WREN & MARTIN's English grammar-MCQ | Parts of Speech | Tenses | Types of Sentences
English Grammar — MCQ | Parts of Speech | Tenses | Types of Sentences
Q1. (Parts of Speech) Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: "Alas! The old man died before his son arrived." A. Adverb B. Conjunction C. Interjection D. Preposition
Q2. (Parts of Speech) Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: "The students completed their assignment on time." A. Noun B. Verb C. Adjective D. Pronoun
Q3. (Parts of Speech) Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: "She spoke softly so as not to wake the baby." A. Adjective B. Adverb C. Noun D. Preposition
Q4. (Tenses) Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "He _______ in the garden when it suddenly started raining." A. works B. worked C. was working D. has worked
Q5. (Tenses) Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "By next Sunday, they _______ the entire project." A. complete B. will complete C. will have completed D. are completing
Q6. (Tenses) Identify the error in the following sentence: "I am living here since my childhood." A. I am living B. here since C. my childhood D. No error
Q7. (Tenses) Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "She realised that she _______ her umbrella at home." A. leaves B. left C. has left D. had left
Q8. (Types of Sentences) Identify the type of sentence: "How beautifully she dances!" A. Assertive sentence B. Imperative sentence C. Interrogative sentence D. Exclamatory sentence
Q9. (Types of Sentences) Identify the type of sentence: "He not only passed the exam but also topped the class." A. Complex sentence B. Simple sentence C. Compound sentence D. Compound-complex sentence
Q10. (Types of Sentences) Identify the type of sentence: "She was tired but she did not stop working." A. Simple sentence B. Complex sentence C. Exclamatory sentence D. Compound sentence
Answers with Explanations
Q1. ✅ C — Interjection. Alas is an interjection expressing a sudden feeling of grief, sorrow, or regret. Interjections are words or expressions that convey strong sudden emotions and have no grammatical connection to the rest of the sentence. They are usually followed by an exclamation mark or a comma. Other examples: Oh! Wow! Bravo! Hurrah!
Q2. ✅ D — Pronoun. Their is a possessive pronoun in the third person plural form. It shows that the assignment belongs to the students. Possessive pronouns show ownership or possession. Examples of possessive pronouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. They replace possessive noun phrases to avoid repetition in a sentence.
Q3. ✅ B — Adverb. Softly is an adverb of manner that modifies the verb spoke. It tells us how she spoke. Adverbs of manner describe the way in which an action is performed and commonly end in -ly. The root word soft is an adjective; adding -ly converts it into an adverb. It answers the question how did she speak?
Q4. ✅ C — was working. When one action (started raining) interrupts another action that was already in progress (working in the garden), 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 the ongoing activity.
Q5. ✅ C — will have completed. By next Sunday signals a future point in time by which an action will already be finished. This requires future perfect tense: will + have + past participle. It expresses an action that will be completed before a specific future time. Correct: will have completed. This tense always follows by + future time expression.
Q6. ✅ A — "I am living" is the error. Since my childhood signals an action that began in the past and is still continuing in the present. This requires present perfect continuous tense, not present continuous. Correct: I have been living here since my childhood. Present continuous (am living) cannot be used with since for long ongoing states.
Q7. ✅ D — had left. The verb realised is in simple past tense. The action of leaving the umbrella happened before the realisation. When one past action is completed before another past action, the earlier action uses past perfect tense (had + past participle). Correct: She realised that she had left her umbrella at home.
Q8. ✅ D — Exclamatory sentence. An exclamatory sentence expresses a strong emotion such as surprise, admiration, joy, or wonder and always ends with an exclamation mark. When it begins with how, the structure is: How + adverb/adjective + subject + verb! Here the speaker is expressing admiration at the way she dances.
Q9. ✅ B — Simple sentence. Although this sentence uses the correlative conjunction not only…but also, it has only one subject (he) and the conjunctions connect two verbs (passed and topped) belonging to the same subject. A simple sentence has one subject and one predicate, even if there are multiple verbs or objects connected within it.
Q10. ✅ D — Compound sentence. A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. Here but joins two independent clauses: She was tired and she did not stop working. Each clause has its own subject and verb and can stand alone as a complete sentence. But is a coordinating conjunction showing contrast.
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