English for Beginners: Bridge to Daily Fluency

Noun

A noun is a word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas. However, noun is not a semantic category, so it cannot be characterized in terms of its meaning.

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MCQ:

1. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

I decided to catch the bus because I was late.

1. catch

2. bus

3. late

1. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

The queue was very long so I didn't wait.

1. queue

2. long

3. wait

1. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

There are no interesting programmes on tonight.

1. interesting

2. programmes

3. tonight

1. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

I need to find something that my brother will like.

1. need

2. find

3. brother

1. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

Don't be late for the concert.

1. late

2. for

3. concert

1. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

London is very expensive to live in.

1. London

2. expensive

3. live

1. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

We need to find Steve before we can go.

1. find

2. Steve

3. before

1. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

I can't find my blue shirt.

1. my

2. blue

3. shirt

1. Which word is a noun in this question?

How long will the journey take?

1. long

2. journey

3. take

1. Which word is a noun in this question?

When are the windows being replaced?

1. When

2. windows

3. replaced

PRONOUN
In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a word or a group of words that one may substitute for a noun or noun phrase.
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MCQ:

1. Choose the right pronoun to correctly finish this sentence:

_________ need to follow me closely.

1. You

2. He

3. She

4. It

1. Lewis, Luke and Thomas were cross because ________ had waited ages for the bus.

1. them

2. he

3. they

4. it

1. Palvinder watched the children carefully as _________ crossed the road.

1. them

2. him

3. they

4. us

1. Hold the bag please while I put the shopping in ________ .

1. him

2. it

3. she

4. I

1. Melanie and I are going soon so you can come with _________ .

1. we

2. them

3. they

4. us

1. Thank you for collecting ________ .

1. me

2. he

3. she

4. they

1. I wonder why Geoff rushed off. Did you upset _______ ?

1. he

2. him

3. we

4. they

1. _______ hope those flowers are for me.

1. We

2. Them

3. I

4. Him

1. Open the door. It's ______ .

1. I

2. they

3. me

4. she

1. Sarah wanted Lisa to follow ________.

1. she

2. they

3. I

4. her

PRONOUN
In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a word or a group of words that one may substitute for a noun or noun phrase.
Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. Choose the right pronoun to correctly finish this sentence:

_________ need to follow me closely.

1. You

2. He

3. She

4. It

1. Lewis, Luke and Thomas were cross because ________ had waited ages for the bus.

1. them

2. he

3. they

4. it

1. Palvinder watched the children carefully as _________ crossed the road.

1. them

2. him

3. they

4. us

1. Hold the bag please while I put the shopping in ________ .

1. him

2. it

3. she

4. I

1. Melanie and I are going soon so you can come with _________ .

1. we

2. them

3. they

4. us

1. Thank you for collecting ________ .

1. me

2. he

3. she

4. they

1. I wonder why Geoff rushed off. Did you upset _______ ?

1. he

2. him

3. we

4. they

1. _______ hope those flowers are for me.

1. We

2. Them

3. I

4. Him

1. Open the door. It's ______ .

1. I

2. they

3. me

4. she

1. Sarah wanted Lisa to follow ________.

1. she

2. they

3. I

4. her

Verb

A verb is a word that in syntax conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being. In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive. In many languages, verbs are inflected to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice.

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MCQ:

1. Which word is the verb in this sentence?

I saw the fire from the other side of the river.

A) saw

B) fire

C) side

2. Which word is the verb in this sentence?

Sam never goes out without an umbrella.

A) never

B) goes

C) without

3. Which word is the verb in this sentence?

I only knew the answer to one of the questions in the quiz last night.

A) knew

B) answer

C) question

4. How many verbs are there in this sentence?

They cancelled the show last night because the singer was sick.

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

5. How many verbs are there in this sentence?

I think the music was very good but the dancing was terrible.

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

6. How many verbs are there in this question?

Where is the book I lent you last week?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

7. Every sentence must have a verb.

A) True

B) False

8. A verb never changes its form.

A) True

B) False

9. ‘IS' is singular and 'ARE' is plural.

A) True

B) False

10. The past of 'IS' is 'WAS'.

A) True

B) False

Verbs - Modals Basic level

A verb is a word that in syntax conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being. In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive. In many languages, verbs are inflected to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice.

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MCQ:

1. This dress suits her style. She __________ definitely like it!

A. can

B. could

C. will

D. may

2. When Juan was two, he __________ already speak very well.

A. might

B. could

C. can

D. should

3. She __________ visit her grandparents’ house during holidays.

A. dare to

B. ought to

C. can

D. might

4. __________ I talk to the manager?

A. Might

B. May

C. Could

D. Shall

5. During peak hours, it _________ take more than two hours.

A. can

B. should

C. shall

D. will

6. How __________ she do that to us!

A. would

B. must

C. could

D. shall

7. If I get the required assistance, I __________ pass the exam in the fi rst attempt.

A. shall

B. can not

C. might

D. could

8. The audience __________ settle before the doors are closed.

A. can

B. shall

C. might

D. must

9. We __________ always respect our elders.

A. can

B. will

C. should

D. could

10. ___________ we save money for the party?

A. would

B. need

C. should

D. dare

11. All students __________ obey the school regulations.

A. could

B. must

C. are able to

D. will

12. You __________ visit them, just make a phone call.

A. can not

B. will

C. need not

D. shall not

13. All members ___________ attend the meeting as per the notice.

A. can

B. would

C. might

D. should

14. There ________ be a famous shop here.

A. used to

B. should

C. ought to

D. would

15. There has been a landslide. You __________ be careful while driving there.

A. can

B. must

C. could

D. would

16. I ___________ have won the tournament.

A. need to

B. will

C. could

D. dare to

17. You __________ speak in the library.

A. must not

B. dare not

C. need not

D. could not

18. “We _________ definitely look into the matter”, the officer affirmed.

A. need to

B. would

C. will

D. dare to

19. It’s time we _________ leave.

A. might

B. should

C. might have

D. could have

20. We are __________ wait in the lobby until the receptionist calls again.

A. supposed to

B. used to

C. obliged to

D. able to

Verbs - Gerunds & Auxiliary Verbs

A verb is a word that in syntax conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being. In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive. In many languages, verbs are inflected to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice.

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MCQ:

1. My family and I really enjoy … to the park on weekends.

A. to go

B. going

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. X:Let’s watch that new movie.
   Y:No, I hate ….. horror movies.

A. to watch

B. watching

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. My friend doesn’t want … out today because he’s sick.

A. to go

B. going

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. I love … in my free time. I often go to a shopping mall with my friends.

A. to window shop

B. window shopping

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. We agreed … our car for a cheaper price.

A. to sell

B. selling

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. X:Did you remember … the e-mail?,

Y: Oh, no! I forgot!

A. to send

B. sending

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. Thomas wants … at that restaurant because he likes Italian food.

