MCQ Bank
A topic sentence contains a topic and a ___________.
- A) None of the above
- B) Controlling idea
- C) Imbedded idea
- D) Both of the above
Choose the best answer from the given options:
You can colour the design with _____ crayons _____ paints.
- A) either…nor
- B) either…or
- C) both…or
- D) neither…and
Fill in the blanks with the best answer from the given options:
A paragraph should have a ----- and it must contain no -----.
- A) single focus, irrelevant facts
- B) topic, arguments
- C) subject, complements
- D) unity, transitional singles
Choose the correct option from the following:
Won’t is a contraction for:
- A) Was not
- B) Will not
- C) Would not
- D) Why not
Coherence in writing refers to the movement from one sentence to the next which must be smooth and logical.
- A) True
- B) False
- C)
- D)
A ____________ sentence should be neither too general nor too specific.
- A) topic
- B) middle
- C) concluding
- D) supporting
Choose the word from the given options which should contain apostrophe in the following sentence:
Amber cannot go to her friends party because her parents have no cars.
- A) friend’s
- B) parents’
- C) car’s
- D) can’ not
_____in writing refers to the movement from one sentence to the next which must be smooth and logical.
- A) Coherence
- B) Cause and effect
- C) Cohesive
- D) Unity
The common point between a paragraph and sentence is that both depict ________.
- A) Structures of grammar
- B) None of the above
- C) One idea
- D) Semantic correctness
Could you ------------ me some money until next Monday?
- A) loan
- B) lent
- C) lend
- D) Borrow
Similarly, moreover, furthermore, however are the examples of ___________.
- A) transition signals
- B) pronouns
- C) Prepositions
- D) nouns
It's been snowing ________ morning.
- A) usual
- B) for
- C) since
- D) on
She __________________ the capitals of every state.
- A) knew
- B) known
- C) new
- D) recognize
Choose the correct option from the following:
The sentence that expresses the main idea or point of a paragraph is called the ----- sentence.
- A) topic
- B) point
- C) main
- D) idea
Would you like to take ____ orange?
- A) an
- B) the
- C) a
- D) no article
Fill in the blank using the appropriate option from the following:
The topic sentence is a complete sentence. It contains a subject, a ----- and a complement.
- A) preposition
- B) noun
- C) verb
- D) adjective
Formal academic paragraphs have three principal parts.
- A) False
- B) True
- C)
- D)
My grandparents have been married ______ forty-nine years.
- A) about
- B) for
- C) until
- D) since
A good paragraph makes a point at the beginning and then moves on to ________.
- A) Generalization
- B) Specific evidence
- C) None of the above
- D) Both of the above
Which of the following is the requirement of clear and well written sentences?
- A) Follow grammatical rules
- B) Use correct spelling
- C) Proper punctuation
- D) All of the above