English Grammar MCQs – Set 20 (Advanced / Exam-Oriented)
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Tenses
1. By the time we arrived, the class ___ .
(a) starts
(b) had started
(c) has started
(d) was starting
2. I ___ here for eight years.
(a) work
(b) have worked
(c) worked
(d) had worked
Subject–Verb Agreement
3. Neither the principal nor the teachers ___ present today.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) was
(d) were
4. A number of students ___ absent yesterday.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) was
(d) have
Articles
5. He is ___ M.Sc. in Chemistry.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) no article
6. ___ Amazon is the largest river in the world by volume.
(a) A
(b) An
(c) The
(d) No article
Prepositions
7. She is proficient ___ English.
(a) at
(b) in
(c) on
(d) for
8. He congratulated her ___ winning the competition.
(a) on
(b) for
(c) to
(d) with
Voice
9. They are building a new hospital.
Passive voice:
(a) A new hospital is built.
(b) A new hospital is being built.
(c) A new hospital has been built.
(d) A new hospital was built.
Narration
10. He said, “I cannot attend the meeting.”
Indirect:
(a) He said that he cannot attend the meeting.
(b) He said that he could not attend the meeting.
(c) He says he cannot attend the meeting.
(d) He said that I could not attend the meeting.
Error Spotting
11. He is capable to complete this project.
(a) He
(b) is
(c) capable to complete
(d) this project
12. She is elder than her sister.
(a) She
(b) is
(c) elder than
(d) her sister
Idioms & Phrases
13. “Break the ice” means:
(a) To fail
(b) To start a conversation
(c) To argue
(d) To relax
14. “Bite the bullet” means:
(a) To eat quickly
(b) To accept a difficult situation bravely
(c) To fight
(d) To hesitate
Fill in the Blanks
15. He is fond ___ painting.
(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 reached the station ___ the train left.
(a) than
(b) when
(c) then
(d) that
One-word Substitution
20. One who studies stars is called ___ .
(a) astrologer
(b) astronomer
(c) geologist
(d) physicist
✅ Answers
(b) had started
(b) have worked
(b) are
(b) are
(b) an
(c) The
(b) in
(a) on
(b) A new hospital is being built
(b)
(c) capable to complete → capable of completing
(c) elder than → older than
(b) To start a conversation
(b) To accept a difficult situation bravely
(b) of
(a) whose
(b) to
(b) were
(b) when
(b) astronomer
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