A. to eat

B. eating

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. She started … very quickly to her classroom.

A. to walk

B. walking

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. We decided … to France and Germany on our summer holiday.

A. to travel

B. traveling

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. I miss … long walks along the beach.

A. to take

B. taking

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. My mother asked me … her clean the house.

A. to help

B. helping

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. After a few more hours, it continued ….

A. to rain

B. raining

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. Do you feel like … to eat at a restaurant?

A. to go out

B. going out

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. I enjoy … some free time to read books or magazines.

A. to have

B. having

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. I really don’t like … because it feels like my nose will fall off!

A. to sneeze

B. sneezing

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. I invited my friends … to my birthday party next week.

A. to come

B. coming

C. both ‘a’ and ‘b’ are correct

1. Fill in the blank with the correct option: Ram as well as his brothers _________coming today.

A. Are

B. Were

C. Is

D. have been

1. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Second-hand furniture ______ here at reasonable prices.

A. are sold

B. were selling

C. has sold

D. is sold

1. Fill in the blank with the most suitable word from the given options.

Tom is one of the boys who ______ always on time.

A. Is

B. Are

C. Was

D. None of this above

1. Choose the correct tense of the verb from the given options:

Sita told them that they ________ wrong.

A. Are

B. Will be

C. Were

D. can

Adjectives

Adjectives are one of the most exciting parts of speech that we have. Without adjectives, you wouldn’t be able to tell your friends which movies are great and which are overrated. Adjectives also allow us to describe ourselves as being amazing, incredible, fantastic, and—of course—humble. Most importantly, adjectives let us explain the difference between funny memes and bad ones.

Based on these indisputable facts, adjectives are clearly important parts of grammar. But did you know that there are many different types of adjectives? It’s true! In fact, there are at least 13—yes, 13!—types of adjectives that we commonly use.

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MCQ:

1. We saw _____ animals at the zoo.

A. Much

B. Many

C. So Many

D. All

2. It's raining _____

A. Heavy

B. Heavier

C. Heavily

D. Heaviest

3. I don’t have ______ friends.

A. Much More

B. Many

C. So Many

D. None of the Above

4. It's a small problem

A. Small

B. A

C. It's

D. None

5. The brides were much _______ than the grooms.

A. young

B. younger

C. youngest

D. None

6. I like hot food

A. I

B. hot

C. food

D. like

7. The bus is slow.

A. is

B. slow

C. the

D. bus

8. The eagle was _______ than the bluebird.

A. big

B. bigger

C. biggest

D. most big

9. Which words are sound adjectives?

A. large, small, gigantic

B. loud, quiet, soothing

C. red, green, yellow

D. rough, smooth, cold

10. He is ________ than his neighbours.

A. rich

B. richer

C. richest

D. None

ADVERBS

An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (he sings loudly), an adjective (very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella). Adverbs often end in -ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the same as their adjective counterparts.

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MCQ:

1. What is an adverb?

A) An adverb gives more information about the verb.

B) An adverb gives more information about the noun.

C) An adverb gives more information about the punctuation in a sentence.

D) An adverb gives more information about the pronoun.

2. Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

Sara plays the violin beautifully.

A) plays

B) violin

C) beautifully

D) Sara

3. Which adverb would you use to complete the sentence:

The rain fell _____________ against the window pane.

A) awkwardly

B) wickedly

C) smugly

D) heavily

4. Which of these adverbs can be used to complete this sentence? The sun shone ________

A) loudly

B) brightly

C) awkwardly

D) luckily

5. Which of these sentences does not contain an adverb?

A) The child ran happily towards his mother.

B) Sali walked to the shops.

C) Brendan gently woke the sleeping baby.

D) I visited my mum yesterday.

6. Which of these words in the following sentence is an adverb?

Kylie looked longingly into Jason's lovely blue eyes.

A) looked

B) longingly

C) lovely

D) eyes

7. Which of these sentences contains an adverb?

A) Tim greedily ate the chocolate cake.

B) The dog bit Colin.

C) The car broke down.

D) EastEnders is a soap opera.

8. Which of these statements about adverbs is false?

A) We use an adverb to say how something happens.

B) We use an adverb to say how often something happens.

C) We use an adverb to say when or where something happens.

D) We use an adverb in place of a noun.

9. Which of these words is an adverb?

A) shyly

B) Susan

C) running

D) beautiful

10. Which of these words is an adverb?

A) heavy

B) table

C) almost

D) friendly

11. Andrea lives next door so we _____ see her.

A. never

B. often

C. Rarely

12. We meet _____ at the Annual General Meeting.

A. never

B. every day

C. Yearly

13. My doctor __________ .

A. yearly checks my health

B. checks yearly my health

C. checks my health yearly

14. It _____ rains here in the summer. [0% chance]

A. never

B. sometimes

C. Rarely

15. Nancy and I _____ go out for coffee together. [30% chance to go out for coffee]

A. never

B. frequently

C. Occasionally

16. _____ we take the dog off his leash at the beach.

A. Sometimes

B. Never

C. Rarely

17. My sister __________ two days of school in a row.

A. often has missed

B. has missed often

C. has often missed

18. My boyfriend and I take vacations together quite _____ .

A. never

B. hardly

C. Frequently

19. Andy __________ gets to visit with his cousins.

A. very frequently

B. very rarely

C. very often

20. I don't earn much because I __________ .

A. never went to college

B. went never to college

C. went to college never

Interjection

An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling or reaction. It is a diverse category, encompassing many different parts of speech, such as exclamations, curses, greetings, response particles, hesitation markers and other words.

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MCQ:

1. An interjection is ___

A. an exclamation which shows thoughts or feelings

B. a meaningless string of sounds

C. the same as an adjective

2. Which of the following interjections is NOT an expression of surprise or wonder?

A. Gee!

B. Gosh!

C. Boo!

3. You are vegetarian and you are offered a dish of raw meat. What do you think?

A. Ugh!

B. Hurrah!

C. Yippee!

4. Somebody has just stepped on your toe. Which interjection would best fit the situation?

A. Yoo-hoo!

B. Ouch!

C. Eh!

5. You are most likely to hear or use the interjection boo ___.

A. at a theatrical performance

B. while listening to a political speech

C. on both of the above mentioned occasions

6. ___, Mary! Come here! I want to talk to you.

A. Oops

B. Mmm

C. Hey

7. 'Ta' is synonymous of ___.

A. take it easy

B. thank you

C. tra-la-la

8. The interjections 'blimey' and 'crickey' imply ___.

A. joy

B. surprise or wonder

C. irritation

9. Your children are making a lot of noise and you want to hear the news on the radio. How do you urgesilence?

A. Shh!

B. Tut-tut.

C. Ow!

10. Which of the following interjections is NOT used when cheering for a team?

A. Rah!

B. Yay!

Yikes!

