All Free English MCQs with Answers

• A. The elections will be held on: the first Tuesday of November, 2018.
• B. The elections will be held, on the first Tuesday of November 2018.
• C. The elections will be held on the first Tuesday, of November 2018.
• D. The elections will be held on the first Tuesday of November 2018.

Explanation: The elections will be held on the first Tuesday of November 2018 - This sentence is an example of a simple sentence with a prepositional phrase ("on the first Tuesday of November 2018") indicating the date of the elections. No commas are needed to separate the date from the rest of the sentence.

• A. "The elections will be held on Tuesday November 6, 2018, and the polls will be kept open until 8:00 p.m."
• B. "The elections will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, and the polls will be kept open until 8:00 p.m."
• C. "The elections will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 and the polls will be kept open until 8:00 p.m." This option incorrectly omits the comma before "and" which disrupts the sentence structure. Commas are needed to separate clauses in a compound sentence.
• D. "The elections will be held on: Tuesday, November 6, 2018, and the polls will be kept open until 8:00 p.m."

Explanation: This option correctly formats the date with commas around "November 6, 2018" to set it off as a non-essential element. It also uses a comma before "and" to separate clauses in a compound sentence. This is correct option

• A. It is good that a caring dedicated teacher like Mr. Fuentes, should be appreciated by students who are usually bored and too busy.
• B. It is good that a caring, dedicated teacher like Mr. Fuentes should be appreciated by students who are usually, bored and too busy.
• C. It is good that a caring dedicated teacher like Mr. Fuentes should be appreciated by students who are usually bored and too busy.
• D. It is good that a caring, dedicated teacher like Mr. Fuentes should be appreciated by students who are usually bored and too busy.

Explanation: It is good that a caring, dedicated teacher like Mr. Fuentes should be appreciated by students who are usually bored and too busy - This sentence is an example of a complex sentence with a non restrictive appositive (a caring, dedicated teacher) and a dependent clause (who are usually bored and too busy). The commas are used to set off the non-restrictive appositive and to separate the items in the list (bored and too busy).

• A. "Knowing her own strengths and working hard made her a success in school." This option correctly joins the two related actions ("knowing her own strengths" and "working hard") without unnecessary punctuation. This is correct option
• B. "Knowing her own strengths and working hard, made her a success in school."
• C. "Knowing her own strengths and working hard made her, a success, in school."
• D. "Knowing her own strengths, and working hard made her a success in school."

Explanation: This option correctly joins the two related actions "knowing her own strengths" and "working hard" without unnecessary punctuation. This is correct option

• A. I need to locate four states on the map: Minnesota, Michigan, California, and Nevada.
• B. I need to locate four states on the map. Minnesota; Michigan; California; and Nevada.
• C. I need to locate four states on the map Minnesota, Michigan, California, and Nevada.
• D. I need to locate four states on the map; Minnesota, Michigan, California, and Nevada.

Explanation: I need to locate four states on the map: Minnesota, Michigan, California, and Nevada - This sentence is an example of a sentence with a colon (:) used to introduce a list. The colon is used to indicate that the list is a direct explanation or elaboration of the independent clause that precedes it.

• A. Right now I want two things peace and quiet.
• B. Right now I want two things; peace and quiet.
• C. Right now I want two things... peace and quiet.
• D. Right now I want two things: peace and quiet.

Explanation: Right now I want two things: peace and quiet - This sentence is an example of a sentence with a colon (:) used to introduce a list. The colon is used to indicate that the list is a direct explanation or elaboration of the independent clause that precedes it.

• A. Our philosophy teacher thinks that Einstein believed: that we cannot stop war by waging war.
• B. Our philosophy teacher thinks that Einstein believed that, we cannot stop war by waging war.
• C. Our philosophy teacher thinks that Einstein believed that we cannot stop war by waging war.
• D. Our philosophy teacher thinks that Einstein believed, that we cannot stop war by waging war.

Explanation: Our philosophy teacher thinks that Einstein believed that we cannot stop war by waging war - This sentence is an example of a sentence with nested clauses, where the main clause "Our philosophy teacher thinks" contains a subordinate clause "that Einstein believed" which itself contains another subordinate clause "that we cannot stop war by waging war". No punctuation is needed to separate the clauses.

• A. My friend Ali and i are reading 'The Phantom Tollbooth'
• B. My friend Ali and I are reading 'The Phantom Tollbooth'.
• C. "My friend Ali and I are reading 'the phantom Tollbooth'."
• D. "My friend Ali and I are reading the phantom tollbooth."

Explanation: This option correctly capitalizes "I" and uses quotation marks around the title with proper punctuation. This is correct option

• A. "Beware of the upcoming storm, the weather forecaster warned on national television."
• B. Beware of the upcoming storm," the weather forecaster warned on national television."
• C. "Beware of the upcoming storm,; the Weather Forecaster national television. Warned on"
• D. "Beware of the upcoming storm? the weather forecaster warned on national television."

Explanation: This option correctly places a comma before the attribution ("the weather forecaster warned"). It follows standard punctuation rules for direct quotations. This is correct option

• A. "I completed the homework for English, History, Math and Science only in the span of an hour."
• B. "I completed the homework for English History, Math, and Science only in the span of an hour!"
• C. "I completed the homework for english, history, math, and science only in the span of an hour."
• D. "I completed the homework for English History Math and Science only in the span of an hour."

Explanation: This option correctly capitalizes proper nouns (English, History, Math, Science) and uses commas to separate items in a list. This is correct option