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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. Preposition
- B. Conjunction
- C. Adverb
- D. Interjection
Explanation: A preposition links a noun or pronoun to another part of the sentence and shows relationships such as place, time, direction, or…
Correct answer: Preposition- A. Verb
- B. Adjective
- C. Noun
- D. Preposition
Explanation: A pronoun replaces a noun or noun phrase to avoid repeating it, as “Sara” becomes “she” in a later reference.
Correct answer: Noun223. You are paying less attention to your studies than you used to do. What is "less" in this sentence?
- A. Noun
- B. Verb
- C. Adverb
- D. Adjective
Explanation: Less modifies the noun attention by indicating a smaller amount of it, so it functions as an adjective or determiner.
Correct answer: Adjective- A. both
- B. until
- C. neither
- D. either
Explanation: “Either ... or” presents two alternatives, so the sentence should read “either in a flat or shared house.” “Both” would require “and,” not…
Correct answer: either- A. interesting
- B. interestingly
- C. interested
- D. interest
Explanation: Sound is a linking verb here, so it is followed by the adjective interesting, which describes the rules.
Correct answer: interesting- A. Noun
- B. Pronoun
- C. Verb
- D. Adjective
- E. Adverb
Explanation: “Am” is a form of the verb “be”; here it links the subject “I” with the adjective “sick.” It is therefore a verb, specifically a linking…
Correct answer: Verb- A. Subject pronoun
- B. Reflexive pronoun
- C. Object pronoun
- D. Possessive pronoun
Explanation: “Me” receives the action of the verb “called,” so it functions as an object pronoun.
Correct answer: Object pronoun- A. does
- B. is
- C. reads
- D. doesn't
Explanation: The natural collocation is “do reading,” so the sentence takes “does” with the singular subject “he.” “Reads” would require a direct…
Correct answer: does- A. Relative Pronoun
- B. Emphatic Pronoun
- C. Distributive Pronoun
- D. Reflexive Pronoun
Explanation: “Herself” refers back to the subject “she” and receives the action, so it is a reflexive pronoun.
Correct answer: Reflexive Pronoun- A. an
- B. some
- C. little
- D. one
Explanation: “Advice” is an uncountable noun, so it cannot be preceded by “an” or “one”; “some advice” is the correct form.
Correct answer: some- A. every
- B. each
- C. either
- D. neither
Explanation: Each refers separately to the two hands, so “on each hand” is correct. Every can modify singular countable nouns but is not natural with…
Correct answer: each- A. hurry
- B. hurried
- C. to hurry
- D. hurrying
Explanation: “Hurrying” is a present participle modifying “the man,” forming the phrase “the man hurrying down the road.” The other options do not fit…
Correct answer: hurrying- A. delight
- B. to delight
- C. delighting
- D. delighted
Explanation: After “I am,” the adjective “delighted” describes the speaker's feeling.
Correct answer: delighted- A. a few
- B. few
- C. the few
- D. the some
Explanation: “Few” means not many and suits the contrast with “many friends.” “A few” means some and is less strongly contrastive, while “the few”…
Correct answer: few- A. worse
- B. the worst
- C. most worst
- D. bad
Explanation: “Ever” with a comparison across all experiences requires the superlative form “the worst.” “Worse” is comparative, and “most worst”…
Correct answer: the worst- A. those knew
- B. that knows
- C. who knowing
- D. who knew
Explanation: “Who knew all the answers” is a relative clause describing “students,” and “who” correctly introduces it.
Correct answer: who knew- A. of what
- B. where
- C. by whom
- D. of which
Explanation: “The manual of which” refers back to the machine and means that the machine’s manual is lost.
Correct answer: of which- A. had caused
- B. was caused by
- C. had been caused by
- D. caused by
Explanation: “Caused by the discovery of the body” is a reduced passive phrase modifying “confusion.” The full form would be “the confusion that was…
Correct answer: caused by- A. Off
- B. In
- C. Into
- D. Out of
Explanation: Off is correct because the book rests on a surface and is being removed from it.
Correct answer: Off- A. from
- B. in
- C. about
- D. of
Explanation: The fixed expression is “afraid of,” so the sentence reads, “Nafeesa is afraid of spiders.” Other prepositions do not collocate with…
Correct answer: of