WREN & MARTIN's English grammar-Inter 1st year

 

English Grammar — Mixed MCQ | Set 3 1st Year Intermediate

Q1. Choose the correct sentence: A. She has visited Paris last year. B. She visited Paris last year. C. She had visited Paris last year. D. She was visited Paris last year.

Q2. "He is working since eight o'clock." — The error is in: A. He is working B. since C. eight o'clock D. No error

Q3. Choose the correct sentence: A. Both Ram as well as Shyam are guilty. B. Either Ram or Shyam are guilty. C. Neither Ram nor Shyam is guilty. D. Neither Ram nor Shyam are guilty.

Q4. Fill in the blank: "If I _______ you, I would apologize immediately." A. am B. was C. were D. had been

Q5. Choose the correct sentence: A. The harder you work, greater will be the reward. B. The harder you work, the greater will be the reward. C. The harder you work, the greater the reward will be. D. Harder you work, the greater the reward will be.

Q6. "She is good in cooking." — The error is in: A. She is B. good C. in cooking D. No error

Q7. Choose the correct passive voice of: "The teacher is explaining the lesson." A. The lesson is being explained by the teacher. B. The lesson was being explained by the teacher. C. The lesson is explained by the teacher. D. The lesson has been explained by the teacher.

Q8. "He said to me, 'Where do you live?'" — Choose the correct reported speech: A. He asked me where do I live. B. He asked me where I lived. C. He asked me where did I live. D. He asked me where I live.

Q9. Choose the correct sentence: A. He is elder than his brother. B. He is older than his brother. C. He is more old than his brother. D. He is more elder than his brother.

Q10. Fill in the blank with the correct option: "She speaks English _______ she were a native speaker." A. as if B. as though she C. as if D. as if though

Answers with Explanations

Q1. ✅ B — She visited Paris last year. When a specific past time expression like last year, yesterday, ago is used, simple past tense is the only correct choice. Present perfect (has visited) cannot be used with definite past time expressions.

Q2. ✅ A — "He is working" is the error. Since indicates an ongoing action from a point in time, which requires the present perfect continuous tense. Correct: He has been working since eight o'clock.

Q3. ✅ C — Neither Ram nor Shyam is guilty. With neither…nor, the verb agrees with the subject closest to it. Shyam is singular, so is is correct. Both…as well as is redundant — use one or the other, not both together.

Q4. ✅ C — were. In a Type 2 (unreal/hypothetical) conditional sentence, if clause uses past subjunctive. Even with singular subjects, were is used instead of was in formal/correct grammar. Structure: If I were + subject, I would + base verb.

Q5. ✅ C — The harder you work, the greater the reward will be. The double comparative structure the + comparative…the + comparative requires both parts to have the. The second clause follows normal sentence word order: subject + verb, not inverted.

Q6. ✅ C — "in cooking" is the error. The correct preposition after good when referring to a skill or activity is at, not in. Correct: She is good at cooking.

Q7. ✅ A — The lesson is being explained by the teacher. The active voice is in present continuous tense (is explaining), so the passive is formed with is/are + being + past participle. Correct: is being explained.

Q8. ✅ B — He asked me where I lived. When reporting a wh- question, the reporting verb changes to asked, the question form becomes a statement (no inversion, no auxiliary do/did), and the tense shifts back — live becomes lived.

Q9. ✅ B — He is older than his brother. Elder is used only for members of the same family and is never followed by than in modern usage. For general age comparison, older than is the correct form. More old and more elder are both incorrect.

Q10. ✅ A/C — as if. As if is used to describe an unreal or imaginary manner of doing something. It is followed by the past subjunctive (were, not was). Full correct sentence: She speaks English as if she were a native speaker. Options B and D are structurally incorrect.

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