MCQ Bank
Choose the best option.
Even if things get difficult, I will not ---------------- or hesitate to stand up for you.
- A) waiver
- B) waver
- C) tremble
- D) quiver
Complete the following sentence by choosing the best option:
The children at the deaf-mute centre can _____ hear _____ speak.
- A) neither…and
- B) either…and
- C) neither…nor
- D) either…nor
Choose the correct option from the following:
___________ and __________ are the essential elements for the construction of a good paragraph.
- A) Commas, reason
- B) Repetition, coherence
- C) Coherence, thoughts
- D) Examples, commas
Some writers think of ___________ similar to the road side traffic signs that tell the reader the direction he/she has to take
- A) In transition signals
- B) Compound signals
- C) Word signals
- D) Transition signals
Everyone forgot _______ notebook.
- A) there
- B) their
- C) him
- D) his
Did you see the film on ____ TV last night?
- A) no article
- B) an
- C) a
- D) the
Use the given context to choose the best meaning or synonym for the word in Capital letters. There are not many things in peoples' lives that are SUBLIME, but when they do come around, it would be best not to miss them.
- A) lucky
- B) opportunistic
- C) hilarious
- D) majestic
Choose the best option.
She _______ me a pencil yesterday.
- A) borrowed
- B) rented
- C) lent
- D) borrows
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject.
Each of the students ----------- responsible for doing his or her work in the library.
- A) is
- B) are
- C) am
- D) were
The topic sentence states the ______ of a paragraph.
- A) main idea
- B) introducing material
- C) examples
- D) supporting details
A/an______ is a series of sentences about one main thought, idea or point.
- A) conclusion
- B) essay
- C) introduction
- D) paragraph
________ can be achieved by arranging sentence in a logical order.
- A) Coherence
- B) Information
- C) Topic
- D) Unity
Semi colon is used to separate directly quoted material from the rest of the sentences.
- A) False
- B) True
- C)
- D)
Choose the correct preposition to fill the gap.
Were you ____ time for your appointment? Or were you late?
- A) on
- B) at
- C) To
- D) of
The _________ is the most important sentence in a paragraph as it indicates what the paragraph is going to discuss, and for this reason it is a helpful guide, both for reader and writer.
- A) Starting sentence
- B) Middle sentence
- C) Ending sentence
- D) Topic sentence
The book he ------------- me was very interesting and made me want to read more.
- A) lend
- B) lent
- C) borrowed
- D) loan
Every supporting sentence in the paragraph must be directly related to the
_________.
- A) None of the above
- B) Other supporting sentences
- C) Grammatical structure
- D) Main idea
__________ is a way of organizing the ideas in a paragraph in the order of their occurrence in time.
- A) Chronological order
- B) Sequential order
- C) Order of Importance
- D) Logical order
Email use has increased in the past 5 years. _____, the use of the fax machine has declined.
- A) Contrastingly
- B) As well
- C) Similarly
- D) Also
Which of the following is NOT a transition marker?
- A) Moreover
- B) Therefore
- C) For example
- D) Above