This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Parts of Speech – Set 2”.
1. Which of the following is not true about an adverb?
a) It describes a verb
b) It describes an adjective
c) It describes a pronoun
d) It describes another adverb
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Explanation: Words that describe a verb, adjective or another adverb are called adverbs, whereas words that describe a noun/pronoun are called adjectives. For example: He eats quickly. How does he eat? The answer is quickly. Therefore ‘quickly’ would be the adverb in the above sentence.
2. Identify the number of adverbs in the following sentence.
She has incredibly silky long beautiful hair.
a) 0
b) 1
c) 4
d) 5
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Explanation: Here ‘incredibly silky long beautiful’ describe her hair. ‘Hair’ is a noun and not a verb so ‘incredibly silky long beautiful’ are adjectives and not adverbs.
3. Identify the adverb/adverbs in the following sentence.
Rahul swims extremely well.
a) Well
b) Extremely well
c) Swims
d) There are no adverbs
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Explanation: The easiest way to identify an adverb is to ask yourself how the action is done. How does Rahul swim? He swims extremely well, making ‘extremely well’ an adverb.
4. What is not true about a preposition?
a) They are used to link nouns, pronouns, etc. to the rest of the sentence
b) They are used to join two sentences
c) They are commonly followed by a noun or pronoun
d) They can tell us when or where something happened
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Explanation: Words that join two sentences are called conjunctions. However the others define a preposition.
5. Fill in the correct preposition in the following sentence.
She hasn’t come to school ___ last week.
a) From
b) Since
c) For
d) In
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Explanation: ‘From’ is used for a finished action. For example: She has been jogging from 5 am to 7 am. However ‘since’ is used for an action which is still continuing. For example: The weather has been bad since the day before yesterday.
6. Fill in the correct preposition in the following sentence.
She hadn’t been to the beach ___ a long time.
a) From
b) Since
c) For
d) In
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Explanation: ‘For’ is used when there is a time period mentioned. For example: Riya has been waiting for an hour. However both ‘from’ and ‘since’ have a starting point of the activity. For example: Riya has been waiting since 9 am.
7. What is not true about a conjunction?
a) It can be used to join two words
b) It can be used to join two sentences
c) It can be used to join a main clause and an independent clause
d) It can be used to link words to the rest of the sentence
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Explanation: Words that are used to link words to the rest of the sentence are called prepositions whereas the remaining definitions define a conjunction.
8. Fill in the correct conjunction in the following sentence.
That chocolate cake contains ___ eggs ___ nuts.
a) Either; nor
b) Neither; nor
c) Both; or
d) Not only; or
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Explanation: ‘Neither’ and ‘nor’ is used when none of the two words mentioned is used. Here both eggs and nuts are not used in the cake. Therefore we say that the chocolate cake contains neither eggs nor nuts.
9. Fill in the correct conjunction in the following sentence.
She hated running ___ she loved playing basketball all the time.
a) And
b) But
c) For
d) With
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Explanation: ‘But’ is used to join two ideas that have contrasting/different meaning. Here both ‘hated’ and ‘loved’ are used which are opposite ideas, therefore we use ‘but’.
10. What is an interjection?
a) A word used to express a strong feeling
b) A word used to modify a noun or pronoun
c) A word used to show relation
d) A word used to connect words or sentences
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Explanation: Interjections are words that express sudden emotions of joy, sorrow, anger, surprise, excitement, etc.
11. What is an interjection usually followed by?
a) A semicolon
b) A full stop
c) An exclamation mark
d) A colon
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Explanation: Since interjections convey sudden excitement and surprise (both good and bad), they are followed by an exclamation mark. Exclamation marks are generally used to indicate strong feelings and emotions.
12. Identify the interjection in the following sentence.
Yes, I do realize the consequences of my actions.
a) There is no interjection
b) Yes
c) Actions
d) Realize
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Explanation: Although interjection words are generally followed by an exclamation mark, some of them are followed by a comma. For example: ‘yes’ and ‘no’ are also sometimes classified as interjections.
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