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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. Declarative sentence
- B. Imperative sentence
- C. Interrogative sentence
- D. Exclamatory sentence
Explanation: An interrogative sentence asks a question. Example: "When is the deadline?" The given sentence is an interrogative sentence because it's…
Correct answer: Interrogative sentence- A. Declarative Sentence
- B. Imperative Sentence
- C. Interrogative Sentence
- D. Exclamative Sentence
Explanation: The sentence "Would you like cookies or a banana for dessert?" is an interrogative sentence because it:1. Asks a question2.
Correct answer: Interrogative Sentence- A. Declarative Sentence
- B. Imperative Sentence
- C. Optative Sentence
- D. Exclamatory Sentence
Explanation: The sentence "Long live the king of Westeros!" is an optative sentence because it:1.
Correct answer: Optative Sentence- A. Declarative Sentence
- B. Imperative Sentence
- C. Optative Sentence
- D. Exclamative Sentence
Explanation: The sentence "God blesses everyone" is a declarative sentence because it:1.
Correct answer: Declarative Sentence- A. Negative sentence
- B. Imperative sentence
- C. Optative sentence
- D. Declarative sentence
Explanation: The sentence "It is no use crying over spilt milk" is a declarative sentence because it:- States a fact or a general truth- Describes a…
Correct answer: Declarative sentence- A. Subject complement
- B. Object complement
- C. Verb complement
- D. Adjective complement
Explanation: Completes the meaning of a verb. In the sentence "to come to my party" completes the meaning of the verb "want" making it a verb complement
Correct answer: Verb complement- A. Direct object
- B. Indirect object
- C. Clause
- D. Complement
Explanation: Receives the action of the verb directly In the sentence "him" is the direct object of the verb "helped" meaning it is the person who…
Correct answer: Direct object- A. Direct object
- B. Indirect object
- C. Clause
- D. Complement
Explanation: Indicates to or for whom the action is performed. In this sentence "him" is the indirect object because he is the recipient of the direct…
Correct answer: Indirect object- A. could not help laughing.
- B. I could not help laugh.
- C. (C) I could not help but laugh.
- D. (D) I could not help without Jaughing.
Explanation: The phrase "could not help laughing" is grammatically correct and means that the speaker was unable to refrain from laughing
Correct answer: could not help laughing.- A. The teacher made him to stand.
- B. (B) The teacher made him stand.
- C. (C) The teacher made him standing.
- D. (D) The teacher make him standing.
Explanation: Option (B) provides the correct construction of the sentence in the past tense.
Correct answer: (B) The teacher made him stand.- A. (A) I prevented him gambling.
- B. (B) I prevented him from gamble.
- C. I prevented him from gambling.
- D. (D) I prevented him of gambling.
Explanation: When using the verb "prevent" followed by another verb, the preposition "from" is used to indicate the action that is being stopped.
Correct answer: I prevented him from gambling.- A. Having been finished the work on time
- B. Having finished the work on time
- C. Have been finishing the work on time
- D. Had finished the work on time
Explanation: "Had finished the work on time" clearly establishes that the work was completed before Ali went for a walk.
Correct answer: Had finished the work on time- A. Having been finished the work on time
- B. Having finished the work time
- C. Have been finishing the work on time
- D. Had finished the work on time
Explanation: "Had finished the work on time" clearly establishes that the work was completed before Ali went for a walk.
Correct answer: Had finished the work on time- A. participle
- B. preposition
- C. infinitive
- D. Gerund
Explanation: Gerunds are verb forms that function as nouns. Here, "reading aloud" acts as a noun phrase referring to the action (habit) that has been…
Correct answer: Gerund- A. simple
- B. gerundial
- C. bare
- D. split
Explanation: A simple infinitive is the base form of a verb preceded by the word "to." In this case, "to overcome" is the simple infinitive form of the…
Correct answer: simple- A. Infinitive
- B. Present Participle
- C. Helping verb
- D. Past Participal
Explanation: Infinitives are verb forms that can function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
Correct answer: Infinitive- A. Infinitive
- B. Present participle
- C. Past participle
- D. Helping verb
Explanation: Present participle: A present participle is a verb form ending in "-ing" that functions as an adjective (modifying a noun or pronoun) or…
Correct answer: Present participle- A. Don't
- B. Not to
- C. To not
- D. To don't
Explanation: B is correct because it makes sense...When you want your writing to sound more formal and the sentence sounds better, you should use not…
Correct answer: Not to- A. dance
- B. dancing
- C. to dance
- D. to dancing
Explanation: The best word to complete the sentence is B) dancing. This is because the sentence uses a list of gerunds (verbs ending in -ing that act…
Correct answer: dancing- A. I remember going to British Museum one day.
- B. I remember to go to British Museum one day.
- C. I remember to go to the British Museum one day.
- D. I remember going to the British Museum one day.
Explanation: "I remember going to the British Museum one day": This sentence is the correct sentence. It is grammatically correct and idiomatic.
Correct answer: I remember going to the British Museum one day.