- “May you succeed!” is a(n) —
- optative sentence
- imperative sentence
- interrogative sentence
- assertive sentence
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Answer: (A) optative sentence
A wish → optative.
- “Please close the door.” is a(n) —
- assertive sentence
- imperative sentence
- exclamatory sentence
- optative sentence
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Answer: (B) imperative sentence
A request/command → imperative.
- “What a wonderful performance!” is a(n) —
- assertive sentence
- imperative sentence
- exclamatory sentence
- interrogative sentence
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Answer: (C) exclamatory sentence
What … ! → exclamatory.
- “Is the shop open?” is a(n) —
- imperative
- optative
- yes/no question
- wh-question
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Answer: (C) yes/no question
Begins with a helping verb.
- “Where do you work?” is a(n) —
- wh-question
- statement
- exclamation
- yes/no question
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Answer: (A) wh-question
Begins with “where”.
- The subject of “Close the window.” is —
- window
- close
- you (hidden)
- there is none
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Answer: (C) you (hidden)
In an imperative, “you” is hidden.
- “She is a nurse, ___?”
- wasn’t she
- is she
- isn’t she
- doesn’t she
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Answer: (C) isn’t she
Positive → negative tag.
- “They are not ready, ___?”
- do they
- don’t they
- aren’t they
- are they
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Answer: (D) are they
Negative → positive tag.
- “He plays chess, ___?”
- doesn’t he
- didn’t he
- hasn’t he
- isn’t he
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Answer: (A) doesn’t he
plays → doesn’t he.
- “I am late, ___?”
- am I
- amn’t I
- aren’t I
- isn’t I
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Answer: (C) aren’t I
I am → aren’t I.
- “Let us go to the park, ___?”
- can we
- shall we
- will you
- won’t we
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Answer: (B) shall we
let us → shall we.
- “Open the door, ___?”
- are you
- did you
- will you
- doesn’t he
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Answer: (C) will you
Command → will you.
- “Nobody called me, ___?”
- didn’t they
- did he
- do they
- did they
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Answer: (D) did they
nobody → they, positive tag.
- “She seldom smiles, ___?”
- doesn’t she
- does she
- isn’t she
- was she
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Answer: (B) does she
seldom is negative → positive tag.
- “There is a way, ___?”
- wasn’t it
- isn’t there
- isn’t it
- doesn’t there
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Answer: (B) isn’t there
there is → isn’t there.
- “He ought to apologise, ___?”
- doesn’t he
- isn’t he
- oughtn’t he
- shouldn’t he
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Answer: (D) shouldn’t he
ought to → shouldn’t.
- “It rained heavily, so we stayed indoors.” is a —
- compound sentence
- complex sentence
- exclamatory sentence
- simple sentence
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Answer: (A) compound sentence
Two equal clauses joined by “so”.
- “We stayed indoors because it rained.” is a —
- simple sentence
- compound sentence
- complex sentence
- imperative sentence
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Answer: (C) complex sentence
A dependent clause with “because”.
- “The rain stopped.” is a —
- compound-complex sentence
- simple sentence
- compound sentence
- complex sentence
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Answer: (B) simple sentence
One finite verb.
- In “I know that she is honest”, “that she is honest” is a —
- adverb clause
- phrase
- noun clause
- adjective clause
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Answer: (C) noun clause
Object of “know” → noun clause.
- In “The man who called is my uncle”, “who called” is a —
- adjective clause
- adverb clause
- main clause
- noun clause
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Answer: (A) adjective clause
It describes “man”.
- In “He ran so that he could win”, “so that he could win” is a —
- noun clause
- adjective clause
- adverb clause of purpose
- main clause
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Answer: (C) adverb clause of purpose
It shows purpose.
- “In a loud voice” is a(n) —
- adjective clause
- noun phrase
- adverb phrase
- clause
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Answer: (C) adverb phrase
Means “loudly”.
- “Reading novels is her hobby.” — “Reading novels” is a —
- participle phrase
- noun clause
- gerund phrase
- infinitive phrase
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Answer: (C) gerund phrase
V-ing used as a noun.
- The sentence pattern of “He gave me a gift.” is —
- S V C
- S V O O
- S V O C
- S V O
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Answer: (B) S V O O
Two objects.
- The sentence pattern of “They elected him captain.” is —
- S V O
- S V O C
- S V O O
- S V
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Answer: (B) S V O C
“Captain” complements the object.
- “He is too weak to walk.” means —
- He is weak enough to walk.
- He is so weak that he cannot walk.
- He is weak and walks.
- He is very weak, so he walks.
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Answer: (B) He is so weak that he cannot walk.
too … to = so … that … cannot.
- “As soon as he saw me, he ran.” means —
- No sooner he saw me when he ran.
- Scarcely had he seen me than he ran.
- No sooner had he seen me than he ran.
- Hardly he saw me than he ran.
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Answer: (C) No sooner had he seen me than he ran.
as soon as = No sooner … than.
- “Only he came.” = —
- Nobody except he came not.
- He alone not came.
- Few but he came.
- None but he came.
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Answer: (D) None but he came.
only = none but.
- “Hurry up or you will be late.” = —
- Unless you hurry up, you will be late.
- If you hurry up, you will be late.
- Although you hurry, you will be late.
- Because you hurry, you will be late.
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Answer: (A) Unless you hurry up, you will be late.
or = unless.
- Choose the correct sentence.
- I don’t know he where is.
- I don’t know where is he.
- I don’t know where he is.
- I don’t know where he was is.
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Answer: (C) I don’t know where he is.
Indirect question → normal order.
- Choose the correct sentence.
- How a beautiful day it is!
- What beautiful a day is it!
- What a beautiful day it is!
- What a beautiful it is day!
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Answer: (C) What a beautiful day it is!
What a + adjective + noun + subject + verb.
- Which one has a hidden subject?
- Please sit down.
- They won.
- Rani sings.
- She laughed.
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Answer: (A) Please sit down.
An imperative.
- Which word starts a wh-question?
- Is
- Do
- Why
- Can
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Answer: (C) Why
Why is a wh-word.
- A group of words with its own subject and verb is a —
- suffix
- phrase
- clause
- prefix
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Answer: (C) clause
clause.
- A group of words without a finite verb is a —
- sentence
- paragraph
- clause
- phrase
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Answer: (D) phrase
phrase.
- How many finite verbs does a compound sentence usually have?
- Two or more
- None
- Exactly three
- One
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Answer: (A) Two or more
Two or more main clauses.
- “She said that she was ill.” — “that she was ill” is a —
- noun clause
- adverb clause
- adjective clause
- phrase
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Answer: (A) noun clause
Object of “said”.
- “The boy sitting there is my brother.” — “sitting there” is a —
- noun clause
- participle phrase
- gerund phrase
- infinitive phrase
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Answer: (B) participle phrase
V-ing acting as an adjective.
- “To err is human.” — “To err” is a —
- participle phrase
- adverb clause
- gerund phrase
- infinitive phrase
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Answer: (D) infinitive phrase
to + V1.
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