Prepositions

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MCQ:

1. We are very excited __________________ our trip to Spain next week

A. AT

B. WITH

C. ABOUT

D. OVER

2. I am very fond __________________ drinking green tea.

A. FOR

B. OF

C. ABOUT

D. AT

3. Almost all politicians were involved __________________ the scandal.

A. IN

B. AT

C. WITH

D. FROM

4. I am looking forward ______________ having a meeting with you next week.

A. WITH

B. AT

C. TO

D. FROM

5. At the moment, she is recovering __________________ her injuries.

A. AT

B. OF

C. FROM

D. WITH

6. I’m dreaming ________________ becoming a famous scientist one day.

A. FOR

B. WITH

C. ABOUT

D. INTO

7. My cousin is married __________________ a famous American

A. WITH

B. FOR

C. TO

D. FROM

8. I am responsible __________________ training the new recruits.

A. AT

B. ABOUT

C. WITH

D. FOR

9. Many people took advantage __________________ the low prices offered by the new shop.

A. OF

B. FOR

C. WITH

D. TO

10. I was not quite satisfied __________________ the exam results.

A. AT

B. FOR

C. WITH

D. ABOUT

11. The president was thankful __________________ everyone who helped in the campaign

A. TO

B. WITH

C. FOR

D. AT

12. Everyone in this town will benefit __________________ the new hospital.

A. FROM

B. WITH

C. AT

D. INTO

13. For two full days, the man was fighting __________________ his life.

A. UP

B. WITH

C. AT

D. FOR

14. My dad shouted __________________ me because I didn’t do what he said.

A. TO

B. AT

C. WITH

D. TOWARDS

15. She insisted __________________ helping me with the dishes.

A. ON

B. WITH

C. FOR

D. ABOUT

16. Almost all car companies care __________________ the environment

A. FOR

B. AT

C. ABOUT

D. WITH

17. Wearing a seat belt can protect you ____________ being killed in a car.

A. WITH

B. OF

C. ABOUT

D. FROM

18. Ten people were killed when a bus collided __________________ a car

A. INTO,

B. WITH

C. AT

D. TOWARDS

19. The customers came to the shop to complain _____________ their service

A. ABOUT

B. AT

C. ON

D. FOR

20. Our atmosphere consists __________________ oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide.

A. INTO

B. OF

C. WITH

D. FOR

CONJUNCTION

In grammar, a conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses that are called the conjuncts of the conjunctions. This definition may overlap with that of other parts of speech, so what constitutes a "conjunction" must be defined for each language.

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MCQ:

1. He wanted to improve his piano playing _______ he wanted to win the competition.

(A). so

(B). but

(C). because

(D). therefore

2. Tom got good marks _______ he studied hard.

(A). because

(B). but

(C). so

(D). then

3. We are going to walk in the mountains _______play football.

(A). because

(B). so

(C). but

(D). or

4. I am good at English _______ I am not going to help Amy.

(A). because

(B). but

(C). or

(D). so

5. I like Carolina _______ she is very friendly.

(A). but

(B). so

(C). because

(D). or

6. We were late for the show _______we didn't take a taxi

(A). but

(B). and

(C). or

(D). then

7. They visited an art gallery _______ a museum.

(A). therefore

(B). but

(C). so

(D). and

8. He can't walk _______ he fell off the chair _______ hurt his foot, _______ he has a lot of time to read.

(A). and / because / so

(B). because / and / so

(C). so / and / because

(D). so / because / and

9. Last Sunday was my mum's birthday _______ I wanted to buy a present for her.

(A). so

(B). or

(C). but

(D). because

10. I went to the shopping centre_______ the shops were closed.

(A). or

(B). because

(C). but

(D). so

11. I was ill .......................... I didn't go to work.

A. so

B. because

C. as

12. You should get your license renewed at once ................... pay a fine.

A. or

B. nor

C. but

13. .......................... there is no demand for this type of book, I cannot place an order.

A. Since

B. As

C. Either could be used here

14. My grandfather has never flown in an airplane; .......................... does he want to fly in one.

A. neither

B. nor

C. Either could be used here

15. I am very tired ................................ I have been working all day.

A. so

B. because

C. therefore

16. She not only gave us a fine dinner ......................... drove us back home.

A. but

B. but also

C. also

17. Cold ............................. it was, we went out.

A. though

B. although

C. even though

18. I am not angry. .............................anything I feel a little surprised.

A. If

B. Unless

C. Whether

19. The Kaziranga National Park is a World Heritage Site ....................... hosts two-thirds of the one-horned rhinoceros in the world.

A. and

B. that

C. Either could be used here

20. August 31st is a national holiday ............................ everybody dances in the streets.

A. when

B. where

C. that

Infinities

Infinity is that which is boundless or endless, or something that is larger than any real or natural number. It is often denoted by the infinity symbol. Since the time of the ancient Greeks, the philosophical nature of infinity was the subject of many discussions among philosophers.

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MCQ:

1. I arranged ____ the American businessmen for my

country.

A) meeting

B) to meeting

C) to meet

D) to be met

2. I decided ____ to the theatre myself as the others

didn't want to come with me.

A) to go

B) going

C) being gone

D) to going

3. After ____ the questions teacher asked if there were

anything that we could not understand.

A) to explaining

B) explain

C) to explain

D) explaining

4. As a result of ____ him for two hours, he persuaded

me ____ for the job.

A) listening / applying

B) to listen / to apply

C) to listen / applying

D) listening / to apply

5. I forgot ____ ticket into the ticketbox when I sat down

onto a seat in the bus.

A) putting

B) to put

C) to putting

D) put

6. He hasn't decided yet whether ____ the English

course or Spanish course.

A) choosing

B) to choosing

C) choose

D) to choose

7. I am used to ____ him for 1 5 minutes as he is always

late.

A) wait

B) to wait

C) waiting

D) being waited

8. I object to ____ that much price for such a small thing.

A) paying

B) pay

C) being paid

D) to be paid

9. I wanted him ____ to the meeting in a formal suit

because there will be some important businessmen

that we can form relationships.

A) coming

B) to coming

C) to have come

D) to be coming

10. He never invites us ____ with him as he likes ____

alone.

A) to go / to be

B) going / to be

C) to go / being

D) to going / to be staying

11. She went to the store to get some bread.

A. to the store

B. no infinitive

C. some bread

D. to get

12. There were police officers checking bags to make sure people weren't carrying weapons.

A. no infinitive

B. to make

C. checking

D. carrying weapon

13. After the rain, the gardner had to dump the water out of all the flower pots.

A. no infinitive

B. out of

C. after the rain

D. to dump

14. He gave the valentine to my sister, and she started laughing.

A. to my sister

B. she started

C. no infinitive

D. laughing

15. There were too many people at the concert to count.

A. no infinitive

B. too many

C. at the concert

D. to count

16. He didn't want to get lunch detention, but the teacher gave it to him anyway.

A. the teacher

B. to get

C. to him

D. no infinitive

17. It is imperative that you follow the rules to stay out of trouble.

A. you follow

B. to stay

C. imperative

D. no infinitive

18. To win the raffle you have to buy a ticket.

A. the raffle

B. to win

C. a ticket

D. no infinitive

19. She wanted to give a present to my grandmother, but she gave it to me instead.

A. to me

B. to my grandmother

C. no infinitive

D. to give

20. If you want to be president, you have to be smart.

A. You want

B. no infinitive

C. to be

D. you have

Question Tag:

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. I’m right, ………………..?

