Free Writing Skills MCQs with Answers

11. Proofread and choose the correct version.

• A. Their going to submit there reports tomorrow.
• B. They're going to submit their reports tomorrow.
• C. There going to submit their reports tomorrow.
• D. They're going to submit there reports tomorrow.

Explanation: They're is the contraction of they are, their is the possessive and there indicates place, so the sentence needs the contraction first and the possessive second. Expanding the contraction is the quickest test: they are going works. This trio is among the most common proofreading errors in English.

12. Choose the most concise version of: Due to the fact that the patient was in a critical condition, surgery was performed immediately.

• A. Due to the fact that the patient was critical, surgery was performed immediately.
• B. Because the patient was critical, surgery was performed immediately.
• C. Owing to the fact of the patient's critical condition, immediate surgery was performed.
• D. The patient being in a critical condition, therefore surgery was performed.

Explanation: Due to the fact that is a wordy way of saying because, and concise writing prefers the single word. The last option also adds a redundant therefore after a subordinate clause. Removing empty phrases without losing meaning is the core skill in editing questions.

13. Identify the redundant expression.

• A. return back to the ward
• B. return to the ward
• C. walk to the ward
• D. go to the ward

Explanation: Return already contains the idea of going back, so adding back repeats it. Other common redundancies are repeat again, free gift, past history and advance planning. Removing them tightens writing without changing the meaning at all.

14. Choose the sentence with correct subject verb agreement and parallel structure.

• A. The report was clear, concise and it was accurate.
• B. The report was clear, concise and accurate.
• C. The report were clear, concise and accurate.
• D. The report was clear, concisely and accurate.

Explanation: Three adjectives in a row keep the structure parallel, whereas adding a clause or slipping in an adverb breaks it. The subject report is singular, so was is correct. Parallelism and agreement are often tested together in a single option set.

15. Choose the correct word: The doctor's advice had a positive ____ on his recovery.

• A. affect
• B. effect
• C. affection
• D. effective

Explanation: A noun is needed after the article a and the adjective positive, and effect is the noun meaning result. Affect is the verb, affection means fondness and effective is an adjective. Identifying which part of speech the slot requires narrows the options before meaning is even considered.

16. Choose the correctly edited sentence.

• A. Neither of the two options are acceptable to the committee.
• B. Neither of the two options is acceptable to the committee.
• C. Neither of the two option is acceptable to the committee.
• D. Neither of the two options were acceptable to the committee.

Explanation: Neither is singular and controls the verb, so is is required, and the noun after of must be plural. Options that change both at once, or neither, fail on one count or the other. This pattern appears in almost every proofreading section.

17. Choose the sentence that avoids the double negative.

• A. He didn't say nothing about the results.
• B. He didn't say anything about the results.
• C. He hasn't got no results.
• D. He never said nothing.

Explanation: In standard English two negatives cancel, so didn't say nothing literally means he said something, which is not the intended meaning. The correction replaces the second negative with anything. Double negatives are common in speech and in some dialects but are marked as errors in formal writing.

18. The manager accepted the cashier's _______ for coming late.

• A. expalanation
• B. explaination
• C. explnasion
• D. explanation

Explanation: The correct spelling is explanation, which drops the i of explain, and that dropped letter is exactly what the second option restores wrongly. The other two options transpose letters. Building the word from explain plus ation and then removing the i is the reliable check.

19. Identify the sentence with no spelling error:

• A. Imtiaz invited me on a dinner party at restaurant.
• B. Imtiaz invited me on a diner party at restaurant.
• C. Imtiaz invited me on a dinner party at resturant.
• D. Imtiaz invited me on a dinnar party at restaurent.

Explanation: Only the first option spells both dinner and restaurant correctly. A diner is a person eating or a small roadside cafe, so the second option changes the meaning as well as the spelling, and restaurant keeps its silent a in the middle, which is where the other two go wrong. Note that the sentence would normally read to a dinner party at a restaurant, but the question is testing spelling alone.

20. It was unanimously resolved that the parties _____ launching of popular programmes.

• A. Should unitedly undertake
• B. Should be united undertook
• C. Should be unitedly undertaken
• D. Should be unitedly undertake

Explanation: After “resolved that,” the modal “should” takes the base verb “undertake,” so “should unitedly undertake” is grammatical. “Should be unitedly undertake” incorrectly combines a passive form with a base verb.