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English Grammar — Mixed MCQ | Set 2 1st Year Intermediate

Q1. Choose the correct sentence: A. Unless you will not work hard, you will fail. B. Unless you work hard, you will fail. C. Unless you don't work hard, you will fail. D. Unless you worked hard, you will fail.

Q2. "The news spread like a wildfire." — The error is in: A. The news B. spread C. like a wildfire D. No error

Q3. Choose the correct sentence: A. He is too clever that nobody can deceive him. B. He is so clever that nobody can deceive him. C. He is very clever that nobody can deceive him. D. He is such clever that nobody can deceive him.

Q4. Fill in the blank: "I wish I _______ a millionaire." A. am B. was C. were D. would be

Q5. Choose the correct sentence: A. Hardly had he entered the room when the lights went off. B. Hardly had he entered the room than the lights went off. C. Hardly he had entered the room when the lights went off. D. Hardly did he enter the room when the lights went off.

Q6. "One of my friends have gone abroad." — The error is in: A. One of B. my friends C. have gone D. abroad

Q7. Choose the correct passive voice of: "Who wrote this letter?" A. By whom was this letter written? B. By whom this letter was written? C. Whom was this letter written by? D. This letter was written by whom?

Q8. Choose the correct sentence: A. She suggested me to take rest. B. She advised me to take rest. C. She proposed me to take rest. D. She recommended me to take rest.

Q9. Fill in the blank with the correct option: "He has been waiting for you _______ morning." A. for B. since C. from D. during

Q10. Choose the correct reported speech of: "He said, 'Do not waste your time.'" A. He told not to waste his time. B. He said to not waste your time. C. He advised not to waste time. D. He told me do not waste time.

Answers with Explanations

Q1. ✅ B — Unless you work hard, you will fail. Unless already means if not, so adding not again (unless you will not / don't) creates a double negative. Also, will is never used in the unless clause. Correct structure: Unless + simple present + will + base verb.

Q2. ✅ D — No error. Spread is both the present and past tense form of the verb. News is uncountable and takes a singular verb — spread here is simple past, which is correct. The sentence is grammatically accurate.

Q3. ✅ B — He is so clever that nobody can deceive him. So…that is used with adjectives and adverbs. Too…to expresses inability. Such…that is used before a noun phrase. Since clever is a plain adjective here, so…that is the correct structure.

Q4. ✅ C — were. After I wish, the subjunctive mood is used. Even with singular subjects like I / he / she, the verb were (not was) is used to express an unreal or imaginary situation.

Q5. ✅ A — Hardly had he entered the room when the lights went off. Hardly…when is a fixed pair used with past perfect + simple past. Inversion (had + subject) is mandatory after hardly at the start of a sentence. Than is incorrect here — it belongs to no sooner…than.

Q6. ✅ C — "have gone" is the error. The subject of the verb is one, not friends. One is singular and always takes a singular verb. Correct: One of my friends has gone abroad.

Q7. ✅ A — By whom was this letter written? In passive voice questions, the structure is: By whom + was/were + subject + past participle? The question word comes first and inversion is applied correctly.

Q8. ✅ B — She advised me to take rest. Suggest, propose, and recommend are not followed by object + to infinitive. Only advise can be used in the structure verb + object + to infinitive. Correct: She advised me to take rest.

Q9. ✅ B — since. Since is used with a point in time (morning, Monday, 2020). For is used with a period of time (for two hours, for a week). Here morning is a point in time, so since is correct.

Q10. ✅ C — He advised not to waste time. When reporting an imperative with do not, the structure is advised / warned / urged + not + to infinitive. Option C is the most grammatically clean and universally accepted form. Told requires a personal object (told me) before the infinitive.

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