A. am I

B. am'nt I

C. aren't I

2. Shut up, …………………?

A. can't you

B. can you

C. will you

D. All of the above

3. Don’t forget, ………………?

A. will you

B. won't you

C. can you

4. Move a bit, ……………..?

A. will you

B. would you

C. can you

D. All of the above

5. Let’s go for a walk, …………………?

A. should we

B. shall we

C. can we

6. You never say what you are going, …………………?

A. do you

B. don't you

C. did you

7. There is little we can do about it, ……………….?

A. is there

B. isn't there

C. has there

8. Somebody wanted a pizza, …………………..?

A. did they

B. didn't they

C. hadn't they

9. He has a daughter, ………………..?

A. has he

B. does he

C. hasn't he

D. doesn't he

10. There weren’t any issues, ………………..?

A. were there

B. weren't there

C. were they

11. Ravi wants to be an actor, ………………..?

A. does he

B. doesn't he

C. hasn't he

12. Julia visited you yesterday, ………………..?

A. did she

B. didn't she

C. doesn't she

13. It is a cold day, ……………………….?

A. is it

B. isn't it

C. does it

14. Diana is very clever, ……………………….?

A. is she

B. isn't she

C. doesn't she

15. He has finished his work, …………………………..?

A. has he

B. hasn't he

C. doesn't he

16. Robert lives in Singapore, ………………………….?

A. does he

B. doesn't he

C. is he

17. He is older than you, ……………………………?

A. is he

B. isn't he

C. does he

18. You met him yesterday, ……………………………….?

A. did you

B. didn't you

C. hadn't you

19. Nobody came, …………………………?

A. did they

B. didn't they

C. did nobody

20. Somebody wanted a drink, ………………………….?

A. did they

B. didn't they

C. hadn't they

Direct & Indirect Speech

Direct speech describes when something is being repeated exactly as it was – usually in between a pair of inverted commas.

Indirect speech will still share the same information – but instead of expressing someone's comments or speech by directly repeating them, it involves reporting or describing what was said.

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. Nancy said, “I may leave tomorrow.”

A. Nancy said that she might leave the next day.

B. Nancy said that she might leave tomorrow.

C. Nancy asked if she should leave the next day.

D. Nancy informed me to leave tomorrow.

2. Keshav said, “Rita is busy right now.”

A. Keshav said Rita was busy.

B. Keshav informed that Rita was busy then.

C. Keshav said Rita had been busy.

D. Keshav informed that Rita is busy.

3. The teacher said, “You are suspended!.”

A. The teacher exclaimed that I am suspended.

B. The teacher exclaimed to me to suspend.

C. The teacher informed me that I was suspended.

D. The teacher exclaimed that I was suspended

4. He said, “I have been a great mentor.”

A. He said that he had been a great mentor.

B. He said that he was a great mentor.

C. He exclaimed that he was a great mentor.

D. He said that he has been a great mentor.

5. Vidushi said, “We went for a summer trip.”

A. Vidushi said that they went for a summer trip.

B. Vidushi said that they were on a summer trip.

C. Vidushi said that they had gone for a summer trip.

D. Vidushi said they went for a summer trip.

6. Rahul said, “I will manage hereafter.”

A. Rahul said that he would manage hereafter.

B. Rahul said that he will manage thereafter.

C. Rahul said that he would manage thereafter.

D. Rahul said that he will manage hereafter.

7. “I am going out tonight.” Manisha said.

A. Manisha said that she was going out tonight.

B. Manisha said that she was going out that night.

C. Manisha said she was going out that night.

D. Manisha said that she will be going out that night.

8. The guard asked, “Who are you?”

A. The guard asked who he was.

B. The guard asked me who he was.

C. The guard asks me who he was.

D. The guard asked who I was.

9. Ravi said, “The concert ended yesterday.”

A. Ravi said that the concert had ended yesterday.

B. Ravi said that the concert ended the day before.

C. Ravi said that the concert had ended the previous day.

D. Ravi said that the concert ended already.

10. She said, “Bring a glass of water, please.”

A. She commands me to bring a glass of water.

B. She requested me to bring a glass of water.

C. She asked me to brought a glass of water.

D. She ordered me to bring her a glass of water.

11. He said, "If I had the key with me, I could give you the solution".

A. He said that if he had the key with him, he could give him/her the solution.

B. He said if he could have the key with him, he would give him/her the solution.

C. He told that if he could have the key with him, he would give him/her the solution.

D. He said that If he have had the key with him, he could have given him/her the solution.

12. The General said, "Bravo! Well done, my soldiers".

A. The General told the soldiers that they had done well.

B. The General applauded his soldiers saying that they would do well.

C. The General applauded his soldiers for their excellent job.

D. The General applauded his soldiers saying that they had done well.

13. He said to the interviewer, "Could you please repeat the question?"

A. He requested the interviewer if he could please repeat the question.

B. He requested the interviewer to please repeat the question.

C. He requested the interviewer to repeat the question.

D. He requested the interviewer if he could repeat the question.

14. The poor examinee said, "0 God, take pity on me."

A. The poor examinee prayed God to take pity on him.

B. The poor examinee, invoking God, implored him to take pity on him.

C. The poor examinee exclaimed that God take pity on him.

D. The poor examinee asked God to take pity on him.

15. "What about going for a swim," he said, "It's quite fine now."

A. He asked me what about going for a swim as it was quite fine then.

B. He proposed going for a swim as it was quite fine.

C. He suggested going for a swim as it was quite fine.

D. He advised me to go for a swim as it was quite fine.

16. He said, "I am glad to be here this evening."

A. He said that he was glad to be there that evening.

B. He said he was glad to be here this evening.

C. He says he was glad to be here this evening.

D. He asked he is glad to be here this evening.

17. He said, "Be quiet and listen to my words."

A. He urged them to be quiet and listen to his words.

B. He asked them to be quiet and listen to his words.

C. He urged them to be quiet and listen to my words.

D. He requests them to be quiet and listen to his words.

18. He said to her, "Where is she going?"

A. He asked her where she was going.

B. He wanted to know where she is going.

C. He wants to know where she was going.

D. He said where she was going.

19. Krishna said to his friends, "Let us go to a movie today".

A. Krishna suggested to his friends that let them go to a movie that day.

B. Krishna proposed to his friends if they would go to a movie that day.

C. Krishna proposed to his friends what if they would go to a movie that day.

D. Krishna suggested to his friends that they should go to a movie that day.

20. He said to her, "Rest assured. I shall repay your loan."

A. He assured her that he would repay her loan.

B. He told her that he would repay her loan.

C. He said that he might repay her loan.

D. He told her not to worry about the repayment of her loan.

Active Voice & Passive Voice:

Active voice means that a sentence has a subject that acts upon its verb.

