English Tenses and Sentence Structure MCQs

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English Tenses and Sentence Structure

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Select the option which fits appropriately in the blank:

_______ knows that Dallas is not the capital of Texas.

PMC Sample 1
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Anyone

B) Many persons

D) Somebody

C) Not everyone

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct passive voice:

How did she defraud him of his savings?

NUMS 2020
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) How had he been defrauded of his savings?

B) How had he been defrauded by her?

C) How was he defrauded of his savings?

D) How was he defrauded by her of his savings?

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Select the option which fits appropriately in the blank:

She ______ (work) in the factory for fifteen years by next year.

PMC Sample 1
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) will work

B) will be working

C) will have been working

D) had worked

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the right option to complete the following sentences.

Irony can, after a fashion, become a mode of escape: to laugh at the terrors of life is in some sense to _______ them.

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 1
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Overstate

B) Revitalize

C) Corroborate

D) Evade

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Select the option which fits appropriately in the blank:

She ran with quick steps to the house when it _____________ (start) raining.

PMC Sample 1
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) start

B) starting

C) started

D) was started

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

In the following question, four alternative sentences are given. Choose the correct option.

NUMS 2016
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) As she said, the computer was programmed by Mona.

B) Just like she said the computer was programmed by Mona.

C) As like she said the computer was programmed by Mona.

D) Just like she had said the computer was programmed by Mona.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct option:

PMC 2020
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) He and I was playing.

B) He and I were playing.

C) He and I were being playing.

D) He and I was being playing.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Select the option which fits appropriately in the blank:

What did you want to do that _______ ?

PMC Sample 1
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) reason

B) for

C) because

D) thing

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate option, from the given lettered choices (A to D/E) below:

The road is wet. It must ______ raining.

NTS 2018
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) have been

B) had

C) has

D) have

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Demonstrate correct use of articles and prepositions, subject-verb agreement, writing conventions of spelling, capitalization and punctuation to clarify meaning.

You must boil those vegetables before ________ in the stew.

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 1
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Using

B) Use

C) Their used

D) The use

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the CORRECT sentence from the following options:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Mr Bittering had raised the mirror to his face.

B) Mr Bittering rose the mirror to his face.

C) Mr Bittering raised the mirror to his face.

D) Mr Blittering had risen the mirror at his face.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct sentence from the following options:

NUMS 2018
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) If a person believes that wearing some kind of charm will prevent him from having bad luck, he will wear it.

B) If a person believed that wearing some kind of charm will prevent him from having bad luck, he will wear it.

C) If a person believes that wearing some kind of a charm will prevent him to have bad luck. He will wear it.

D) If a person believed that wearing some kind of charm will prevent him from having bad luck, he would wear it.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

The sentence which has one dependent and one independent clause is called a:

NUMS 2017
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Compound sentence

B) Complex sentence

C) Compound complex sentence

D) Exclamatory sentence

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Identify the tense used in the given sentence:

“You are always working on your laptop.”

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 2
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Present indefinite tense

B) Present perfect tense

C) Present continuous tense

D) Present perfect continuous tense

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Pick the correct option:

PMC 2020
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) His first inning’s consisted of four 6 and three 4.

B) His first innings consisted of four 6s and three 4s.

C) His first inning consisted of four 6’s and three 4’s.

D) His first ining’s consisted of four 6’s and three 4’s.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Select the right sentence:

NUMS 2020
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) He opened the square red wooden box.

B) He opened the red square wooden box.

C) He opened the wooden red square box.

D) He opened the red wooden square box.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

The two machines _____________ considerably. One has an electric motor, and the other one runs on oil.

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 3
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Different

B) Differentiate

C) Differ

D) Difference

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct sentence:

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 3
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Beware of the upcoming storm, the weather forecaster warned on national television.

B) "Beware of the upcoming storm," the weather forecaster warned on national television.

C) Beware of the upcoming storm," the Weather Forecaster warned on national television.

