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English Grammar MCQ
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English Grammar MCQ

Q1. Identify the best way to improve the bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’.
If you had followed the rules, you would be qualified for the final round.
(a) Will be
(b) Will have been
(c) No improvement
(d) Would have been

Directions (2-6): Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to fill the space provided out of the four alternatives.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a ________________ (1) serious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs. The bacteria that cause tuberculosis are spread from person to person through __________ (2) droplets released into the air via coughs and sneezes.
Once __________ (3) in developed countries, tuberculosis infections began increasing in 1985, partly because of the emergence of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. HIV _______________ (4) a person’s immune system, so it can’t fight the TB germs. In the United States, because of stronger control programs, tuberculosis began to decrease again in 1993. But it remains a ___________ (5).

Q2. Select the most appropriate option for blank No.1
(a) Potentially
(b) Powerfully
(c) Surprisingly
(d) Broadly

Q3. Select the most appropriate option for blank No.2
(a) Fine
(b) Huge
(c) Dirty
(d) Tiny

Q4. Select the most appropriate option for blank No.3
(a) Average
(b) Rare
(c) Frequent
(d) Distinct

Q5. Select the most appropriate option for blank No.4
(a) Augments
(b) Inflate
(c) Alleviate
(d) Weakens

Q6. Select the most appropriate option for blank No.5
(a) Concern
(b) History
(c) Controversy
(d) Remedy

Q7. In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct or Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect or Direct speech.
The interviewee said, “I am a little bit nervous.”
(a) The interviewee said that he was being a little bit nervous.
(b) The interviewee said that he would be a little bit nervous.
(c) The interviewee said that he was a little bit nervous.
(d) The interviewee said that he has been a little bit nervous.

Q8. In the following question, four words are given out of which only one is incorrectly spelt. Find that incorrectly spelt word.
(a) Ebulient
(b) Imminent
(c) Jubilant
(d) Tolerant

Q9. Select the most appropriate idiom (in the context) to fill in the sentence.
The retirement of Sachin Tendulkar came like _______________.
(a) A wee bit
(b) A close shave
(c) A bolt from the blue
(d) A mare’s nest

Q10. Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active or passive) form of the given sentence.
She helps me.
(a) I am helped by her.
(b) I was being helped by her.
(c) She was helped by me.
(d) I have been helped by her.

English Grammar Solution

S1. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
Replace ‘Would be’ with ‘Would have been’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.
The given sentence is a conditional sentence type 3. The type 3 conditional refers to an impossible condition in the past and its probable result in the past.
If +Past Perfect, Subject + would/could/might + have + Past Participle.
For example – If you had worked harder, you would have passed the exam.

S2. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
The word that can be filled in the blank is, ‘Potentially’.
Potentially – with the capacity to develop or happen in the future, possibly:
For example – This crisis is potentially the most serious in the organization’s history

S3. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
The word that can be filled in the blank is, ‘Tiny’.

S4. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct answer is option b.
The word that can be filled in the blank is, ‘Rare’.
Rare- Of an event, situation, or condition not occurring very often.
For example – a rare genetic disorder”

S5. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
The word that can be filled in the blank is, ‘Weakens’.
Weakens – make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength.

S6. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
The word that can be filled in the blank is, ‘Concern’.

S7. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct answer is option c.
The given sentence is ‘Direct Speech’.
Direct Speech – Reporting the message of the speaker in the exact words as spoken by
him.
The given sentence is an ‘Assertive Sentence.’
Sentences that make a statement are called assertive sentences. These sentences may be positive, negative, false, or true statements.
While changing it into an indirect form, we consider following rules.
Reported Verb – ‘Said’ remains unchanged.
Conjunction – In the Assertive sentence conjunction ‘That’ is used.
Tense – Present simple (Subject +V1st + Object) changes to Past simple (Subject +V2 + Object)
The sentence thus formed is – The interviewee said that he was a little bit nervous.

S8. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
The correct spelling is, ‘Ebullient’.
Remaining words are spelt correctly.

S9. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct answer is option c.
A bolt from the blue – It is an idiomatic expression which means, ‘something important or unusual that happens suddenly or unexpectedly.’
As per the context, the idiom – ‘A bolt from the blue’ best fits in the given sentence.
Hence, option (c) is the correct choice.

S10. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
The given sentence is in Present Simple Tense.
Structure in active voice – Subject + V1+s/es+ object.
Structure in passive voice – Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by + subject.
The sentence thus formed is – I am helped by her.

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