MCQ Bank
Choose the correct options:
The first thing of concern in writing is ----- i.e. what you have to say - your ideas, thoughts and feelings.
- A) middle
- B) content
- C) ending
- D) posture
Choose the best answer from the given options:
I have already reminded her several times to bring the magazine _____ she always keeps forgetting.
- A) while
- B) when
- C) but
- D) if
To succeed in this task, you will need a journal ________ to the calendar on your computer.
- A) furthermore
- B) as a result
- C) in addition
- D) although
What word is an antonym for 'Close'?
- A) Shut
- B) Lock
- C) Far
- D) Slam
Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word in inverted commas “ ”.
America has been called the “affluent” society because of its abundance of goods and services.
- A) Generous
- B) Middle-class
- C) Divided
- D) Prosperous
Which is an antonym for the word 'Out'?
- A) Beside
- B) Time
- C) do
- D) In
What is the antonym for 'Elongate'?
- A) Straighten
- B) Shorten
- C) Stretch
- D) Lengthen
‘Beneath’ is an example of a transition marker.
- A) False
- B) True
- C)
- D)
Fill in the following blank with the most appropriate option:
Unity also means that every supporting sentence must directly explain the ----- idea expressed in the topic sentence.
- A) combining
- B) main
- C) supporting
- D) finishing
I am not going out tonight. ________, I will stay home and watch a video.
- A) For example
- B) Instead
- C) As a result
- D) Therefore
Choose the best answer from the following options:
"Lower your voice _____ the others will know of our plan," Junaid told me.
- A) or
- B) if
- C) and
- D) but
_________ is the example of transition signal.
- A) Moreover
- B) Up
- C) Down
- D) Come
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate transition signal.
The writer said that the causes of inflation were easy to find; ______, the cure for inflation was not easy to prescribe.
- A) moreover
- B) therefore
- C) for example
- D) however
The length of the paragraph should not be enlarged by adding ________.
- A) Specifics
- B) Generalities
- C) None of the above
- D) Figures of speech
A good paragraph has _____ major structural parts.
- A) Four
- B) Five
- C) Three
- D) Six
The _________may repeat the main idea of the topic sentence in different words or it may summarize the main points of the paragraph.
- A) concluding sentence
- B) opening sentence
- C) coherent sentence
- D) topic sentence
Complete the sentence by choosing the appropriate transition signal.
Ayesha was a terrible employee; _________ she got promoted.
- A) although
- B) meanwhile
- C) nevertheless
- D) therefore
Choose the synonym of the word in quotes " ":
Like reward, punishment serves two major functions in discipline. It "deters" the repetition of socially undesirable acts, and it shows the adolescent what the social group considers wrong.
- A) changes
- B) permits
- C) encourages
- D) discourages
While paragraph writing, you can organize the support in a paragraph in two ways, you can use a listing order or________.
- A) tense order
- B) grammar order
- C) chronological order
- D) time order
Choose the best option.
Jane always gets really ________ when speaking in front of an audience.
- A) embarrassing
- B) ashamed
- C) confusing
- D) embarrassed