D) "Beware of the upcoming storm?" the weather forecaster warned on national television.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correctly structured sentence:

PMC 2020
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Had he lived in England he would miss his family.

B) Had he lived in England he would have missed his family.

C) Had he lived in England he had missed his family.

D) Had he live in England he will missed his family.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct passive voice:

How did she defraud him of his savings?

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 5
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) How had he been defrauded of his savings?

B) How had he been defrauded by her?

C) How was he defrauded of his savings?

D) How was he defrauded by her of his savings?

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

In the following question, four alternative sentences are given. Choose the correct option.

NUMS 2016
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) E-mail is a relatively new mean of communication.

B) E-mail is a relatively new mean to communication

C) E-mail is a relatively new means of communication.

D) E-mail is relatively new means to communication.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the CORRECT sentence from the following options:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) The players were often punished by the referee’s lack of alertness who penalized all those who were involved in fighting, regardless of who had instigated it.

B) The referee’s lack of alertness often caused him to penalize all those who were involved in fighting, regardless of who had instigated it.

C) The players were punished by the lack of alertness of the referee who penalized often all those who were involved in fighting, regardless of who had instigated it.

D) Lacking alertness, the referee’s choice was to penalize often all those who were involved in fighting, regardless of who had instigated it.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct answer:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) They replaced gold with paper money.

B) They substituted gold with paper money.

C) They substituted gold for paper money.

D) They replaced gold for paper money.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Demonstrate control of tenses and sentence structure:

When I go swimming, I have to keep my eyes closed underwater.

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 3
PMC Practice 13
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Complex

B) Simple

C) Compound

D) None of these options are correct

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the CORRECT sentence from the following options:

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 2
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) The players were often punished by the referee’s lack of alertness who penalized all those who were involved in fighting, regardless of who had instigated it.

B) The referee’s lack of alertness often caused him to penalize all those who were involved in fighting, regardless of who had instigated it.

C) The players were punished by the lack of alertness of the referee who penalized often all those who were involved in fighting, regardless of who had instigated it.

D) Lacking alertness, the referee’s choice was to penalize often all those who were involved in fighting, regardless of who had instigated it.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correctly structured sentence:

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 2
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Had he lived in England he would miss his family.

B) Had he lived in England he would have missed his family.

C) Had he lived in England he had missed his family.

D) Had he live in England he will missed his family.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

In the following question four alternative sentences are given. Choose the CORRECT option:

NUMS 2018
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) The parent who I have offended often come around after a term of years and tell me that his son was right.

B) The parent who I have offended often comes around after a term of years and tell me that his son was right.

C) The parents whom I have offended often comes around after a term of years and tells that his son was right.

D) The parent whom I have offended often comes around after a term of years and tells me that his son was right.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the CORRECT sentence from the following options:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) It is always to the detriment of their health.

B) It is always for the detriment for their health.

C) It is always with the detriment on their health.

D) It is always detrimental to their health.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct sentence:

PMC 2020
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) I wish I have been a millionaire.

B) I wish I am being a millionaire.

C) I wish I were a millionaire.

D) I wish I was a millionaire.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

In the following question, demonstrate the control of tenses and sentence structure:

To walk, biking and driving are Pat’s favourite ways of getting around.

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 1
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) To walk, biking, and driving

B) Walking, biking, and driving

C) To walk, biking, and to drive

D) Walking, biking, and to drive

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Demonstrate correct use of articles and prepositions Demonstrate correct use of subject-verb agreement Demonstrate correct use of writing conventions of spelling, capitalization and punctuation to clarify meaning

If you lend him a book (A)/ he will lend it (B), to someone else (C) and never you will get it back. (D)

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 5
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) If you lend him a book

B) He will lend it

C) To someone else

D) And never you will get it back

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

How can this sentence be improved using punctuations?

She hoped to find a new job. One that would let her earn money during the school year.

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 4
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) job. One that

B) job. The kind that

C) job, one that

D) job, so that it

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

In the following question, four alternative sentences are given. Choose the correct option.

