Preference
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Q-1: Change the following sentence from a quotation to indirect speech.
"I'm not feeling well," Agatha said.
a. Agatha has said that she doesn't feel well.
b. According to Agatha, she isn't feeling well.
c. Agatha said she wasn't feeling well.
d. Agatha says she isn't feeling well.
Ans: a- Agatha has said that she doesn't feel well.
Q-2: Which of the following sentences does Not illustrate correct verb and verb tense usage?
a. Frank and Marjorie have opened a new chocolate shop on the corner.
b. By the time I get there, all the best candy will have been eaten already.
c. They was going to sell pastries as well, but then decided against it.
d. Have you ever wondered how many jelly beans there are in the world?
Ans: c- They was going to sell pastries as well, but then decided against it.
Q-3:Choose the series of prepositions that best completes the following sentence.
Jeremy drove his motorcycle ............. the bridge, ............the hill, and ...........the diner before finally parking it ..................two police cars.
a. beside, among, behind, near
b. beneath, over, under, on
c. across, down, past, between
d. under, around, through, into
Ans: c- across, down, past, between
Q-4: Choose the option that correctly changes the original sentence from active voice to passive voice.
ORIGINAL SENTENCE:
That tall man is carrying a lot of lumber.
REWRITTEN SENTENCES:
a. The tall man carries a lot of lumber.
b. Is being carried by that tall man, the lumber.
c. The lumber is carried by the tall man.
d. A lot of lumber is being carried by that tall man.
Ans: d- A lot of lumber is being carried by that tall man.
Q-5: Which of the following sentences illustrates correct verb and verb tense usage?
a. Did Annabel knowingly lie on the witness stand?b
b. We think the judge will have noticed something strange in her behavior.
c. The lawyers had decided to keep her testimony a secret.
d. Somehow, all of the newspapers gotten hold of the story.
Ans: b and d : We think the judge will have noticed something strange in her behavior.
and Somehow, all of the newspapers gotten hold of the story.
Q-6: Which of the following sentences illustrates correct pronoun usage?
a. To whom are your employees going to report while you're gone?
b. Each monkey had its own bunch of bananas to munch on.
c. Neither of us had any idea that the Robinsons were selling their beach house.
d. Delilah congratulated herself on a job well done.
e. All of the above.
Ans: e- All of the above.
Q-7: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs that best completes the following sentence.
I think Pamela deserves to be punished for her ...............stupid and ...............behavior.
a. irresponsible, totally
b. totally, irresponsibility
c. totally, irresponsible
d. total, irresponsibly
Ans: c- totally, irresponsible
Q-8: Choose the series verbs that best completes the following sentence.
Everyone............too busy cooking and ...........the campsite ...............the family of bears..........fromm the woods.
a. were, setting up, to notice, watch
b. was, set up, noticing, to watch
c. is, setting, to notice, watching
d. was, setting up, to notice, watching
Ans: d-was, setting up, to notice, watching
Q-9: Choose the series of prepositions that best completes the following sentence.
Whiskey, my pet squirrel, jumped ......... my head and ...........the windowsill.
a. over, into
b. through, into
c. from, under
d. into, onto
Ans: a- over, into
Q-10: Read the following question and choose the response that uses the correct corresponding verb tense.
Does Jack wear that furry hat often?
a. No, he just liked to wear it for fun sometimes.
b. Yes, but don't said anything about it to him.
c. Yes, and it can so annoying!
d. No, he only wears it when his ears are cold.
Ans: d -No, he only wears it when his ears are cold.
Q-11: Which of the following sentences illustrates the proper use of parallel construction?
a. Terry hoped to find a new job that would let him earn extra cash in the summer and to work fewer hours.
b. Although Tommy was failing his biology class at college, he was passing his chemistry class.
c. Trina loved to sail, skate, swim, and surfing.
d. Tatiana declared that the people in her office are smarter than the people who work in Tad's office.
Ans: d- Tatiana declared that the people in her office are smarter than the people who work in Tad's office.
Q-12: Rearrange the following words to create the most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
work. is always to brother willing not My
a. My brother is not willing to work always.
b. My brother is not always willing to work.
c. is not willing to work always MY brother.
d. My work is not willing to always brother.
Ans: b- My brother is not always willing to work.
Q-13: Choose the series of pronouns that best completes the following sentence.
..............is the name of the opera, and...........role did you say Maria would play?
a. This, which
b. Who, that
c. What, which
d. Which, what
Ans: c- What, which
Q-14: Which of the following sentences illustrates correct verb and verb tens usage?
a. Let's wait until seven to leave; the traffic should be much lighter by then.
b. My boss says I have to stay late tonight because I was sleeping during office hours.
c. I would call them, but I think they have left for the day.
d. Have you seen the cookies that were on my desk? They seem to have disappeared.
e. All of the above
Ans: d- Have you seen the cookies that were on my desk? They seem to have disappeared.
