MCQ Collection
CSS MCQs
Practice CSS questions with answers and explanations.
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Correct Answer: B. submit
Explanation:
After expressions of necessity, formal English may use the mandative subjunctive.
The base form 'submit' is used regardless of the subject.
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Correct Answer: B. The final speaker—our department head—arrived late.
Explanation:
A pair of em dashes can set off strongly emphasized parenthetical information.
The inserted phrase identifies the final speaker.
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Correct Answer: C. stop
Explanation:
Verbs of recommendation can introduce the mandative subjunctive.
The subordinate verb remains in the base form.
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Correct Answer: C. It was a well-organized event.
Explanation:
The two words jointly modify the following noun 'event.'
A hyphen helps readers understand them as one compound adjective.
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Correct Answer: D. He says that he is busy.
Explanation:
With a present reporting verb, tense backshift is generally unnecessary.
The statement keeps the present tense because it remains current.
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Correct Answer: A. Ali said that he was tired.
Explanation:
The pronoun changes to match Ali, and the present tense backshifts after a past reporting verb.
'Am' therefore becomes 'was.'
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Correct Answer: A. Bilal told Ahmed that he could help him.
Explanation:
'Said to' becomes 'told' with an object, and 'can' backshifts to 'could.'
Pronouns change according to the participants.
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Correct Answer: B. Sara said that she had finished her work.
Explanation:
The present perfect normally backshifts to the past perfect after 'said.'
Pronouns also change to match Sara.
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Correct Answer: B. She said that she had to leave then.
Explanation:
Obligatory 'must' often changes to 'had to' in past reported speech.
'Now' changes to 'then.'
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Correct Answer: C. He said that he would call me the next day.
Explanation:
'Will' backshifts to 'would,' and 'tomorrow' becomes 'the next day.'
The object pronoun changes according to the reporting context.
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Correct Answer: C. He asked whether he should open the door.
Explanation:
'Shall I' seeking guidance is often reported with 'should.'
The yes-no question uses 'whether' and statement word order.
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Correct Answer: D. Ayesha said that she had seen him the previous day.
Explanation:
The simple past may backshift to the past perfect in reported speech.
'Yesterday' changes to 'the previous day.'
