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

 

English Grammar — MCQ | Set 2 Parts of Speech | Tenses | Types of Sentences Class 9 / 1st Year Intermediate

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Q1. (Parts of Speech) Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: "She bought a gorgeous dress for the wedding." A. Adverb B. Verb C. Noun D. Adjective

Q2. (Parts of Speech) Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: "Neither the principal nor the teachers were informed." A. Preposition B. Adverb C. Conjunction D. Pronoun

Q3. (Parts of Speech) Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: "He kept the book between the two flower pots." A. Conjunction B. Adverb C. Preposition D. Interjection

Q4. (Tenses) Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "I _______ my keys. I cannot find them anywhere." A. lose B. lost C. have lost D. was losing

Q5. (Tenses) Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "The match _______ by the time we reached the stadium." A. ended B. has ended C. had ended D. was ending

Q6. (Tenses) Identify the error in the following sentence: "She is knowing all the answers to the questions." A. She is B. knowing C. all the answers D. to the questions

Q7. (Tenses) Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "Water _______ at one hundred degrees Celsius." A. is boiling B. boiled C. has boiled D. boils

Q8. (Types of Sentences) Identify the type of sentence: "Can you please tell me the way to the railway station?" A. Imperative sentence B. Exclamatory sentence C. Interrogative sentence D. Assertive sentence

Q9. (Types of Sentences) Identify the type of sentence: "She worked very hard and passed the examination with distinction." A. Complex sentence B. Compound sentence C. Simple sentence D. Compound-complex sentence

Q10. (Types of Sentences) Identify the type of sentence: "Although it was raining heavily, the players continued the match." A. Simple sentence B. Compound sentence C. Exclamatory sentence D. Complex sentence

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Answers with Explanations

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Q1. ✅ D — Adjective. Gorgeous is an adjective that modifies the noun dress. It describes the quality or appearance of the dress. Adjectives describe or qualify nouns and pronouns and answer questions like what kind, which one, or how many. It comes before the noun it modifies, which is typical of attributive adjectives.

Q2. ✅ C — Conjunction. Neither is a correlative conjunction used with nor to connect two negative alternatives. Correlative conjunctions always work in pairs: neither…nor, either…or, both…and, not only…but also. Here neither…nor joins two subjects and indicates that both are excluded from the statement made.

Q3. ✅ C — Preposition. Between is a preposition showing the position or spatial relationship of the book in relation to the two flower pots. It is used when referring to two things or people. Among is used for more than two. Prepositions show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

Q4. ✅ C — have lost. The second sentence I cannot find them anywhere shows that the effect of losing the keys is still felt in the present. Present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) is used for a past action whose result or consequence is relevant to the present moment. The exact time of losing is not mentioned.

Q5. ✅ C — had ended. By the time we reached signals that one past action (match ending) was completed before another past action (reaching the stadium). The earlier completed action uses past perfect tense (had + past participle). The later action uses simple past. By the time always signals past perfect in such sentences.

Q6. ✅ B — "knowing" is the error. Know is a stative verb expressing a state of mind or knowledge. Stative verbs are never used in continuous tenses. They describe states rather than actions and always use simple tenses. Other stative verbs: believe, understand, remember, love, hate, want, seem. Correct: She knows all the answers.

Q7. ✅ D — boils. Scientific facts, universal truths, and laws of nature are always expressed in simple present tense regardless of when they are stated. The boiling point of water is a permanent scientific fact. Correct: Water boils at one hundred degrees Celsius. Similar examples: The earth revolves around the sun. Ice melts at zero degrees.

Q8. ✅ C — Interrogative sentence. An interrogative sentence asks a question and always ends with a question mark. It typically begins with an auxiliary verb (can, do, is, has) or a question word (what, where, when, why, how). Here Can you please tell me is a polite question asking for information or directions.

Q9. ✅ C — Simple sentence. A simple sentence contains only one subject and one predicate (verb). Here she is the single subject and worked and passed are two verbs joined by and — but both verbs belong to the same subject. Having two verbs does not make it compound. A compound sentence needs two independent clauses with separate subjects.

Q10. ✅ D — Complex sentence. A complex sentence contains one main independent clause and one or more subordinate dependent clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction. Here although is a subordinating conjunction introducing the dependent clause Although it was raining heavily. The main clause is the players continued the match.