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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. they, those
- B. they, them
- C. those, they
- D. they, they
Explanation: They refers to Anna and Tania, and the second they is the subject of liked, referring to the things they could not find.
Correct answer: they, they- A. their
- B. they
- C. theirs
- D. them
Explanation: After the preposition “of,” the possessive determiner “their” is used before the gerund “coming”: “the possibility of their coming late.”…
Correct answer: their- A. whom
- B. them
- C. whose
- D. which
Explanation: “Whose” shows possession and links Javed with his brothers: “two of whose brothers.” “Whom” and “which” cannot introduce this possessive…
Correct answer: whose- A. ?
- B. :
- C. !Pakistan Studies Quiz
- D. ;
Explanation: A semicolon is written as “;” and separates closely related independent clauses or items in a complex list.
Correct answer: ;- A. Hundred-Dollar
- B. Hundreds-Dollar
- C. Hundred-Dollars
- D. Hundreds-Dollars
Explanation: In a compound adjective before a noun, the number and dollar unit are hyphenated and the unit remains singular: “a three-hundred-dollar…
Correct answer: Hundred-Dollar- A. are
- B. is
- C. were
- D. None of These
Explanation: “A black and white cow” refers to one cow with two colours, so it takes the singular verb “is.” The verb would be plural only if two…
Correct answer: is- A. Was
- B. Had been
- C. None of these
- D. were
Explanation: With “not only…but,” the verb agrees with the nearer subject, “students,” which is plural. Therefore, “were” is required.
Correct answer: were- A. Are
- B. Is
- C. Have
- D. was
Explanation: The subject is singular, “banking,” so it takes the singular verb “is.” The phrase “in a seamless world” does not affect subject-verb…
Correct answer: Is- A. Have
- B. Are
- C. Is
- D. None of these
Explanation: Although “mumps” ends in -s, it is the name of one disease and therefore takes the singular verb “is.” Similar disease names such as…
Correct answer: Is- A. Is
- B. Was
- C. Have
- D. Are
Explanation: The main subject is “Teachers”; the phrase “as well as headmaster” is additional information and does not change the number of the…
Correct answer: Are- A. Have
- B. Has
- C. Are
- D. was
Explanation: “Each” is singular even when followed by “of us,” so it takes the singular auxiliary “has.” The complete form is “Each of us has eaten our…
Correct answer: Has- A. was
- B. Were
- C. Are
- D. Is
Explanation: A sum of money treated as one total takes a singular verb: “A hundred rupees is all that he wants.” The plural noun “rupees” does not…
Correct answer: Is- A. was
- B. are
- C. is
- D. were
Explanation: The subject is “Tania,” which is singular; “accompanied by her brother” is only an additional phrase and does not change the subject.
Correct answer: was- A. is
- B. was
- C. were
- D. are
Explanation: Everyone is a singular indefinite pronoun, even though it refers to several people. Therefore, the singular verb was is required.
Correct answer: was- A. it still lag
- B. it lag still
- C. it still lags
- D. it lags still
Explanation: The subject it is singular, so the present-tense verb must be lags, not lag.
Correct answer: it still lags- A. Are
- B. Have
- C. Do
- D. Is
Explanation: The noun after “there” is the singular noun “restaurant,” so the verb must be “is.” “Are” would be used with a plural noun such as…
Correct answer: Is- A. Either of us
- B. Neither of us
- C. Not any of us
- D. None of above
Explanation: Neither of us means not one of the two people, and neither takes a singular verb in formal standard English, so knows is correct.
Correct answer: Neither of us- A. was
- B. were
- C. is
- D. none
Explanation: With either...or, the verb generally agrees with the subject nearer to it. “Friends” is plural and therefore takes “were.”
Correct answer: were- A. burn
- B. should burn
- C. burns
- D. would burn
Explanation: LNG is a singular uncountable substance, so it takes the singular verb burns.
Correct answer: burns- A. is
- B. are
- C. were
- D. was
Explanation: The subject is Maryam, which is singular; the phrase accompanied by her brother is additional information and does not change the subject.
Correct answer: was