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Modern English Grammar and Composition - Quiz 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of sentence is the following:

Jane, come here.

a)

Declarative sentence

b)

Imperative sentence

c)

Exclamatory sentence

d)

Interrogative sentence

2.

Change the following affirmative sentence into negative form:

She is well.

a)

Not she is well.

b)

Well is she.

c)

She is not well.

d)

Well not is she.

3.

Change the following sentence into interrogative form:

Foreigners are happy here.

a)

Foreigners are not happy here.

b)

Are foreigners happy here?

c)

Not foreigners are happy here?

d)

Foreigners are happy here?

4.

Supply a subject to the following predicate:

................ is also called Kollywood.

a)

Beautiful

b)

Call

c)

On

d)

The Tamil film industry

5.

The old woman sat in a corner.

Choose the right options.

a)

The old woman sat - phrase

b)

The old woman sat - clause

c)

in a corner - phrase

d)

in a corner - clause

6.

What part of speech is "mortal" in the following sentence?

Man is mortal.

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

7.

The balloon is made of rubber.

What kind of noun is "balloon"?

a)

Proper noun

b)

Common noun

c)

Collective noun

d)

Abstract noun

8.

What kind of noun is the word "slate"?

a)

Proper noun

b)

Collective noun

c)

Material noun

d)

Common noun

9.

The boy did his sums on his slate.

What kind of noun is "slate" in this context?

a)

Material noun

b)

Proper noun

c)

Common noun

d)

Abstract noun

10.

Convert the following word to its feminine form:

bachelor

a)

bachelorine

b)

bacheloress

c)

bachelorette

d)

bachel

11.

What is the plural of "storey"?

a)

storeys

b)

stories

c)

storis

d)

stoeries

12.

Correct the following sentence:

I bought two dozens mangoes.

a)

I bought two dozen mangoes.

b)

I bought two dozen mango.

c)

I bought two dozens mangos.

d)

I bought two dozen mangos.

13.

Correct the following sentence:

There is no womans' college in this town.

a)

There is no women college in this town.

b)

There is no women's college in this town.

c)

There is no woman college in this town.

d)

There is not women's college in this town.

14.

A word that qualifies a noun is a ...........

a)

Adverb

b)

Adjective

c)

Preposition

d)

Pronoun

15.

Concrete and abstract nouns fall under the category of .........

a)

Gender

b)

Classes

c)

Number

d)

Case

16.

What type of sentence is the following:

You can come by car or by bike.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound-complex

17.

A clause that does the function of an adverb is called ..................

a)

Adjective clause

b)

Prepositional clause

c)

Adverbial clause

d)

Adverboieal clause

18.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good paragraph?

a)

Coherence

b)

Logical

c)

Orderless

d)

Variety

19.

The writer's address and the date should be written in the ............... of the page.

a)

bottom left

b)

top left

c)

top right

d)

bottom right

20.

There was a time when I could lift 250 lbs.

In this sentence, "when I could lift 250 lbs" is a ........... clause.

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

verb

d)

adverb