WREN & MARTIN's English grammar-Mixed quiz
English Grammar — Mixed MCQ
Q1. Choose the correct sentence: A. He don't know the answer. B. He doesn't knows the answer. C. He doesn't know the answer. D. He not know the answer.
Q2. Fill in the blank with the correct article: "She is _______ best student in the class." A. a B. an C. the D. no article needed
Q3. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: "She quietly closed the door and left." A. Adjective B. Noun C. Verb D. Adverb
Q4. Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "I _______ my dinner when the phone rang." A. have B. was having C. had D. am having
Q5. Choose the correct passive voice of: "The farmer waters the plants every day." A. The plants are watered by the farmer every day. B. The plants were watered by the farmer every day. C. The plants have been watered by the farmer every day. D. The plants are being watered by the farmer every day.
Q6. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: "She is afraid _______ the dark." A. from B. with C. of D. about
Q7. "He said, 'I am feeling very tired.'" — Choose the correct indirect speech: A. He said that he is feeling very tired. B. He said that he was feeling very tired. C. He told that he had been feeling very tired. D. He said that he feels very tired.
Q8. Choose the correct sentence: A. Neither the boys nor the girl were present. B. Neither the boys nor the girl was present. C. Neither the boys nor the girl are present. D. Neither the boys nor the girl have been present.
Q9. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: "He bit off more than he could chew." A. Ate too much food at once B. Took on more responsibility than he could handle C. Spoke rudely to his seniors D. Wasted his time on useless tasks
Q10. Identify the type of sentence: "Unless you work hard, you will not succeed." A. Simple sentence B. Compound sentence C. Complex sentence D. Exclamatory sentence
Answers with Explanations
Q1. ✅ C — He doesn't know the answer. With third person singular subjects (he, she, it), the auxiliary verb does is used in negative sentences and questions. After doesn't, the base form of the verb is used — never knows. Don't is used with I, you, we, they — not with he, she, it.
Q2. ✅ C — the. The definite article the is used before a superlative adjective (best). Superlatives always take the because they refer to a specific, unique person or thing that stands out from a group. Correct: She is the best student in the class.
Q3. ✅ D — Adverb. Quietly is an adverb of manner that modifies the verb closed. It tells us how she closed the door. Adverbs of manner answer the question how and commonly end in -ly. The root word quiet is an adjective; adding -ly converts it into an adverb.
Q4. ✅ B — was having. When one action (phone rang) interrupts another action that was already in progress (having dinner), the action in progress uses past continuous tense: was/were + verb+ing. The interrupting action uses simple past. When signals the interruption of the ongoing activity.
Q5. ✅ A — The plants are watered by the farmer every day. The active voice uses simple present tense (waters), so the passive must also be in simple present: is/are + past participle. Since plants is plural, are is used. The agent (the farmer) is placed after by. Correct: are watered.
Q6. ✅ C — of. The correct preposition after afraid is always of. This is a fixed and idiomatic expression in English. Structure: afraid + of + noun/gerund. Correct: She is afraid of the dark. Similarly: afraid of dogs, afraid of falling. Using from, with, or about after afraid is incorrect.
Q7. ✅ B — He said that he was feeling very tired. In indirect speech, the present continuous tense (am feeling) shifts back to past continuous (was feeling) when the reporting verb (said) is in the past tense. This is called backshift of tenses. The pronoun I changes to he based on the context of the sentence.
Q8. ✅ B — Neither the boys nor the girl was present. With neither…nor, the verb agrees with the subject closest to it (the girl). Girl is singular, so the verb must be singular (was). This rule is called the rule of proximity. If the nearer subject is plural, the verb would be plural — Neither the girl nor the boys were present.
Q9. ✅ B — Took on more responsibility than he could handle. Bite off more than one can chew is an idiom meaning to attempt or take on a task or responsibility that is too large or difficult to manage successfully. It implies overestimating one's own ability or capacity and ending up overwhelmed by what one has undertaken.
Q10. ✅ C — Complex sentence. A complex sentence contains one main independent clause and one or more subordinate dependent clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction. Here unless is a subordinating conjunction introducing the dependent clause Unless you work hard. The main clause is you will not succeed.
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