MCQ Bank
Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape Cod.
- A) Compound-Complex Sentence
- B) Simple Sentence
- C) Compound Sentence
- D) Complex Sentence
Which of the following sentence is correct?
- A) Poultry have given him great profit.
- B) Poultry has given him great profit.
- C) Poultry is given him great profit.
- D) Poultry are given him great profit.
Choose the best answer from the given options
The Raven drank some water, __________ it was thirsty.
- A) 1) For
- B) 4) Before
- C) 2) In lieu
- D) 3) Where
Choose the correct option for the word given in bracket.
John was rather (abashed) of all the compliments he received .
- A) Noun
- B) Adjective
- C) Verb
- D) Adverb
Sentence errors are committed by __________.
- A) Novice writers
- B) Both of the above
- C) None of the above
- D) Expert writers
Always desire ________ learn something useful
- A) In
- B) By
- C) Out
- D) To
Identify the correct type of fragment from the given options.
Hoping to buy things cheaply, poor people often go to the Sunday bazaar.
- A) Added detail fragment
- B) Missing subject fragment
- C) To-Fragment
- D) Ing-Fragment
Identify the correct type of fragment from the given options.
Oranges are full of nutrients. Especially vitamin C.
- A) Ing-Fragment
- B) Missing subject fragment
- C) Added detail fragment
- D) To-Fragment
That she can make him do the exercises but not stick to the diet.
- A) This sentence has no independent clause.
- B) This sentence has two independent clauses.
- C) This sentence has one independent and one dependent clause.
- D) This sentence has one independent clause.
Which sentence is a simple sentence?
- A) The fire alarm sounded.
- B) When the fire alarm sounded she was in bed.
- C) The fire alarm sounded, and they evacuated the building.
- D) The fire alarm sounded. And they evacuated the building.
_________ the child of poor people, he often went to bed hungry.
- A) Been
- B) Having been
- C) had been
- D) Being
I will see you ____ home when I get there.
- A) on
- B) by
- C) at
- D) in
I hurt myself ____ I was playing tennis.
- A) if
- B) whenever
- C) when
- D) during
A compound-complex sentence is characterized by what?
- A) Two or more independent clauses.
- B) At least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
- C) At least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
- D) One independent clause.
______________ the car, he went to a restaurant.
- A) Parked
- B) Having parked
- C) Parking
- D) Had parked
Identify the grammatical error in the following sentence. Keep in mind that there is one error.
Lack of sleep and poor nutrition often contributes to poor grades among students.
- A) Subject-verb agreement error
- B) Misplaced modifier
- C) Sentence fragment
- D) Parallelism error
A sentence fragment can be corrected by adding ________.
- A) None of the above
- B) A statement
- C) A full stop
- D) A comma
Choose the option which best describes the clause in the inverted commas.
As we were unfamiliar with the route, ‘we decided to ask for advice.’
- A) Subordinating clause
- B) None of the above
- C) Dependent clause
- D) Main clause
Complete the sentence by choosing the best option.
The criminal had a very ----------- scar on his face.
- A) noticed
- B) notice
- C) noticeably
- D) noticeable
What type of order is necessary to use while attempting to persuade a reader?
- A) Logical
- B) Spatial
- C) Order of importance
- D) Chronological