Free Grammar MCQs with Answers

551. I did not ____ to university yesterday.

• A. went
• B. go
• C. gone
• D. going

Explanation: After the auxiliary did, the main verb must be in its base form: “did not go.” Went and gone cannot follow did, and going would require a different construction.

552. I ______ lie from now on.

• A. don't
• B. didn't
• C. haven't
• D. won't
• E. hadn't

Explanation: Won’t is the contraction of will not and correctly expresses a refusal or decision about future behaviour: “I won’t lie from now on.” Don’t refers to the present, not the stated future period.

553. ____ you call your friend yesterday?

• A. Have
• B. Had
• C. Will
• D. Did
• E. Do

Explanation: Did is the past-tense auxiliary used to form a question about a completed action yesterday: “Did you call?” The main verb remains in its base form after did.

554. If I __________ money, I would purchase it now.

• A. has
• B. have
• C. had
• D. have had

Explanation: This is the second conditional: the unreal or hypothetical condition takes the past form had, followed by would purchase in the result clause. Has and have do not fit this hypothetical pattern.

555. I wish Sana _______come soon.

• A. will
• B. would
• C. had
• D. have

Explanation: After wish, would expresses a desired or hoped-for future action: “I wish Sana would come soon.” Will is normally avoided after wish in this structure.

556. You must take a taxi if you ___________ to catch the next train.

• A. intend
• B. will intend
• C. would intend
• D. intending

Explanation: In a first conditional sentence, the if-clause takes the simple present, even when it refers to the future: “if you intend to catch.” “Will intend” is not normally used in this condition clause.

557. It is very cold here in winter, so they ___________ Islamabad.

• A. going to
• B. usually go to
• C. goes to
• D. are sometimes go to

Explanation: The plural subject “they” takes the base verb “go,” and “usually” correctly expresses a repeated habit. “Goes” agrees with a singular subject, not “they.”

558. I did not know where he _________ from.

• A. has come
• B. had come
• C. have come
• D. comes

Explanation: The past perfect “had come” places his coming before the later past moment when the speaker did not know. This is the usual backshifted form in reported past-time narration.

559. I knew he ____ fail in exam.

• A. shall
• B. will
• C. would
• D. both A & B

Explanation: After the past verb “knew,” the future verb normally shifts from “will” to “would”: “I knew he would fail.” This is sequence of tenses in indirect speech.

560. The doctor warms him that unless he gives up smoking:_____________________(PMS 2018 KPK)

• A. His health will soon be recovered
• B. He will not recover
• C. Will he able to recover
• D. He will not suffer

Explanation: “Unless” introduces a condition, so the consequence takes “will”: without quitting smoking, “he will not recover.” The other choices are grammatically incomplete or do not express the warning correctly.