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1. What is the basic unit of any communication?

a. Sentence
b. Noun
c. Pronoun
d. Verb
2. Into how may parts is a sentence divided?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
3. What is the subject in the following sentence ' Sreekala is an intelligent
student'?
a. Student
b. Intelligent
c. Sreekala
d. None of the above
4. What is the Predicate in the following sentence ' They play for
pleasure'?
a. For
b. They
c. Play
d. Pleasure
5. What kind of subject is the underlined word 'Tolstoy was a great
writer'
a. Tolstoy- Noun
b. Tolstoy- Pronoun
c. Tolstoy- Clause
d. Tolstoy- Verb
6. What does a noun phrase consist of?
a. Modifier
b. Head
c. Qualifier
d. All of the above
7. Which of these is an example of Proper noun?
a. Cat
b. India
c. Fear
d. Team
8. What is the femine noun for the underlined word ' My brother met a
monk in the street'?
a. Sister
b. Mother
c. Daughter
d. Wife
9. How many nouns are there in English?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
10. Which one is an example for uncountable noun?
a. Water
b. Bag
c. Cup
d. Door
11. What noun is the underlined word ' The boy is very intelligent'
a. Proper Noun
b. Common Noun
c. Abstract Noun
d. Collective Noun
12. Which of these is an example for Collective noun?
a. Flock
b. Girl
c. Fear
d. Cat
13. What replaces a noun?
a. Verb
b. Adverb
c. Pronoun
d. Article
14. Which pronoun is used to ask questions?
a. Interrogative
b. Relative
c. Reflexive
d. Emphatic
15. Fill in the correct pronoun 'Nagpur oranges are sweeter than ______ of
Coorg'
a. That
b. Those
c. These
d. This
16. Which of these is an example of personal pronoun?
a. John cut himself
b. This is my pen
c. I am a student
d. Who are you?
17. How many types of demonstrative pronouns are there?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
18. Which of these is not an article?
a. A
b. An
c. The
d. None of the above
19. Fill in the correct article 'Italy is ___ European country'
a. The
b. A
c. An
d. Is
20. Fill in the correct article 'Remnant Kovind is _____ the President of
India'
a. Is
b. An
c. A
d. The
21. Which of the following phrases are correct?
a. The United States
b. The Himalayas
c. The Bible
d. All of the above
22. Which indefinite article is used before a vowel?
a. A
b. The
c. An
d. Is
23. What modifies a noun?
a. Adverb
b. Adjective
c. Article
d. Pronoun
24. How many degrees of comparison do adjectives take?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
25. Which is the adjective in the following sentence 'The sky is blue'?
a. The
b. Sky
c. Is
d. Blue
26. Fill in the blank with the correct word ' He wanted _______ help from
me'
a. A little
b. A few
c. Little
d. Few
27. Identify the adverb in the following sentence ' She danced beautifully'
a. She
b. Danced
c. Beautifully
d. Danced beautifully
28. Which of these is an example of 'Adverb of time'
a. He came soon
b. She speaks well
c. He never pays attention
d. He fought bravely
29. What is called the 'nucleus' of the sentence?
a. Noun
b. Verb
c. Adverb
d. Article
30. Verbs which take their past and past participle forms by other
methods are called?
a. Regular Verbs
b. Irregular Verbs
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
31. Which of the following is an example of 'Transitive verb'?
a. The baby is walking
b. We study Grammar
c. I like ice cream
d. He played all evening
32. Fill in the blank with the correct Present tense ' It ____ two days to
reach Delhi'
a. Take
b. Takes
c. Taken
d. Will Take
33. Fill in the blank with the correct Past tense 'He just ____ out'
a. Went
b. Go
c. Gone
d. Will go
34. Fill in the blank with the correct future tense 'If you drop it, it _______'
a. Break
b. Will break
c. Broke
d. Broken
35. How many kinds of auxiliary verbs are there?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
36. Which of these is not a form of the verb 'do'?
a. Does
b. Doing
c. Done
d. None of the above
37. The word 'Modal' is derived from which word?
a. Mode
b. Moon
c. Model
d. All of the above
38. How many ways can passive voice be used?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
39. Most sentences in the English language are
a. Active
b. Passive
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
40. Quoting the actual words of the speaker is called ___________
a. Indirect speech
b. Direct speech
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
41. The concord of gender occurs between ______ or______
a. A noun or a pronoun
b. A noun or a verb
c. A pronoun or a verb
d. A noun or an adjective
42. Assertive and declarative sentences end with a ________
a. Exclamation Mark
b. Question Mark
c. Full stop
d. None of the above
43. A sentence that expresses a command or a request is called a ______
sentence
a. Assertive sentence
b. Interrogative sentence
c. Exclamatory sentence
d. Imperative sentence
44. Which of these is not a type of sentence?
a. Simple
b. Complex
c. Compound
d. None of the above
45. How many subordinate clauses are there?
a. Three
b. Four
c. Five
d. Six
46. A compound sentence consists of _____ independent clauses.
a. Two or more
b. One or more
c. One
d. None of the above
47. A _____ has no subject and predicate
a. Clause
b. Sentence
c. Phrase
d. All of the above
48. Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition 'He came _____ 3
O’clock
a. At
b. After
c. By
d. Until
49. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate preposition 'He arrived at
Kochi ___ the morning'
a. At
b. In
c. By
d. After
50. A large number of verbs is called a ___________
a. Sentence
b. Question
c. Phrase
d. None of the above
 ANSWERS

1 A 11 B 21 D 31 B 41 A
2 B 12 A 22 B 32 B 42 C
3 C 13 C 23 B 33 A 43 D
4 D 14 A 24 C 34 B 44 D
5 A 15 B 25 D 35 C 45 A
6 D 16 C 26 A 36 D 46 D
7 B 17 D 27 C 37 A 47 C
8 A 18 D 28 A 38 B 48 A
9 D 19 C 29 B 39 A 49 B
10 A 20 D 30 A 40 B 50 C