Passive voice means that a subject is a recipient of a verb's action.

Active voice structure:

The active voice describes a sentence where the subject performs the action stated by the verb. It follows a clear subject + verb + object construct that's easy to read. In fact, sentences constructed in the active voice add impact to your writing. With passive voice, the subject is acted upon by the verb.

Passive voice structure:

A passive voice construction contains a form of the verb to be (or to get) plus a past participle of a transitive verb. It expresses an action carried out on the subject of the sentence.

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1 - They drew a circle.

A - A circle was being drawn by them.

B - A circle was drawn by them.

C - A circle have been drawn by them.

D - A circle has been drawing since morning.

2 - She ... for long now.

A - Are ailing

B - Is ailing

C - Has been ailing

D - Have been ailing

3 - The inmates ... well by their caretakers.

A - Were not being treated

B - Were not treating

C - Have not being treated

D - Was not being treated

4 - We have gifted him a watch.

A - A watch have been gifted to him by us.

B - A watch has been gifted to him by us.

C - A watch had been gifted to him by us.

D - A watch was gifted to him by us.

5 - The farmer was plowing the lands.

A - The lands was being plowed by the farmer.

B - The lands were being plowed by the farmer.

C - The lands were plowed by the farmer.

D - The lands were being plowed by farmer.

6 - Rahul will contact the police.

A - The police will contacted by Rahul.

B - The police would be contacted by Rahul.

C - The police will contacted by Rahul.

D - The police will be contacted by Rahul.

7 - We must listen to the elders.

A - The elders deserve listened to from us.

B - The elders must be listened to.

C - The elders must be listened to by us.

D - Listen to the elders we must.

8 - The grocer displayed the prices.

A - The prices displayed by the grocer.

B - The prices were displayed by the grocer.

C - The prices was displayed by the grocer.

D - The grocer got down the prices.

9 - We ought to have helped Sam.

A - Sam ought to had been saved.

B - Sam ought to have been save.

C - Sam ought to have been saved.

D - Sam ought to have saved.

10 - Don’t sleep.

A - You ordered to not sleep

B - You are instructed not to sleep

C - You ordered not to sleep.

D - You are advised to not sleep.

11. Passive Voice of “None likes him” is___________________.

A. He has not been liked by anyone.

B. He was not liked by anyone.

C. He is liked by none.

D. He is not liked by anyone.

12. Passive Voice of “The boy did not break the glass” is ______________________.

A. The glass was not broken by the boy.

B. The glass has not been broken by the boy.

C. The glass is not broken by the boy.

D. The glass had not been broken by the boy.

13. Passive Voice of “I saw him leaving the house” is _________________.

A. Leaving the house he was seen by me.

B. He was seen leaving the house by me.

C. He had been seen leaving the house.

D. He was seen to be leaving the house.

14. Passive Voice of ” Sana is washing her Clothes” is _______________________.

A. Her clothes are being washed by Sana.

B. Her clothes were being washed by Sana.

C. Her clothes has been washed by Sana.

D. Her clothes is being washed by Sana.

E. Her clothes had been washed by Sana.

15. Passive Voice of “The people elected him Mayor”.

A. Him was elected Mayor the people.

B. He was elected Mayor by the people.

C. Mayor is elected by the people.

D. He is elected by the people Mayor.

16. Passive Voice of “Someone pulled the bull violently”.

A. The bull had been pulled violently by someone.

B. The bull was to be pulled violently by someone.

C. The bull had been pulled violently.

D. The bull was pulled violently by someone.

17. Passive Voice of “The boy has rung the bell”.

A. The bell has been being rung by the boy.

B. The bell was being rung by the boy.

C. The bell was rung by the boy.

D. The bell has been rung by the boy.

18. Passive Voice of “Has someone made all the necessary arrangements?”

A. Has all the necessary arrangements been made by someone ?

B. Have the necessary arrangements been all made by someone ?

C. Have all the necessary arrangements been made by someone ?

D. All the necessary arrangements have been made by one.

19. Passive Voice of “Sajid gave the beggar an old shirt”.

A. An old shirt was given to Sajid by the beggar.

B. An old shirt was given to the beggar by Sajid.

C. The beggar was gave an old shir by Sajid.

D. An old shirt was gave to the beggar by Sajid.

20. Passive Voice of “The teacher may punish you”.

A. You should be punished by the teacher.

B. You shall have been punished by the teacher.

C. You will be punished by the teacher.

D. You may be punished by the teacher.

E. You might be punished by the teacher.

Article

An article is any member of a class of dedicated words that are used with noun phrases to mark the identifiability of the referents of the noun phrases. The category of articles constitutes a part of speech. In English, both "the" and "a/an" are articles, which combine with nouns to form noun phrases.

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1._____ English is an international language.

(A) a

(B) an

(C) the

(D) no article

2.Sivakumar was ___ best student in the class.

(A) a

(B) an

(C) the

(D) no article

3.She never goes out without ___ umbrella.

(A) a

(B) an

(C) the

(D) no article

4.Prajan is waiting for ___ hour.

(A) a

(B) an

(C) the

(D) no article

5.The child is eating ___ apple.

(A) a

(B) an

(C) the

(D) no article

6.Please give me _____ paper. I gave you.

(A) a

(B) an

(C) the

(D) no article

7._____ Rich should help the poor.

(A) A

(B) An

(C) The

(D) No article

8.I went to ____ airport to catch a flight to Mumbai.

(A) A

(B) An

(C) The

(D) No article

9.He has too high _____ option of himself.

(A) a

(B) an

(C) the

(D) no article

10.He is _____ M.A.

(A) a

(B) an

(C) the

(D) no article

Conditionals

Conditional sentences are sentences that express one thing contingent on something else.

e.g. "If it rains, the picnic will be cancelled". They are so called because the impact of the main clause of the sentence is conditional on the dependent clause.

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. If I ___________ time tonight, I will finish the novel that I am reading.

A. will have

B. am having

C. have

D. has

2. If he calls me "lazy" again, I ________ help him when he is in trouble.

A. won't

B. am

C. don't

D. can't

3. If David ________ answer my phone this time I ________ call him again.

A. won't / doesn't

B. doesn't / won't

C. won't / don't

D. isn't / won't

4. Choose the correct sentence.

A. If you won't try harder, you will fail.

B. You are late if you won't leave now.

C. If the game is good I am playing it.

D.If the sun shines I will go swimming.

