English Grammar MCQs – Set 16 (Idioms, Phrasal Verbs & Advanced Grammar)
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Tenses
1. By the time he reached, the show ___ .
(a) starts
(b) had started
(c) has started
(d) was starting
2. She ___ here for five hours.
(a) waits
(b) has been waiting
(c) waited
(d) had waited
Subject–Verb Agreement
3. Neither the manager nor his assistants ___ responsible.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) was
(d) were
4. A group of students ___ participating in the competition.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) were
(d) have
Articles
5. He is ___ M.Sc. in Physics.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) no article
6. ___ Alps are a famous mountain range in Europe.
(a) A
(b) An
(c) The
(d) No article
Prepositions
7. She is proficient ___ French.
(a) at
(b) in
(c) on
(d) for
8. He congratulated her ___ winning the prize.
(a) on
(b) for
(c) to
(d) with
Voice
9. They are repairing the roads.
Passive voice:
(a) The roads are repaired.
(b) The roads are being repaired.
(c) The roads have been repaired.
(d) The roads were repaired.
Narration
10. He said, “I will complete the work tomorrow.”
Indirect:
(a) He said that he will complete the work tomorrow.
(b) He said that he would complete the work the next day.
(c) He says that he will complete the work tomorrow.
(d) He said that I would complete the work tomorrow.
Error Spotting
11. He is capable to handle this project.
(a) He
(b) is
(c) capable to handle
(d) this project
12. She is elder than her brother.
(a) She
(b) is
(c) elder than
(d) her brother
Idioms & Phrases
13. “Break the ice” means:
(a) To fail miserably
(b) To start a conversation in a friendly way
(c) To lose interest
(d) To argue loudly
14. “Bite the bullet” means:
(a) To eat quickly
(b) To accept something difficult bravely
(c) To fight
(d) To hesitate
Fill in the Blanks
15. He is interested ___ painting.
(a) in
(b) on
(c) at
(d) for
16. This is the boy ___ father is a doctor.
(a) whose
(b) who
(c) whom
(d) which
Miscellaneous
17. He is too weak ___ lift the box.
(a) for
(b) to
(c) of
(d) with
18. She behaves as if she ___ the owner.
(a) is
(b) were
(c) was
(d) had been
19. Hardly had I entered ___ the phone rang.
(a) than
(b) when
(c) then
(d) that
One-word Substitution
20. One who treats all human beings equally is called ___ .
(a) humanitarian
(b) philanthropist
(c) egalitarian
(d) altruist
✅ Answers
(b) had started
(b) has been waiting
(b) are
(a) is
(b) an
(c) The
(b) in
(a) on
(b) The roads are being repaired
(b)
(c) capable to handle → capable of handling
(c) elder than → older than
(b) To start a conversation in a friendly way
(b) To accept something difficult bravely
(a) in
(a) whose
(b) to
(b) were
(b) when
(c) egalitarian
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