NUMS 2016
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) They felt bad while leaving their friends.

B) They felt badly about leaving their friends.

C) They felt very badly about leaving their friends.

D) They felt badly while leaving their friends.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

In the following question four alternative sentences are given. Choose the CORRECT option:

NUMS 2018
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Christopher could not taste the drink until he had boiled it.

B) Until he had boiled It, Christopher could not taste the drink

C) Christopher could not taste the drink until he had not boiled it.

D) Christopher could not taste the drink till he had not boil it.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

I advised her ________ drink it.

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 5
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Don't

B) Not to

C) To not

D) To don't

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Select the option which fits appropriately in the blank:

Bilal __________________ (live) with his brother.

PMC Sample 1
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) lives

B) is living

C) has lived

D) had lived

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

The sentence which has one dependent and one independent clause is called a:

PreMedPK MDCAT Mock 2
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Compound sentence

B) Complex sentence

C) Compound complex sentence

D) Exclamatory sentence

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct sentence from the following options:

NUMS 2018
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) There is always a good number of undergraduates whose heads are turned.

B) There are always goodly number of undergraduates who’s head are turned.

C) There are always goodly number of undergraduates whose heads are turned.

D) There are always a goodly number of undergraduates whose heads are turned.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Select the option which fits appropriately in the blank:

It was so quiet you ________________ ( can) hear a pin drop.

PMC Sample 1
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) can

B) could

C) shall

D) will

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

‘She always carried an umbrella’. The sentence indicates ____ tense.

PMC 2020
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Present Simple

B) Past Simple

C) Past Perfect

D) Present Perfect

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct option:

NUMS 2020
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) The Three Musketeers was written by Dumas.

B) The Three Musketeers were written by Dumas.

C) The Three Musketeers has written by Dumas.

D) The Three Musketeers have written by Dumas.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

They have painted their house purple. The sentence is an example of:

NUMS 2020
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Monotransitive

B) Ditransitive

C) Complex transitive

D) Reflexive transitive

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct sentence from the following options:

NUMS 2018
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) If he studied more, he would have pass the exam.

B) If he were studying to a greater degree, he would have been able to pass the exam.

C) Studying more, he would have been able to pass the exam.

D) Had he studied more, he would have been able to pass the exam.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate option, from the given lettered choices (A to D/E) below:

He would like ______ have a job in the same office as his brother.

NTS 2018
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) too

B) to

C) of to

D) get

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct answer:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Since he came, we had happily married.

B) Since he had came, we’re happily married.

C) Since he came, we’ve been happily married.

D) Since he came, we’re happily married.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct option:

PMC 2020
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Every one of prisons are full

B) Every one of the prisons had full

C) Every one of the prisons have full

D) Every one of the prisons is full

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the right option to complete the following sentences.

Irony can, after a fashion, become a mode of escape: to laugh at the terrors of life is in some sense to _______ them.

NUMS 2018
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Overstate

B) Revitalize

C) Corroborate

D) Evade

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Choose the correct sentence from the following options:

NUMS 2018
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) I remember going to British Museum one day.

B) I remember to go to British Museum one day.

C) I remember to go to the British Museum one day.

D) I remember going to the British Museum one day.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

In the following question, four alternative sentences are given. Choose the correct option.

NUMS 2016
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) Masood told me that he would hire more salesmen if he is in my position.

B) Masood told me that he would have hired more salesmen if he had been in my position.

C) Masood told me that he would hire more salesmen if he has my position.

D) Masood told me that he would hire more salesmen if he had been in my position.

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Category: English Tenses and Sentence Structure

In the following question, four alternative sentences are given. Choose the correct option.

NUMS 2016
English
Tenses and Sentence Structure
Elimination Tool:

A) The remains of the body were thrown into the sea.

B) The remains of the body was thrown into the sea.

C) The remains of the body were thrown to sea.

D) The remains of the body was thrown into the sea

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English Tenses and Sentence Structure MCQs

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