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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. Appear
  • B. Complex, but even
  • C. Can be created
  • D. Just two stitches

Explanation: "Just two stitches" - This phrase is the most important part of the sentence because it reveals the surprising simplicity behind…

Correct answer: Just two stitches
  • A. Best option
  • B. Game; without
  • C. Player, the
  • D. Chance of winning

Explanation: "Game; without" - the semicolon should be a comma because "without their best player" is a dependent clause. This is correct option

Correct answer: Game; without
  • A. Tennis gives you plenty of exercise, it develops quickness of eyes and calls your brain, your thinking power into action.
  • B. Tennis gives you plenti off exercise, it develops quickness of eyes and limb your brain, your thinking power into action.
  • C. Tennis gives you plenti off exercise, it develops quickness of eyes and limb upon your brane, your thinking power over action.
  • D. Tennis gives you plenty of exercise; it develops quickness of eyes and calls your brain, your thinking power into action.

Explanation: Option D is correct because it uses proper punctuation and spelling throughout the sentence.

Correct answer: Tennis gives you plenty of exercise; it develops quickness of eyes and calls your brain, your thinking power into action.
  • A. He said,"Will you have time to play regularly?"
  • B. He said, Will you have time to play regularly?
  • C. He said, "Will you have time to play regularly."
  • D. He said "Will you have time to play regularly'.
  • E. He said, 'Will you have time to play regularly'.

Explanation: Option C is correct. This option is correct. This option is correct as it uses the proper quotation marks and punctuation for a direct…

Correct answer: He said,"Will you have time to play regularly?"
  • A. How has the chair leg broken?
  • B. How has the leg of the chair broken?
  • C. How the leg of the chair has broken?
  • D. How the chair's leg is broken?

Explanation: This is the correct option. It follows standard English syntax and clearly specifies which leg is being referred to (the leg of the…

Correct answer: How has the leg of the chair broken?
  • A. Has been
  • B. Have
  • C. Had
  • D. Has

Explanation: Correct, because "shoal" is a singular noun (referring to a group of fish treated as a single entity), so the singular form "has been" is…

Correct answer: Has been
  • A. the tomatoes
  • B. a half-dozen rows
  • C. one of them
  • D. three dozen rows

Explanation: The error in the sentence is in option (A) "the tomatoes," which should be revised to accurately reflect the context of the sentence…

Correct answer: the tomatoes
  • A. has eaten
  • B. have eaten
  • C. is eaten
  • D. have been eaten

Explanation: The correct answer is "have eaten." "Cattle" is a plural noun, and when talking about their action of consuming crops, we use the plural…

Correct answer: have eaten
  • A. accused
  • B. show
  • C. believes
  • D. was

Explanation: The sentence should read: "Although the candidates accused each other of encouraging voter fraud, most polls show that a majority of…

Correct answer: believes
  • A. who have
  • B. in written
  • C. is
  • D. to pass

Explanation: "is", which should be "are" to agree with the plural subject "Some of the job applicants".

Correct answer: is
  • A. have
  • B. having
  • C. have been
  • D. has

Explanation: "The newly elected president and CEO" refers to one person who holds both titles.Therefore, the subject is singular."Has" is the correct…

Correct answer: has
  • A. Had left
  • B. Have left
  • C. Left
  • D. Were leaving

Explanation: This is the correct answer. In past perfect tense, "had taken" indicates that the action (taking the meal) happened before another past…

Correct answer: Left
  • A. Found
  • B. Was found
  • C. Were found
  • D. Had found

Explanation: In the given statement, "A few years ago" represents that the sentence is in past tense, and "it" represents that helping verb should be…

Correct answer: Was found
  • A. used to go
  • B. was used to go
  • C. am used to go
  • D. used to going

Explanation: "Used to" is the correct form to express a past habit or action that no longer happens. This option is grammatically correct.

Correct answer: used to go
  • A. was
  • B. was been
  • C. had
  • D. had been

Explanation: The sentence is referring to a past event, indicating that the shepherd ploughed the mountain with cattle for the first time.

Correct answer: was
  • A. Was
  • B. Were
  • C. Will have been
  • D. Would have been

Explanation: To solve this type of question, put IF+Subject before the sentence.Example:''If I had studied very well, I _ rewarded with a…

Correct answer: Would have been
  • A. I can see the Eiffel Tower
  • B. I must see the Eiffel Tower
  • C. I should see the Eiffel Tower
  • D. I could see the Eiffel Tower
  • E. I would see the Eiffel Tower

Explanation: "If I went" is a past subjunctive, used to express a hypothetical or unreal condition.

Correct answer: I would see the Eiffel Tower
  • A. Took
  • B. Has taken
  • C. Had taken
  • D. Have taken
  • E. Takes

Explanation: This is the correct form because it is in the past perfect tense, which is used to indicate an action that was completed before another…

Correct answer: Had taken
  • A. People go to church for Communion on Sunday
  • B. People go to the church for Communion on Sunday
  • C. People go to a church for Communion on Sunday
  • D. People go to some church for Communion on Sunday

Explanation: People go to church for Communion on SundayThis is correct because "church" in this context refers to the general activity of attending…

Correct answer: People go to church for Communion on Sunday
  • A. Hardly had he arrived when the meeting started.
  • B. Hardly he had arrived when the meeting started.
  • C. Hardly had he arrived than the meeting started.
  • D. Hardly he arrived when the meeting started.

Explanation: Hardly at the start of a sentence forces inversion of subject and auxiliary, and it is paired with when, not than.

Correct answer: Hardly had he arrived when the meeting started.