English Sentence Correction and Grammar MCQs with Explanations

The subject is 'the number', a singular noun, so the singular 'is' agrees with it; the plural 'complaints' sits inside a prepositional phrase and cannot govern the verb. 'Have' would need a plural subject too.

'Neither' means not one and not the other, so it is singular and takes the singular verb 'was', and the noun after 'of' stays plural ('neither of the reports'). 'Were' and 'have been' are the tempting plural errors.

'Hardly' (like 'scarcely') is a temporal adverb, so it is followed by 'when' introducing the second event. 'Than' belongs only to 'no sooner', and 'then' cannot join the two clauses.

'No sooner' is a comparative, so the pair is 'no sooner... than'. 'When' and 'as soon as' would belong to a different construction ('the instant the gavel fell, the delegates protested'), and 'the instant' cannot follow a comparative.

The relative pronoun is the object of 'interviewed' (the committee interviewed him), so the objective case 'whom' is required. 'Who' would be the subject of the clause, and 'which' cannot refer to a person.

'Between' is a preposition and governs the objective case, so the correct phrase is 'between you and me'. 'Myself' is a reflexive and cannot replace the object of a preposition, and 'I' would make the phrase nominative.

The result clause 'would have caught' is in the third conditional, so the if-clause must use the past perfect: 'had reached'. A simple past 'reached' would pair with 'would catch', which refers to the present or future.

The regret refers to a finished past moment ('before the bell rang'), and a past wish after 'wish' needs the past perfect: 'had known'. 'Knew' would express a wish about the present, as in 'I wish I knew the answer now'.

Here the verb means bring about, which is the verb 'effect' (as in effect a change, effect a reform). 'Affect' means influence and would take the thing influenced as its object, not the change itself; 'impart' means convey, and 'inflict' needs 'on'.

Before the noun 'cause' an adjective is needed, and 'principal' means chief or most important. 'Principle' is a noun meaning a rule or belief, so 'the principle cause' is a spelling error.

Two independent clauses joined by the conjunctive adverb 'however' need a semicolon before it and a comma after it. A comma alone produces a comma splice, a colon cannot introduce 'however', and no punctuation runs the clauses together.

The file was itself in a place, so the intransitive verb 'lie' is needed, and its past form is 'lay'. 'Laid' is the past of the transitive 'lay', which requires an object, 'lain' needs has or had, and 'lied' means told a falsehood.

The choice of article depends on sound, not spelling: 'European' opens with the consonant sound /j/ (as in 'yes'), so it takes 'a'. 'An' is used only before a vowel sound, which is why the same word would be 'an' in 'an embassy'.

When 'so + adjective' is placed at the beginning for emphasis, the verb and subject invert, giving 'So determined was she'. Ordinary statement order is not allowed after this fronting, and the present 'is she' clashes with the past 'refused'.

This sentence expresses strong emotion or surprise, making it exclamatory. It ends with an exclamation mark.

'Running down the street' is a dangling modifier because it's not clear who is running. The sentence structure suggests the dog is running, but logically it should be the person observing.

A complex sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. 'Although I went to school' is the dependent clause, and 'I didn't study' is the independent clause.

The subject is who or what performs the action. 'The quick brown fox' is the one doing the jumping, so it's the subject.

When referring to oneself and others as the subject, use 'I' not 'me'. Also, it's polite to mention others before oneself.

This sentence gives a command or makes a request, making it imperative.

The subjunctive mood is used for hypothetical situations. With 'if' clauses expressing unreal conditions, we use 'were' instead of 'was' for all subjects.

The modifier 'on my way home' is misplaced. It seems to modify 'barking' instead of 'I saw', creating confusion about who was on the way home.

Parallel structure requires using the same grammatical form for items in a list. All three activities should be in the same form (gerunds: hiking, swimming, biking).

This sentence has one independent clause ('The sun provides light and heat') and one dependent clause ('which is very hot'), making it complex.

A squinting modifier is ambiguous about whether it modifies the word before it or after it. 'Often' could modify 'study' or 'get', creating ambiguity.

In first conditional sentences (real possibility), we use present simple in the 'if' clause and future simple in the main clause.

'Walking down the street' is a dangling participle because it's not clear who is walking. The sentence structure suggests the trees are walking.

This sentence makes a statement or expresses an opinion, making it declarative.

This sentence gives a command or makes a request, making it imperative.

The noisy River Kumar Passes through city of Balakot. In this sentence ” noisy River” prefers to Loud and Fast flowing river .

He got up and ran to the door. is the correct answer to “Correct the sentence:”. Items of this type are drawn from the Sentence Correction & Completion syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Our guest let us know in his last letter that he would be arriving next week. is the correct answer to “Choose the correct option which reflect the same sense as in the captioned sentence:”. Items of this type are drawn from the Sentence Correction & Completion syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Adverb is the correct answer to “He is very poor. What is “Very” in this sentence”. Items of this type are drawn from the Sentence Correction & Completion syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Noun is the correct answer to “He want five thousand dollars to buy a car. He won’t be satisfied with less. What is “less” in this sentence”. Items of this type are drawn from the Sentence Correction & Completion syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Adverb is the correct answer to “The population of Pakistan is less than that of China. What is “less” in this sentence”. Items of this type are drawn from the Sentence Correction & Completion syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Adjective is the correct answer to “You are paying less attention to your studies than you used to do. What is “less” in this sentence”. Items of this type are drawn from the Sentence Correction & Completion syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

I have decent house to live in is the correct answer to “Choose the correct sentence:”. Items of this type are drawn from the Sentence Correction & Completion syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.