Q-15: Rearrange the following words to create the most logical and grammatically correct sentenece.
sleeping like the. midday Katie until on weekends
a. sleeping Katie likes until midday on the weekends.
b. Katie likes sleeping until weekends on the midday.
c. Katie likes on sleeping until the midday weekends.
d. Katie likes sleeping on midday until the weekends.
e. Katie likes sleeping until midday on the weekends.
Ans: e-Katie likes sleeping until midday on the weekends.
Q-4: Choose the option that correctly changes the original sentence from active voice to passive voice.
ORIGINAL SENTENCE:
That tall man is carrying a lot of lumber.
REWRITTEN SENTENCES:
a. The tall man carries a lot of lumber.
b. Is being carried by that tall man, the lumber.
c. The lumber is carried by the tall man.
d. A lot of lumber is being carried by that tall man.
Ans: d- A lot of lumber is being carried by that tall man.
Q-5: Which of the following sentences illustrates correct verb and verb tense usage?
a. Did Annabel knowingly lie on the witness stand?b
b. We think the judge will have noticed something strange in her behavior.
c. The lawyers had decided to keep her testimony a secret.
d. Somehow, all of the newspapers gotten hold of the story.
Ans: b and d : We think the judge will have noticed something strange in her behavior.
and Somehow, all of the newspapers gotten hold of the story.
Q-6: Which of the following sentences illustrates correct pronoun usage?
a. To whom are your employees going to report while you're gone?
b. Each monkey had its own bunch of bananas to munch on.
c. Neither of us had any idea that the Robinsons were selling their beach house.
d. Delilah congratulated herself on a job well done.
e. All of the above.
Ans: e- All of the above.
Q-7: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs that best completes the following sentence.
I think Pamela deserves to be punished for her ...............stupid and ...............behavior.
a. irresponsible, totally
b. totally, irresponsibility
c. totally, irresponsible
d. total, irresponsibly
Ans: c- totally, irresponsible
Q-8: Choose the series verbs that best completes the following sentence.
Everyone............too busy cooking and ...........the campsite ...............the family of bears..........fromm the woods.
a. were, setting up, to notice, watch
b. was, set up, noticing, to watch
c. is, setting, to notice, watching
d. was, setting up, to notice, watching
Ans: d-was, setting up, to notice, watching
Q-9: Choose the series of prepositions that best completes the following sentence.
Whiskey, my pet squirrel, jumped ......... my head and ...........the windowsill.
a. over, into
b. through, into
c. from, under
d. into, onto
Ans: a- over, into
Q-10: Read the following question and choose the response that uses the correct corresponding verb tense.
Does Jack wear that furry hat often?
a. No, he just liked to wear it for fun sometimes.
b. Yes, but don't said anything about it to him.
c. Yes, and it can so annoying!
d. No, he only wears it when his ears are cold.
Ans: d -No, he only wears it when his ears are cold.
Q-11: Which of the following sentences illustrates the proper use of parallel construction?
a. Terry hoped to find a new job that would let him earn extra cash in the summer and to work fewer hours.
b. Although Tommy was failing his biology class at college, he was passing his chemistry class.
c. Trina loved to sail, skate, swim, and surfing.
d. Tatiana declared that the people in her office are smarter than the people who work in Tad's office.
Ans: d- Tatiana declared that the people in her office are smarter than the people who work in Tad's office.
Q-12: Rearrange the following words to create the most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
work. is always to brother willing not My
a. My brother is not willing to work always.
b. My brother is not always willing to work.
c. is not willing to work always MY brother.
d. My work is not willing to always brother.
Ans: b- My brother is not always willing to work.
Q-13: Choose the series of pronouns that best completes the following sentence.
..............is the name of the opera, and...........role did you say Maria would play?
a. This, which
b. Who, that
c. What, which
d. Which, what
Ans: c- What, which
Q-14: Which of the following sentences illustrates correct verb and verb tens usage?
a. Let's wait until seven to leave; the traffic should be much lighter by then.
b. My boss says I have to stay late tonight because I was sleeping during office hours.
c. I would call them, but I think they have left for the day.
d. Have you seen the cookies that were on my desk? They seem to have disappeared.
e. All of the above
Ans: d- Have you seen the cookies that were on my desk? They seem to have disappeared.
Q-15: Rearrange the following words to create the most logical and grammatically correct sentenece.
sleeping like the. midday Katie until on weekends
a. sleeping Katie likes until midday on the weekends.
b. Katie likes sleeping until weekends on the midday.
c. Katie likes on sleeping until the midday weekends.
d. Katie likes sleeping on midday until the weekends.
e. Katie likes sleeping until midday on the weekends.
Ans: e-Katie likes sleeping until midday on the weekends.
