WREN & MARTIN's English grammar-MCQ Parts of Speech | Tenses | Types of Sentences Class 9 / 1st Year Intermediate

 

English Grammar — MCQ Parts of Speech | Tenses | Types of Sentences Class 9 / 1st Year Intermediate

Q1. (Parts of Speech) Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: "The old man walked slowly along the river bank." A. Adjective B. Noun C. Verb D. Adverb

Q2. (Parts of Speech) Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: "Despite all difficulties, she never gave up her dreams." A. Conjunction B. Adverb C. Preposition D. Interjection

Q3. (Parts of Speech) Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: "Hurrah! Our team has won the match." A. Adverb B. Interjection C. Conjunction D. Pronoun

Q4. (Tenses) Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "She _______ to music when her mother called her." A. listens B. listened C. was listening D. has listened

Q5. (Tenses) Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "We _______ this movie three times already." A. watch B. watched C. are watching D. have watched

Q6. (Tenses) Identify the error in the following sentence: "As soon as he will leave, I will inform you." A. As soon as B. he will leave C. I will inform D. you

Q7. (Tenses) Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "Look! The children _______ in the playground." A. play B. played C. are playing D. have played

Q8. (Types of Sentences) Identify the type of sentence: "Please sit down and listen carefully." A. Assertive sentence B. Exclamatory sentence C. Interrogative sentence D. Imperative sentence

Q9. (Types of Sentences) Identify the type of sentence: "Though she was tired, she completed all her work." A. Simple sentence B. Compound sentence C. Complex sentence D. Compound-complex sentence

Q10. (Types of Sentences) Identify the type of sentence: "He studied hard but he could not pass the examination." A. Simple sentence B. Complex sentence C. Compound sentence D. Exclamatory sentence

Answers with Explanations

Q1. ✅ D — Adverb. Slowly is an adverb of manner that modifies the verb walked. It tells us how the old man walked. Adverbs of manner describe the way in which an action is performed and commonly end in -ly. The root word slow is an adjective; adding -ly converts it into an adverb of manner.

Q2. ✅ C — Preposition. Despite is a preposition meaning in spite of. It is followed directly by a noun or noun phrase (all difficulties) without the need for of after it. Prepositions show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another element in the sentence. Despite is never used as a conjunction — it cannot be followed by a clause directly.

Q3. ✅ B — Interjection. Hurrah is an interjection expressing joy, excitement, or triumph. Interjections are words or expressions that convey sudden strong emotions and have no grammatical connection to the rest of the sentence. They are usually followed by an exclamation mark. Other examples: Alas! Oh! Bravo! Wow!

Q4. ✅ C — was listening. When one action (mother called) interrupts another action that was already in progress (listening to music), the action in progress uses past continuous tense: was/were + verb+ing. The interrupting action uses simple past. The word when signals the interruption of an ongoing action.

Q5. ✅ D — have watched. The word already combined with the context of an action completed at some unspecified time before the present signals present perfect tense: have/has + past participle. Present perfect is used for actions whose exact time is not mentioned but whose result or relevance is felt in the present.

Q6. ✅ B — "he will leave" is the error. After time conjunctions such as as soon as, when, before, after, until, simple present tense is used in the subordinate clause — never future tense (will). Correct: As soon as he leaves, I will inform you. The future tense (will inform) appears only in the main clause, not in the time clause.

Q7. ✅ C — are playing. The word Look! at the beginning of the sentence indicates that the action is happening right now at this very moment. Actions happening at the moment of speaking require present continuous tense: is/are + verb+ing. Other signal words for present continuous: now, at the moment, currently, at present.

Q8. ✅ D — Imperative sentence. An imperative sentence gives a command, request, instruction, or advice. The subject (you) is usually hidden or understood. It begins directly with a verb in its base form. Here Please sit down and listen carefully gives a polite instruction. Please makes it a polite request but it remains imperative in nature.

Q9. ✅ C — Complex sentence. A complex sentence contains one main independent clause and one or more subordinate dependent clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction. Here though is a subordinating conjunction introducing the dependent clause Though she was tired. The main clause is she completed all her work.

Q10. ✅ C — Compound sentence. A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. Here but joins two independent clauses: He studied hard and he could not pass the examination. Each clause can stand alone as a complete sentence. But is one of the seven coordinating conjunctions in FANBOYS.

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