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English grammar covers how words, phrases and clauses combine to form correct sentences. It includes tenses, parts of speech, prepositions, articles, voice, reported speech, agreement, infinitives, gerunds, adverb position, transitions, punctuation, sentence structure and inversion, with special attention to distinctions such as phrases versus clauses and active versus passive voice.
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- A. would prefer
- B. prefer
- C. will prefer
- D. had prefered
Explanation: After the past reporting verb “said,” “will” normally changes to “would” in indirect speech.
Correct answer: would prefer- A. To making
- B. Making
- C. Makes to
- D. Make
Explanation: After stop, a gerund is used when the meaning is to cease an activity, so “making” is correct.
Correct answer: Making- A. see
- B. seeing
- C. saw
- D. None of These
Explanation: The expression look forward to is followed by a gerund, because to functions as a preposition here rather than as part of an infinitive.
Correct answer: seeing- A. Verb
- B. Adjective
- C. Noun
- D. Adverb
Explanation: Swimming is a gerund here because it names an activity and functions as the object of enjoying.
Correct answer: Noun- A. at
- B. in
- C. on
- D. of
Explanation: The fixed construction is “there is no use in doing something,” so the preposition “in” is followed by the gerund “going.”
Correct answer: in- A. to
- B. on
- C. with
- D. in
Explanation: Allow is followed by an object and the infinitive with to: “allows language to accommodate.” The preposition options do not fit this verb…
Correct answer: to- A. to play
- B. plays
- C. playing
- D. to playing
Explanation: Enjoy is followed by a gerund, or -ing form, rather than an infinitive. The correct construction is enjoy playing tennis.
Correct answer: playing- A. sleep
- B. in sleeping
- C. during sleeing
- D. sleeping
Explanation: The verb “have trouble” is followed by a gerund: “have trouble sleeping.” “Sleep” would need a different construction, such as “trouble to…
Correct answer: sleeping- A. Tiptoe
- B. Tiptoes
- C. To Tiptoe
- D. None of these
Explanation: After the causative verb “made,” the object is followed by the bare infinitive, without “to”: “The teacher made the boy tiptoe.”…
Correct answer: Tiptoe- A. So much have talking
- B. Her so much talking
- C. Her talking so much
- D. Talking her so much
Explanation: After the preposition “for,” the gerund phrase “her talking so much” is used.
Correct answer: Her talking so much- A. that I
- B. me to
- C. that I must
- D. that I should
- E. None
Explanation: After “wanted,” the correct pattern is object + to-infinitive: “My father wanted me to study.” “That I” would require a different clause…
Correct answer: me to- A. taking our guests
- B. guests to take
- C. guests taking
- D. to take our guests
Explanation: Plan is followed by a to-infinitive, so the structure is planning to take our guests out.
Correct answer: to take our guests- A. learn
- B. for learning
- C. to learn
- D. learning
Explanation: To learn expresses the purpose of taking lessons: she took lessons in order to learn how to swim.
Correct answer: to learn- A. allows
- B. allowed
- C. let
- D. permitted
Explanation: Let takes an object followed by the bare infinitive: let Saba move. Allow and permit require the to-infinitive, as in allowed Saba to move.
Correct answer: let- A. remember
- B. to remember
- C. remembered
- D. remembering
- E. None
Explanation: Worth is followed by a gerund, so “worth remembering” is correct. The phrase treats remembering as the activity that has value.
Correct answer: remembering- A. to try
- B. try
- C. trying
- D. tried
- E. None
Explanation: The expression “it is no use” is followed by a gerund: “It is no use trying again.” The infinitive is used in expressions such as “it is…
Correct answer: trying- A. take
- B. to take
- C. taking
- D. taken
Explanation: Mind is followed by a gerund, so the correct form is “mind taking.” The structure is “Would you mind + -ing?”
Correct answer: taking- A. to
- B. over
- C. at
- D. none
Explanation: The causative verb make is followed by an object and a bare infinitive: “make me hurt you.” Therefore no preposition or “to” is needed.
Correct answer: none- A. haven't
- B. needn't
- C. mustn't
- D. don't have
Explanation: “Don’t have to eat” expresses a lack of obligation and correctly places to after have.
Correct answer: don't have- A. watch
- B. watched
- C. watching
- D. watches
Explanation: The phrasal verb “keep on” is followed by a gerund, so the correct form is “watching.” “Keep on watch” is not grammatical in this…
Correct answer: watching