5. Put the words into the correct order: "If, her mother, exams, happy, be, Jane, passes, will, her,

A. If her mother be happy Jane will passes her exams.

B. If Jane will be happy her mother passes her exams.

C. If Jane passes her exams, her mother will be happy.

D. If Jane will passes her exams her mother are happy.

6. If you eat to much junk food you ____________ fatter.

A. will become

B. become

C. are becoming

D. became

7. I will stay in bad If I ________________ well tomorrow.

A. won't feel

B. felt

C. don't feel

D. not feel

8. If you __________ by plane it ____________ 2 hours.

A. are going / will take

B. go / will take

C. will go / take

D. won't go / don't take

9. What is wrong with this sentence? "My uncle will buy a car if he have enough money."

A. "will buy" must be "buy"

B. "have" must be "has"

C. "have" must be "will have"

D. "will buy" must be "buys"

10. I will leave early ______________________.

A. if I will finish my work

B. if I am finish my work

C. if I finish my work

D. if I won't finish my work

11. What would you do if it ________ on your wedding day?

A. rained

B. will rain

C. would rain

12. If she comes, I _____ call you.

A. will

B. would

C. would have

13. If I eat peanut butter, I ________ sick.

A. would have gotten

B. would get

C. Get

14. What will you do if you ________ the history exam?

A. would fail

B. will fail

C. Fail

15. If they had not _____ the car, I would have driven you.

A. take

B. taken

C. would take

16. If it snows, ________ still drive to the coast?

A. will you

B. would you

C. would you have

17. "He would have gone with you if you had asked him." Which conditional is this?

A. first

B. second

C. Third

18. "If I won a million dollars, I would buy my own airplane." Which conditional is this?

A. zero

B. first

C. Second

19. "If I forget her birthday, Andrea gets upset." Which conditional is this?

A. zero

B. first

C. Second

20. "What will she do if she misses the bus?" Which conditional is this?

A. first

B. second

C. third

IDIOMS

An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase.

Phrases

A phrase is a group of words or singular word acting as a grammatical unit.

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. Phrases are grammatical units that consist of

A. one or more words

B. more than one word

2. A noun phrase with more than one word can consist of a noun and words that

A. replace the noun

B. qualify the noun

3. "The tour includes three Asian countries." Which is a noun phrase?

A. The tour includes

B. three Asian countries

4. A verb phrase consists of a main verb and its

A. auxiliary verbs

B. phrasal verbs

5. "She has been studying all day." Which is a verb phrase?

A. studying all day

B. has been studying

6. An adjective phrase can be a single adjective or a group of words built around

A. an adjective

B. a single noun

7. "Cats are playful pets, but dogs are very loyal as well." This sentence has

A. one adjective phrase

B. two adjective phrases

8. Which sentence has an adverb phrase?

A. She sings very nicely.

B. She sings very nice songs.

9. A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition and its

A. object

B. subject

10. "We always play football after work." Which is a prepositional phrase?

A. always play football

B. after work

11. Which of the following is an adjective phrase?

A. A girl smarter than me

B. As the cat watched

C. Under the sea

D. She wants to be a dancer

12. Which of the following is a noun phrase?

A. The movie was boring

B. Across many rivers

C. Around the sun

D. The choreographer was happy

13. Which of the following is a prepositional phrase?

A. John might eat the pizza

B. Like a beautiful swan

C. My home is near the mountains

D. To understand better

14. Which of the following is a verb phrase?

A. The cake is very yummy

B. For making cookies

C. Words were spoken

D. The glittering bells of the church

15. Which of the following is an adverb phrase?

A. The exams were extremely tough

B. After the sunset

C. Her eyes were mesmerizing

D. He loves to walk in the park

16. Which of the following is an adjective phrase?

A. The girls are running very fast

B. She gave her baby a toy

C. Before next week

D. The handbag is very classy and expensive.

17. Which of the following is a noun phrase?

A. I consider her my best friend

B. The big bug under the cot

C. You should go right now

D. Near the ocean

18. Which of the following is prepositional phrase?

A. Glowing with joy, her face lit up the room

B. Over the rainbow

C. Have you seen a huge brown bear?

D. By the light of the moon

19. Which of the following is a verb phrase?

A. I love the taste of lasagna

B. She should wait before going for shopping

C. Like greased lighting

D. Only two days ago

20. Which of the following is an adverb phrase?

A. Like a monk in meditation

B. The stone is the heaviest of all

C. The brother is older than me

D. You must eat that!

Homonyms

A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. A homophone may also differ in spelling. The two words may be spelled the same, as in rose and rose, or differently, as in rain, reign, and rein.

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. Please ....... my humble present.

A. Except

B. Accept

C. Exccept

D. None of the above

2. The Cloth merchant has purchased two ....... of cloth.

A. Bails

B. Bales

C. Bials

D. None of the above

3. I have got a ........... reserved in Delhi Main.

A. Burth

B. Birth

C. Berth

D. None of the above

4. You will mar your ......... if you do not work hard.

A. Carrier

B. Career

C. Carier

D. None of the above

5. What is the correct homophones of Alter?

A. Altter

B. Alter

C. Altar

D. None of the above

6. Choose the incorrect homophones of cite -

A. Sight

B. Site

C. Shight

D. All of correct

7. You can ........ him even now.

A. Cheque

B. Check

C. cheqk

D. None of the above

8. He has .......... from the forest.

A. Immerged

B. Emerged

C. Emergeed

D. None of the above

9. The bird is ............ in the sky.

A. Soaring

B. Soreing

C. shoring

D. None of the above

10. He lives .......... the Railway Station.

A. Besides

B. beside

11. See if you can find the correct homophone that should be used. "The teacher passed out the latest _______ of the English textbook."

A. Edition

B. addition

C. addicion

D. edision

12. See if you can find the correct homophone that should be used. Her dress was very _______ compared to what her friend wore.

A. discreet

B. discrete

C. discreat

D. diskrete

13. See if you can find the correct homophone that should be used. "Lucky Charms has always been my favorite ________."

A. serial

B. cerial

C. cereal

D. sereal

14. See if you can find the correct homophone that should be used. "The play they saw was a ___________ on people’s dependence on texting and gaming."

A. satier

B. satire

C. satyr

D. satyre

15. See if you can find the correct homophone that should be used.Mrs. Squibble down the street is always ________ in other people’s business.

A. metaling

B. mettling

C. medling

D. meddling

16. See if you can find the correct homophone that should be used."She had the most ________ hairstyle I have ever seen!"

A. bizarre

B. bazaar

C. bezare

D. besare

17. See if you can find the correct homophone that should be used."The pillows on the sofa _________ the two side chairs."

