PMS MCQs

'Herself' emphasizes 'the principal' but is not required for the sentence's grammar.
This emphatic use is called intensive.

One-syllable adjectives generally form the comparative with -er.
The word 'than' signals a comparison between two routes.

'Whose' shows possession between the woman and the car.
It introduces a relative clause modifying 'woman.'

Long adjectives usually form the superlative with 'most.'
The definite article 'the' also signals the highest degree.

'Books' is a plural countable noun.
'Many' is used to ask about the number of countable items.

'Water' is uncountable, so the comparative quantifier is 'less.'
'Fewer' is used with plural countable nouns.

'Mistakes' is a plural countable noun.
The comparative quantifier 'fewer' is therefore correct.

'Every' is followed by a singular countable noun.
It refers individually to all members of the group.

Before a noun phrase with 'the,' the normal order is 'both the books.'
'Both of' would require a pronoun or 'the' before the noun.

'Both' refers to the two brothers together and agrees with the plural verb.
The sentence states that the two share the same profession.

'Either' means one or the other of two choices.
It is the correct determiner for a free choice between two items.

The pronoun is part of the compound subject of the verb 'completed.'
Subject position requires the nominative form 'I.'