In the following questions, fill in the blanks to form a grammatically correct sentence:
| 1. Kate wants to paint ___ room pink. | Easy |
| A. herself B. her C. hers D. she’s |
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The speaker is referring to a room that belongs to Kate. Therefore, a possessive pronoun her is required to fill the blank.
Concept: Parts of Speech (Pronouns)
| 2. It’s ___ most expensive hotel in town. | Easy |
| A. a B. an C. the D. no article |
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
The is used before superlatives.
Concept: Articles
In the following questions, select the answer choice which is grammatically correct.
| 3. Some people come to jog here every morning. ___ must be extremely disciplined. | Easy |
| A. Them B. They C. Some D. All |
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The speaker is referring to Some people (3rd person) in the 2nd part of the sentence. Therefore, a personal pronoun They is required to fill the blank.
Concept: Parts of Speech (Pronouns)
| 4. You could end up choosing ___ the wrong person in your life. | Easy |
| A. a B. an C. the D. no article |
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
The reader might think that there are many wrong persons too, but the sentence means choosing one life-partner, and it’s commonly assumed that a person will spend the rest of his/her life with one companion. That one specific companion is the reason why the correct answer is the.
Concept: Articles
| 5. He knows how to amuse ___ with jigsaw puzzles. | Easy |
| A. him B. him self C. he D. himself |
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The subject and the object of the sentence are the same here. Therefore, a reflexive pronoun himself is required to fill the blank.
Concept: Parts of Speech (Pronouns)
In the following questions, select the answer choice which is grammatically correct.
| 6. | Medium |
| A. Mr. Smith observed a raven looking up from his writing table. B. Looking up from his writing table, Mr. Smith observed a raven. C. Looking up which was a raven, Mr. Smith observed from his writing table. D. From his writing table, a raven was looking up at Mr. Smith. |
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The modifier ‘Looking up from his writing table’ should be placed next to what it is modifying i.e., Mr. Smith.
Concept: Misplaced Modifier
| 7. The final match involves the English, the Spanish, French, and Germans. | Medium |
| A. The final match involves the English, the Spanish, the French, and the Germans. B. The final match involves the English, the Spanish, French, and Germans. C. The final match involves the English, Spanish, French, and Germans. D. Both A & B |
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Option A & Option B are rejected because the should be used only once before the 1st item in the list. Note that Option A is not grammatically incorrect, but it is unnecessarily wordy.
Concept: Parallelism (Conjunctions)
| 8. My husband likes neither to launder clothes nor cleaning the house. | Medium |
| A. My husband likes neither to launder clothes nor cleaning the house. B. My husband likes neither laundering clothes nor to clean the house. C. My husband likes neither to launder clothes nor to clean the house. D. None of the above |
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Option A is rejected because to launder is an infinitive and cleaning is a gerund.
Option B is rejected because to clean is an infinitive and laundering is a gerund.
Concept: Parallelism (Corelative Conjunctions)
| 9. | Difficult |
| A. How much ever I resist, I falls prey to over indulging every time you bake an apple pie. B. How much ever I resist, I fall prey to over indulging every time you bake an apple pie. C. How much ever I resisted, I fall prey to over indulging every time you bake an apple pie. D. None of the above |
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Even though the subject I is singular, it takes a plural verb fall, therefore Option A is rejected.
Option C is rejected because of two different tenses are not required in this sentence.
Concept: Subject Verb Agreement, Tenses
| 10. | Difficult |
| A. I will be making lasagne when the doorbell rang. B. I had been making lasagne when the doorbell rang. C. I was making lasagne when the doorbell rang. D. Both B & C |
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Option B correctly uses Past Continuous Tense (Singular Subject + was + V1(-ing)) to state an action which happened before and after another action.
The subject I (singular) takes verb form V1(-ing) i.e. making.
V1-V2-V3
Make – Made – Made
Concept: Tenses