A. complete

B. complement

C. compliment

D. complicate

18. See if you can find the correct homophone that should be used."Is your _______ an inner or an outer?"

A. naval

B. navil

C. navel

D. navole

19. See if you can find the correct homophone that should be used."To make the roast come out just right you must _______ it."

A. brays

B. braze

C. braize

D. braise

20. See if you can find the correct homophone that should be used."The wealthy countryman hired a new ______ to assist him in his businesses."

A. add

B. aide

C. aid

D. ayed

PREFIXES

A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Adding it to the beginning of one word changes it into another word.

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. Which of the following is the prefix of ‘Polite

A. Im

B. Dis

C. In

2. Which of the following is the prefix of ‘Respect’?

A. Un

B. Ir

C. Dis

3. Which of the following is the prefix of ‘Appear’?

A. Dis

B. Re

C. Un

4. Which of the following is the prefix of ‘Likely’?)

A. Im

B. Un

C. In

5. Which of the following is the prefix of ‘Logical’?

A. Ir

B. Il

C. Re

6. Which of the following is the prefix of ‘Loyal’?

A. Dis

B. Ir

C. Mis

7. Which of the following is the prefix of ‘Inform’?

A. Un

B. Pre

C. Mis

8. Which of the following is the prefix of ‘Historic’?

A. Un

B. Dis

C. Pre

9. Which of the following is the prefix of ‘Driver’?

A. Over

B. Co

C. Mis

10. Which of the following is the prefix of ‘Spell’?

A. Mis

B. Dis

C. Over

11. Find the suitable one-word substitution from the given alternatives: 'Inability to resist urges to steal items that you generally don't really need and that usually have little value

A. Verbomania

B. Kleptomania

C. Cynomania

D. Xenomania

12. Select the option that is NOT an antonym of another word by way of adding the prefix 'un-'.

A. Unmeasured

B. Undecided

C. Unfamiliar

D. Underhand

13. Choose the prefix that should be added to the word 'Legible' to form its antonym

A. dis

B. mis

C. in

D. Il

14. Add a suitable prefix to form the opposite of the word : Balance

A. Nonbalance

B. Unbalance

C. Disbalance

D. Imbalance

15. Select the option that in NOT an antonym of a word by way of adding the prefix ‘in-‘.

A. Intolerant

B. Indecent

C. Instrument

D. Indiscreet

16. Select the option that in NOT an antonym of a word by way of adding the prefix ‘dis-‘.

A. Discipline

B. Dissimilar

C. Disagree

D. Disappear

17. Select the option which is NOT an antonym of another word by way of adding the prefix 'dis-‘

A. disreputable

B. distinguish

C. dissatisfaction

D. Disproportionate

Proverbs

A proverb is a simple and insightful, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience.

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. Better be alone than in ____ company.

A. bad

B. good

C. Foolish

D. intelligent

2. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. Hope for the best and be prepared for the ____.

A. best

B. worst

C. Next

D. Same

3. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. Cleanliness is next to ____.

A. hell

B. heaven

C. animal

D. godliness

4. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. Familiarity breeds ____.

A. liking

B. contempt

C. love

D. enmity

5. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. High winds blow on ____ hills.

A. low

B. old

C. young

D. high

6. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. Beneath every rose lies the ____.

A. honey

B. thorn

C. gardener

D. soil

7. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. At the ____ so the subjects.

A. minister

B. kingdom

C. king

D. judge

8. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. It is hard to live in Rome and ____ with the Pope.

A. love

B. hate

C. fight

D. live

9. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the correct word from the given options. Where there is a will there is a ____.

A. way

B. bank

C. money

D. robber

10. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. As you ____ so shall you reap.

A. fill

B. empty

C. take

D. sow

11. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. A ____ in lamb's clothing.

A. lion

B. wolf

C. child

D. monkey

12. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. Out of the frying pan into the ____.

A. house

B. water

C. building

D. fire

13. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. Barking dogs ____ bite.

A. regularly

B. rarely

C. seldom

D. frequently

14. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. Birds of a ____ flock together.

A. colour

B. group

C. feather

D. species

15. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. A burnt child dreads the ____.

A. water

B. cloud

C. thing

D. fire

16. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. A bad workman quarrels with his ____.

A. tools

B. brush

C. guns

D. weapons

17. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. An empty vessel ____ much noise.

A. makes

B. sounds

C. gives out

D. creates

18. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. A little knowledge is a ____ thing.

A. good

B. nice

C. ugly

D. dangerous

19. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. All's well that ____ well.

A. begins

B. ends

C. leaves

D. finishes

20. Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. A bird in hand is worth two in the ____.

A. zoo

B. house

C. bush

D. church

Punctuation

Punctuation is the use of spacing, conventional signs, and certain typographical devices as aids to the understanding and correct reading of written text, whether read silently or aloud.

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?

A. Please get me, some eggs milk and some butter.

B. Please get me some eggs, milk and some butter.

C. Please get me some eggs milk, and some butter.

D. Please get me some eggs milk and, some butter.

2. Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?

A. Get the nails the hammer and, the pliers before you start.

B. Get, the nails the hammer and the pliers before you start.

C. Get the nails, the hammer and the pliers before you start.

D. Get the nails the hammer, and the pliers before you start.

3. Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?

A. My kids are called Harry, Joe and Sam.

B. My kids are called, Harry Joe and Sam.

C. My kids are called Harry Joe, and Sam.

D. My kids are called Harry Joe and, Sam.

4. Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?

A. My car washing machine and, TV all broke down today.

B. My car, washing machine and TV all broke down today.

C. My car washing, machine and TV all broke down today.

D. My car washing machine, and TV all broke down today.

5. Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?

