WREN & MARTIN's English grammar-Mixed MCQ | 1st Year Intermediate

 

English Grammar — Mixed MCQ | Set 9 1st Year Intermediate

Q1. Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word: "The judge gave a verbose explanation of the verdict." A. Brief and to the point B. Using too many unnecessary words C. Clear and logical D. Harsh and critical

Q2. "Neither of the two boys were present in the class." — The error is in: A. Neither of B. the two boys C. were present D. in the class

Q3. Choose the correct sentence: A. She is looking forward to meet the director. B. She is looking forward to meeting the director. C. She looks forward to meet the director. D. She was looking forward to met the director.

Q4. Choose the word closest in meaning to "Taciturn": A. Talkative and expressive B. Reserved and uncommunicative C. Cheerful and lively D. Aggressive and outspoken

Q5. Fill in the blank with the correct option: "By the time the ambulance arrived, the patient _______ his last breath." A. breathed B. has breathed C. had breathed D. was breathing

Q6. Choose the correct sentence: A. He is confident of his success. B. He is confident about to succeed. C. He is confident for his success. D. He is confident on his success.

Q7. Choose the correct antonym of "Frugal": A. Thrifty B. Economical C. Extravagant D. Careful

Q8. "The accused was innocent, _______ he?" A. wasn't B. was C. isn't D. didn't

Q9. Choose the correct passive voice of: "The authorities have banned the use of plastic bags." A. The use of plastic bags has been banned by the authorities. B. The use of plastic bags was banned by the authorities. C. The use of plastic bags is banned by the authorities. D. The use of plastic bags had been banned by the authorities.

Q10. Choose the word that best fills the blank: "Despite his _______ behaviour in public, he was known to be kind at heart." A. amiable B. benign C. boorish D. cordial

Answers with Explanations

Q1. ✅ B — Using too many unnecessary words. Verbose describes speech or writing that uses far more words than necessary, making it tedious and difficult to follow. It comes from the Latin word verbum meaning word. A verbose person or text is unnecessarily long-winded and wordy.

Q2. ✅ C — "were present" is the error. Neither is always singular and takes a singular verb regardless of the noun that follows. Correct: Neither of the two boys was present in the class. This is a common error as students are misled by the plural noun boys that follows.

Q3. ✅ B — She is looking forward to meeting the director. Look forward to is a fixed phrasal verb in which to is a preposition, not part of an infinitive. After a preposition, a gerund (verb+ing) must always be used. Correct structure: look forward to + gerund.

Q4. ✅ B — Reserved and uncommunicative. Taciturn describes a person who is habitually silent, reserved, and does not speak much. It suggests a temperament that is naturally quiet and reluctant to engage in conversation. It is different from shyness — a taciturn person chooses silence deliberately.

Q5. ✅ C — had breathed. By the time followed by a simple past clause (arrived) signals that the earlier action must be in past perfect tense. The patient breathing his last breath happened before the ambulance arrived, so past perfect (had breathed) is the correct choice.

Q6. ✅ A — He is confident of his success. The correct preposition after confident when followed by a noun or noun phrase is of. When followed by a clause, that is used (confident that he will succeed). Using about, for, or on with confident in this context is incorrect.

Q7. ✅ C — Extravagant. Frugal means careful and sparing in the use of money and resources, avoiding waste. Its antonym is extravagant, which means spending money or using resources excessively and wastefully. Thrifty and economical are synonyms of frugal, not antonyms.

Q8. ✅ A — wasn't he? The main clause is a positive statement in simple past tense (was innocent), so the question tag must be negative and use the same auxiliary verb. Correct tag: wasn't he? The rule is: positive statement + negative tag; negative statement + positive tag.

Q9. ✅ A — The use of plastic bags has been banned by the authorities. The active voice uses present perfect tense (have banned), so the passive must also be in present perfect: has/have + been + past participle. Since the use is singular, has been is correct. Correct: has been banned.

Q10. ✅ C — boorish. The sentence contrasts public behaviour with being kind at heart, signalling that the blank requires a negative word. Boorish means rough, bad-mannered, and unpleasant in behaviour. Amiable, benign, and cordial are all positive words meaning friendly and pleasant, which contradict the contrast set up by despite.

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