English Grammar MCQs – Set 17 (Cloze Tests, Phrasal Verbs & Tricky Grammar)
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Tenses
1. By the time we reached the airport, the plane ___ .
(a) leaves
(b) had left
(c) has left
(d) was leaving
2. She ___ in this company for six years.
(a) works
(b) worked
(c) has been working
(d) had worked
Subject–Verb Agreement
3. Neither the teacher nor the students ___ willing to cooperate.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) was
(d) have
4. The committee ___ decided to postpone the meeting.
(a) has
(b) have
(c) are
(d) were
Articles
5. He is ___ MBA graduate.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) no article
6. ___ Amazon is the largest river by volume.
(a) A
(b) An
(c) The
(d) No article
Prepositions
7. He insisted ___ leaving immediately.
(a) on
(b) in
(c) at
(d) for
8. She is married ___ a doctor.
(a) to
(b) with
(c) by
(d) for
Voice
9. They are repairing the school building.
Passive voice:
(a) The school building is repaired.
(b) The school building is being repaired.
(c) The school building has been repaired.
(d) The school building was repaired.
Narration
10. He said, “I have completed the task.”
Indirect:
(a) He said that he has completed the task.
(b) He said that he had completed the task.
(c) He says he completed the task.
(d) He said that he completes the task.
Error Spotting
11. He is capable to complete this work.
(a) He
(b) is
(c) capable to complete
(d) this work
12. She is senior than her sister.
(a) She
(b) is
(c) senior than
(d) her sister
Phrasal Verbs
13. “Look up to” means:
(a) To admire
(b) To search in a dictionary
(c) To ignore
(d) To underestimate
14. “Run into” means:
(a) To collide
(b) To meet unexpectedly
(c) To escape
(d) To participate
Fill in the Blanks
15. He is fond ___ reading novels.
(a) at
(b) of
(c) in
(d) on
16. This is the boy ___ father is a teacher.
(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 ___ it started raining.
(a) than
(b) when
(c) then
(d) that
One-word Substitution
20. One who treats everyone equally is called ___ .
(a) humanitarian
(b) philanthropist
(c) egalitarian
(d) altruist
✅ Answers
(b) had left
(c) has been working
(b) are
(a) has
(b) an
(c) The
(a) on
(a) to
(b) The school building is being repaired
(b)
(c) capable to complete → capable of completing
(c) senior than → senior to / older than
(a) To admire
(b) To meet unexpectedly
(b) of
(a) whose
(b) to
(b) were
(b) when
(c) egalitarian
I can continue with Set 18, which will include cloze tests, idioms & phrases, tricky prepositions, error spotting, and advanced tenses – fully exam-oriented for SSC/Banking/Railways.
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