MCQ Bank
…………………use an outline to help make their writing clear.
- A) All writers
- B) All essayists
- C) All editors
- D) All poets
An essay has three parts: introduction, the main body and ____.
- A) the conclusion
- B) the end
- C) the logic
- D) middle part
Select the option that best describes that sentence.
Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet.
- A) Simple Sentence
- B) Complex Sentence
- C) Compound-Complex Sentence
- D) Compound Sentence
‘It had begun to rain so children had to run inside.’ The sentence shows _______ method of organization.
- A) cause and effect
- B) chronological
- C) all of the above
- D) compare and contrast
A body paragraph should always be:
- A) Ten or more sentences
- B) Only five to seven sentences
- C) Only three or four sentences
- D) Well developed, with adequate examples
An essay outline presents the ideas in a _______ manner.
- A) cramped
- B) scattered
- C) complicated
- D) simplified
The conclusion paragraph talks about what you will be discussing in your essay
- A) False
- B) True
- C)
- D)
The introductory paragraph of essay has _____parts.
- A) six
- B) three
- C) four
- D) two
Transition signal 'to sum up' is used to _______ the subject.
- A) explain
- B) introduce
- C) define
- D) conclude
Choose the option that best defines an ‘essay’.
- A) All of the above
- B) It is a short literary composition.
- C) It is light and pleasant in tone.
- D) It states the problem from an individual point of view.
Dr. Pepin spends a lot of time translating texts on ancient medicine; however, he also stays informed about the latest developments in asthma treatments. The statement is a ______ construction.
- A) run-on
- B) comma splice
- C) complete
- D) fragment
There are _______ general principles which must be applied to all methods of note-making.
- A) two
- B) three
- C) four
- D) five
Introductory paragraph has two parts: (i) General statements (ii) A ______.
- A) Plan
- B) Main points
- C) thesis statement
- D) background
If writers use an outline to organize their writing clearly, their readers should be able to _______ the organization of writing.
- A) all of the above
- B) identify
- C) analyze
- D) comprehend
The abbreviation ‘btw’ means _______.
- A) by the worth
- B) Beethoven
- C) between
- D) by the way
I will speak to him later ___ phone.
- A) in
- B) on
- C) by
- D) at
Choose the closest meaning of “live by”:
- A) to abide by certain beliefs, principles, ideals
- B) to reside away
- C) to depend on bounty of others
- D) to consider most important
Select the correct punctuated option which best describes the sentence.
People already believed the precious metals to be divine so their use in money intensified its allure.
- A) divine; so
- B) This sentence is correct
- C) divine their
- D) divine, so
Select the option which best describes the sentence.
The airport is about to shut down because of the snow and if the plane doesn't land soon it will have to go on to Boston.
- A) This sentence is correct
- B) snow, and
- C) snow. And
- D) snow; and
Which of the following methods of organization is used in the given sentence?
The water was impure in the village consequently, people suffered from parasites.
- A) Comparison and contrast
- B) Cause and effect
- C) Chronological order
- D) Listing order