward to _____ her beloved.
(a) meet (b) meeting
(c) have met (d) having been met - She turned pale. The underlined word is –
(a) Adverb (b) adjective
(c) Noun (d) Pronoun - The students come to me with a view to _____ some knowledge.
(a) getting (b) get
(c) Have got (d) be get - It is no use _____ now.
(a) Cry (b) to cry
(c) crying (d) of crying - I can’t help _____ tea.
(a) take (b) to take
(c) taking (d) to be taken - Which of the following sentence does not have present participle?
(a) I saw a running horse.
(b) Aditi caught him stealing her purse.
(c) She saw me crossing the road.
(d) Children love making mud castles. - I am busy _____ for the UPSC examination.
(a) prepare (b) preparing
(c) to prepare (d) in preparing - He jumped up, he ran away. Which of the following sentence best replaces this sentence?
(a) He runs after jumping.
(b) He ran away after jumping.
(c) Jumping up, he ran away.
(d) He jumped up or ran away. - Which of the sentence does not have past participle used as an adjective?
(a) A burnt child dreads the fire.
(b) A lost opportunity never comes.
(c) Albert always wears a broken hair-band.
(d) I do not drink boiled water because of its weird taste. - Geeta has written a letter. The underlined word is
(a) Present Participle (b) Past Participle
(c) Perfect Participle (d) Infinitive - Choose the phrase with the gerund from the following.
(a) Why do you ignore my warning?
(b) Warnings ignored by her.
(c) To ignore warnings.
(d) ignoring warnings.
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