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26 questions
  1. Find the error: One of my friends (a) / are coming (b) / to meet me (c) / today. (d)
    1. a
    2. b
    3. c
    4. d
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    Answer: (B) b

    One of takes a singular verb — "is coming".

  2. Find the error: The quality (a) / of the mangoes (b) / were (c) / very poor. (d)
    1. a
    2. b
    3. c
    4. d
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    Answer: (C) c

    The subject is quality, which is singular — "was".

  3. Which is correct?
    1. He discussed about the matter.
    2. He discussed on the matter.
    3. He discussed the matter.
    4. He discussed over the matter.
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    Answer: (C) He discussed the matter.

    Discuss takes no preposition.

  4. Which is correct?
    1. She is married with a doctor.
    2. She is married to a doctor.
    3. She is married from a doctor.
    4. She is married by a doctor.
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    Answer: (B) She is married to a doctor.

    One is married to somebody.

  5. Choose the correct sentence.
    1. He is superior than me.
    2. He is superior to me.
    3. He is more superior than me.
    4. He is superior from me.
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    Answer: (B) He is superior to me.

    Latin comparatives — superior, inferior, senior, junior, prior — take to.

  6. Which sentence is free from redundancy?
    1. He returned back home.
    2. He returned home.
    3. He returned back to home.
    4. He came back returned home.
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    Answer: (B) He returned home.

    Return already means to come back.

  7. Choose the correct sentence.
    1. Between you and I, he is wrong.
    2. Between you and me, he is wrong.
    3. Between I and you, he is wrong.
    4. Between me and I, he is wrong.
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    Answer: (B) Between you and me, he is wrong.

    After the preposition between, the object form me.

  8. Complete: No sooner had he arrived ______ it began to rain.
    1. when
    2. then
    3. than
    4. that
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    Answer: (C) than

    No sooner … than; Hardly/Scarcely … when.

  9. Complete: Hardly had I reached the station ______ the train left.
    1. than
    2. when
    3. then
    4. that
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    Answer: (B) when

    Hardly … when.

  10. Which sentence contains a dangling participle?
    1. Walking down the road, I saw the temple.
    2. Walking down the road, the temple came into view.
    3. As I walked down the road, I saw the temple.
    4. The temple came into view as I walked.
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    Answer: (B) Walking down the road, the temple came into view.

    The temple was not walking down the road.

  1. Add the tag: You are a doctor, ______
    1. isn’t it?
    2. aren’t you?
    3. are you?
    4. don’t you?
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    Answer: (B) aren’t you?

    Positive statement → negative tag, same auxiliary, pronoun subject.

  2. Add the tag: I am right, ______
    1. amn’t I?
    2. aren’t I?
    3. am I?
    4. isn’t it?
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    Answer: (B) aren’t I?

    There is no amn’t in standard English; the accepted tag is aren’t I.

  3. Add the tag: Let’s go for a walk, ______
    1. will we?
    2. shall we?
    3. don’t we?
    4. won’t we?
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    Answer: (B) shall we?

    Let’s as a suggestion takes shall we.

  4. Add the tag: Open the window, ______
    1. do you?
    2. will you?
    3. shall you?
    4. aren’t you?
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    Answer: (B) will you?

    Imperatives take will you.

  5. Add the tag: Nobody came to the party, ______
    1. did they?
    2. didn’t they?
    3. did he?
    4. didn’t he?
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    Answer: (A) did they?

    Nobody is negative, so the tag is positive, with the pronoun they.

  6. Add the tag: He hardly ever speaks, ______
    1. doesn’t he?
    2. does he?
    3. is he?
    4. has he?
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    Answer: (B) does he?

    Hardly makes the sentence negative in sense, so the tag is positive.

  7. Add the tag: There is some milk in the jug, ______
    1. isn’t there?
    2. isn’t it?
    3. is there?
    4. aren’t they?
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    Answer: (A) isn’t there?

    There is repeated as the subject of the tag.

  8. Add the tag: Everyone has finished, ______
    1. hasn’t he?
    2. haven’t they?
    3. has he?
    4. have they?
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    Answer: (B) haven’t they?

    Indefinite pronouns for people take they in the tag.

  9. The usual order of adverbials in English is —
    1. time, place, manner
    2. manner, place, time
    3. place, manner, time
    4. time, manner, place
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    Answer: (B) manner, place, time

    Manner → Place → Time: She sang beautifully in the hall yesterday.

  10. In a para-jumble, the opening sentence is unlikely to begin with —
    1. a full noun
    2. a date
    3. a pronoun such as "it" or "they"
    4. a definition
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    Answer: (C) a pronoun such as "it" or "they"

    A pronoun has nothing to refer back to in the first sentence.

  1. In a para-jumble, "a scientist" and "the scientist" tell you that —
    1. the two sentences are unrelated
    2. the sentence with "a" comes first
    3. the sentence with "the" comes first
    4. neither can be first
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    Answer: (B) the sentence with "a" comes first

    A/an introduces; the refers back.

  2. Improve: He is working in this office since 2010.
    1. is working
    2. has been working
    3. was working
    4. had worked
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    Answer: (B) has been working

    Since with a continuing action takes the present perfect continuous.

  3. Improve: I did not meet nobody at the station.
    1. did not meet nobody
    2. did not meet anybody
    3. did meet nobody
    4. No improvement
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    Answer: (B) did not meet anybody

    A double negative must be removed.

  4. Improve: Due to the fact that he was ill, he stayed at home.
    1. Due to the fact that
    2. Because
    3. Owing to the fact that
    4. No improvement
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    Answer: (B) Because

    Because says it in one word.

  5. Which sentence shows faulty parallelism?
    1. She likes reading, swimming and cycling.
    2. She likes reading, to swim and cycling.
    3. She likes to read, to swim and to cycle.
    4. She likes reading and swimming.
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    Answer: (B) She likes reading, to swim and cycling.

    Items in a list must share the same grammatical form.

  6. Which of these is correct?
    1. Many a student have passed.
    2. Many a student has passed.
    3. Many a students have passed.
    4. Many a students has passed.
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    Answer: (B) Many a student has passed.

    Many a takes a singular noun and a singular verb.

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