A. Lunch is lamb with peas beans and, new potatoes.

B. Lunch is lamb with peas beans and new, potatoes.

C. Lunch is lamb with peas beans, and new potatoes.

D. Lunch is lamb with peas, beans and new potatoes.

6. Which of these sentences has BOTH commas in the right places?

A. I play sport football, or cricket, every Sunday.

B. I play sport, football or cricket, every Sunday.

C. I play, sport football or cricket, every Sunday.

D. I play sport football or cricket, every, Sunday.

7. Which of these sentences has BOTH commas in the right places?

A. The school which, had only just opened, burnt down.

B. The school which, had only just opened burnt, down.

C. The school, which had only just opened, burnt down.

D. The school, which had only just, opened burnt down.

8. Which of these sentences has BOTH commas in the right places?

A. Secretaries, or, other workers can often get free eye tests.

B. Secretaries, or other workers can often, get free eye tests.

C. Secretaries or, other workers can often, get free eye tests.

D. Secretaries, or other workers, can often get free eye tests.

9. Which of these sentences has BOTH commas in the right places?

A. Hani, who is my elder sister, is 62 this year.

B. Hani, who is, my elder sister is 62 this year.

C. Hani who is, my elder sister, is 62 this year.

D. Hani who is my elder sister, is 62, this year.

10. Which of these sentences has BOTH commas in the right places?

A. The window frames, which are all, different colours need painting.

B. The window frames which are all, different colours, need painting.

C. The window frames, which are all different colours, need painting.

D. The window frames which are, all different colours, need painting.

11. Punctuation is a system of symbols that we use when _______ a language.

A. speaking

B. writing

C. hearing

12. What are the symbols used in this system called?

A. punctuals

B. punctuations

C. punctuation marks

13. Which are examples of punctuation marks?

A. commas and full stops

B. dollar and pound signs

C. plus and minus signs

14. "Full stops" are also called

A. periods

B. endings

C. points

15. Which CANNOT come at the end of a sentence?

A. a period

B. a colon

C. an exclamation mark

16. You must put a space ______ every comma in a sentence.

A. before

B. around

C. after

17. What's the punctuation mark indicating a question called?

A. a question tag

B. a question mark

C. a question sign

18. Which can be used to express strong feelings in written English?

A. an exclamation mark

B. a quotation mark

C. a backslash

19. Quotation marks are put _______ the words being quoted.

A. before

B. after

C. before and after

20. In British English, ( ) are called "round brackets", but in American English they're often called

A. round braces

B. square brackets

C. parentheses

Singular and Plural

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. Plural of a cup is

A. cups

B. cupies

C. cupes

2. Plural of table is

A. tables

B. both

C. tables

3. _________ is the plural of girl.

A. girls

B. girlss

C. girls

4. Singular of books is

A. book

B. bookss

C. books

5. Singular of towels is

A. towel

B. toweles

C. towelss

6. Singular of bottles –

A. none of these

B. bottlss

C. bottles

7. Plural of wing

A. none of these

B. wingss

C. wing

8. Plural of fairy is

A. none of these

B. faires

C. fairy

9. Singular of countries is

A. none of these

B. countres

C. countries

10. Plural of penny is

A. none of these

B. penness

C. pennis

11. Singular of mobiles

A. mobile

B. Both

C. Mobiles

12. Plural of calf is

A. calves

B. calvess

C. none of these

13. Plural of wolf is

A. wolves

B. wolvess

C. none of these

14. One notepad – four

A. notepads

B. notepad

C. both

15. Five thermometers – one

A. thermometer

B. thermometers

C. both

16. Eight witches – one

A. witch

B. witchss

C. none of these

17. One brush – Ten

A. brushes

B. brushess

C. none of these

18. Four – laptops – one

A. laptop

B. laptopss

C. none of these

19. Ten computers – one

A. computer

B. none of these

C. computers

20. One knife – two

A. knives

B. knivess

C. none of these

21. Six cups – one

A. cup

B. pen

C. girl

22. One bowl – eleven

A. bowls

B. monkeys

C. none of these

23. One bed – three

A. Beds

B. girls

C. books

24. Hundred ships – one

A. ship

B. streamer

C. boat

Suffixes

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. Which of the following is the suffix of ‘Wind’?

A. Ful

B. Able

C. Y

2. Which of the following is the suffix of ‘Spoon’?

A. Y

B. Ful

C. Let

3. Which of the following is the suffix of ‘Crude’?

A. Ness

B. Ful

C. Y

4. Which of the following is the suffix of ‘Enjoy’?

A. Ful

B. Ness

C. Able

5. Which of the following is the suffix of ‘Suit’?

A. Ary

B. Able

C. Ness

6. Which of the following is the suffix of ‘Book’?

A. Let

B. Ledge

C. Able

7. Which of the following is the suffix of ‘Polite’?

A. Able

B. Ness

C. Ly

8. Which of the following is the suffix of ‘Agree’?

A. Ful

B. Ness

C. Able

9. Which of the following is the suffix of ‘Excite’?

A. Ment

B. Ful

C. Ness

10. Which of the following is the suffix of ‘Imagine’?

A. Ly

B. Ary

C. Able

11. We add a suffix to the _______ of a word.

A. start

B. middle

C. End

12. Inflectional suffixes never change the _______ of the original word.

A. basic meaning

B. plurality

C. tense

13. The word "accidental" is

A. inflected

B. corrected

C. Derived

14. We use the suffix "-ed" to make _______ forms.

A. regular past tense

B. present participle

C. Superlative

15. Which word has an inflectional suffix?

A. teachers

B. jealousy

C. imaginary

16. The affix _______ is NOT a common derivational suffix.

A. -ly

B. -ing

C. –ful

17. We often make _______ with the suffix "-ly".

A. nouns

B. adverbs

C. Verbs

18. Which is a suffixed word "derived" from the word "god"?

A. gods

B. goddess

C. demigod

19. We can add the suffix _______ to the word "brother" to mean "like a brother".

A. -ize

B. -ate

C. –ly

20. We often use the suffix _______ to convert a verb into the person performing the action of the verb.

A. -en

B. -er

C. -tion

Subject Verb Agreement

Now take a paper and pen/pencil and a note book/ piece of paper to note down your answers on that. Later you can match your answers with the answer key given in resources part of this section.

MCQ:

1. The teacher ____________ completed this chapter.

A. have

B. has

C. is

D. are

2. Ram and Shyam __________ business partners.

A. have

B. has

C. are

D. had

3. She ___________ her office by 9 a.m. daily.

A. reach

B. reaches

C. reached

D. reaching

4. Rahul and his friends ___________ also invited to the party.

A. is

B. was

C. had

D. were

5. Neither you nor your sister should ___________ to them.

A. talk

B. talks

C. talked

D. talking

6. Twenty years _________ the minimum age to fill this form.

A. are

B. is

C. has

D. have

7. A bouquet of flowers ___________ required for the event.

A. are

B. have

C. has

D. is

8. A pair of socks ___________ been missing from my wardrobe.

A. have

B. has

C. were

D. is

9. Much ____________ been said in the news reports.

A. were

B. have

C. has

D. was

10. The information provided to you ___________ wrong.

A. were

B. was

C. are

D. have been

11. The company ____________ of its stakeholders.

A. think

B. thought

C. thinks

D. thinking

12. Either of the two dresses shall ____________ good.

A. looking

B. look

C. looks

D. looked

13. Each and every member __________ to vote.

A. has

B. have

C. having

D. are

14. A large number of soldiers ___________ died for the country.

A. has

B. is

C. are

D. have

15. Half of the class ___________ empty.

A. were

B. was

C. has

D. have

16. Physics ____________ difficult to understand.

A. were

B. are

C. is

D. have been

17. The quality of food here ___________ gone down.

A. have

B. has

C. is

D. are

18. My mother, along with others, ___________ worried.

A. were

B. are

C. have

D. was

19. She ___________ not take a lot of stress.

A. need

B. needs

C. needing

D. has need

20. None of the candidates ___________ responded.

A. were

B. have

C. has

D. is