MCQ Collection
CSS MCQs
Practice CSS questions with answers and explanations.
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Correct Answer: B. Participial phrase
Explanation:
The phrase begins with the present participle 'wearing' and modifies 'man.'
A participle with its complements forms a participial phrase.
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Correct Answer: C. She often visits her grandmother.
Explanation:
'Often' tells how frequently the action occurs.
Words such as always, often, and rarely are adverbs of frequency.
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Correct Answer: D. who
Explanation:
'Who' introduces a clause describing 'student.'
Relative pronouns connect dependent clauses to nouns.
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Correct Answer: A. happily
Explanation:
The word 'happily' describes how the children played.
A word that modifies a verb in this way functions as an adverb.
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Correct Answer: A. Finish your work before you leave.
Explanation:
'Before' introduces the dependent clause 'you leave.'
A word joining a subordinate clause to a main clause functions as a conjunction.
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Correct Answer: B. Please turn off the light.
Explanation:
In this sentence, 'light' names a thing that can be turned off.
Therefore, it functions as a noun rather than a verb or adjective.
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Correct Answer: B. Adjective
Explanation:
'Useful' describes the noun 'suggestion.'
Words that modify nouns are adjectives.
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Correct Answer: C. under
Explanation:
'Under' shows the spatial relationship between the keys and the cushion.
Words that express such relationships are prepositions.
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Correct Answer: C. The mechanic repaired the engine.
Explanation:
'Repaired' takes the direct object 'the engine.'
A verb that transfers its action to an object is transitive.
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Correct Answer: D. Ali wanted tea, but Sara preferred coffee.
Explanation:
'But' joins two independent clauses of equal grammatical importance.
It is one of the standard coordinating conjunctions.
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Correct Answer: D. The audience laughed loudly.
Explanation:
'Laughed' does not require a direct object.
A verb that expresses a complete action without an object is intransitive.
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Correct Answer: A. Abstract noun
Explanation:
'Honesty' names a quality rather than a physical object.
Names of qualities, ideas, or states are abstract nouns.