- “Teena lost her bag, so she bought a new one.” The antecedent of “she” is —
- Teena
- one
- her
- bag
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Answer: (A) Teena
“She” stands for Teena.
- Choose the correct sentence.
- The prize was given to Raju and I.
- The prize was given to Raju and me.
- The prize was given to me and Raju’s.
- The prize was given to Raju and myself’s.
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Answer: (B) The prize was given to Raju and me.
Objective case after “to”: me.
- “Between you and ___, the plan is risky.”
- mine
- I
- me
- myself
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Answer: (C) me
Objective “me” after the preposition “between”.
- “Let ___ go to the market.”
- her and me
- she and me
- I and she
- she and I
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Answer: (A) her and me
Objective forms follow “let”: her and me.
- “He is older than ___.” (formal)
- I
- myself
- mine
- me
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Answer: (A) I
Complete it: than I (am).
- “___ did you meet at the station?”
- Who
- Whom
- Whose
- Which
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Answer: (B) Whom
The answer would be “him”, so “whom”.
- “___ is knocking at the door?”
- Whomever
- Whom
- Who
- Whose
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Answer: (C) Who
The answer is he/she → who.
- “This book is ___.” (belonging to me)
- me
- myself
- my
- mine
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Answer: (D) mine
A stand-alone possessive pronoun: mine.
- Which is correct?
- That house is ours.
- That house is ours’.
- That house is we.
- That house is our’s.
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Answer: (A) That house is ours.
No apostrophe in a possessive pronoun.
- “The cat licked ___ paws.”
- it’s
- its
- it
- their’s
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Answer: (B) its
“Its” = belonging to it.
- “I cut ___ while chopping onions.”
- my
- me
- myself
- mine
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Answer: (C) myself
The action returns to the doer → reflexive.
- In “The principal himself gave the award”, “himself” is —
- relative
- possessive
- reflexive
- emphatic
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Answer: (D) emphatic
It gives stress → emphatic.
- Choose the wrong word.
- ourselves
- theirselves
- yourselves
- himself
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Answer: (B) theirselves
Correct: themselves.
- “The boys introduced ___ to the guests.”
- theirselves
- themselves
- their
- them’s
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Answer: (B) themselves
Plural reflexive: themselves.
- “The two sisters help ___.” (two persons)
- their each
- one another
- each other
- themselves each
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Answer: (C) each other
Between two: each other.
- “The students in my class respect ___.” (more than two)
- themselves one
- one other
- each other
- one another
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Answer: (D) one another
More than two: one another.
- “Each of the girls ___ given a certificate.”
- was
- are
- have been
- were
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Answer: (A) was
“Each” takes a singular verb.
- “Neither of the two answers ___ correct.”
- are
- were
- is
- have
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Answer: (C) is
“Neither” is singular.
- “One should respect ___ elders.”
- your
- his
- their
- one’s
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Answer: (D) one’s
one → one’s.
- “Everybody wants to bring ___ own pen.” (traditional rule)
- its
- our
- their
- his or her
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Answer: (D) his or her
“Everybody” is singular.
- “The committee has announced ___ decision.”
- its
- his
- our
- their
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Answer: (A) its
The committee as a unit → its.
- “The man ___ lives next door is a doctor.”
- which
- who
- whose
- whom’s
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Answer: (B) who
“Who” for persons.
- “This is the book ___ I bought yesterday.”
- whose’s
- who
- whom
- which
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Answer: (D) which
“Which/that” for things.
- “I know a girl ___ father is a pilot.”
- whose
- which
- who
- whom
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Answer: (A) whose
Possession: whose.
- “It is the best film ___ I have ever seen.”
- who
- that
- what
- which
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Answer: (B) that
Only “that” after a superlative.
- “All ___ glitters is not gold.”
- which
- that
- who
- what
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Answer: (B) that
Only “that” after “all”.
- Choose the correct sentence.
- My bike which, is red, is new.
- My bike, that is red, is new.
- My bike, which is red, is new.
- My bike, who is red, is new.
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Answer: (C) My bike, which is red, is new.
“That” is not used after a comma.
- She is one of the girls who ___ selected.
- was
- has been
- is
- are
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Answer: (D) are
one of the + plural + who → plural verb.
- She is the only one of the girls who ___ selected.
- were
- is
- have been
- are
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Answer: (B) is
“The only one” → singular.
- “It is I who ___ to blame.”
- is
- are
- am
- was being
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Answer: (C) am
The antecedent of “who” is I → am.
- “Ravi and ___ went to the fair.”
- mine
- me
- I
- myself
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Answer: (C) I
Subject form, with “I” placed last.
- Which sentence is correct?
- Ravi and I went out.
- Ravi and myself’s went out.
- Me and Ravi went out.
- Ravi and me went out.
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Answer: (A) Ravi and I went out.
Ravi and I.
- “I did not like ___ shouting at the child.”
- his
- he
- he’s
- him
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Answer: (A) his
A possessive goes before a gerund.
- “___ of these two bags is yours?”
- What
- Which
- Who
- Whom
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Answer: (B) Which
“Which” for a limited choice.
- “___ is that voice?” (whose owner is unknown)
- Whom
- Whose
- Which
- Who’s
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Answer: (B) Whose
“Whose” asks about ownership.
- In “What! You are leaving already?”, the word “What” is —
- possessive pronoun
- emphatic pronoun
- relative pronoun
- exclamatory pronoun
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Answer: (D) exclamatory pronoun
A “what” that expresses surprise.
- In “It is getting cold”, “It” is —
- impersonal
- reflexive
- relative
- demonstrative
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Answer: (A) impersonal
It does not stand for a definite thing.
- “He is the only man ___ can help us.”
- who
- whom
- that
- which
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Answer: (C) that
“Only” is followed by “that”.
- “Such ___ his fate.” — “Such” here works as a —
- article
- verb
- demonstrative pronoun
- adverb
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Answer: (C) demonstrative pronoun
“Such” standing alone acts as a pronoun.
- “The climate of Jaipur is drier than ___ of Kolkata.”
- this
- it
- those
- that
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Answer: (D) that
Singular “climate” → that.
- Choose the correct form: “This is the girl ___ I told you about.”
- whom
- whose
- which’s
- who
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Answer: (A) whom
Object of “about” → whom (or that).
- “Who’s” means —
- who is / who has
- whose
- who was only
- of whom
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Answer: (A) who is / who has
Who’s = who is / who has; whose = of whom.
- “Nobody ___ absent today.”
- have been
- are
- were
- was
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Answer: (D) was
Words ending in -body are singular.
- Choose the right sentence.
- Each student must bring our own book.
- Each students must bring his own book.
- Each student must bring their own book.
- Each student must bring his or her own book.
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Answer: (D) Each student must bring his or her own book.
“Each” is singular → his or her.
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