MCQ Collection
English MCQs
Practice English questions with answers and explanations.
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Correct Answer: A. more efficiently
Explanation:
The adverb modifies the verb 'works' and compares two people.
Multi-syllable adverbs normally use 'more' for the comparative.
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Correct Answer: A. in
Explanation:
'In' is used with years, months, and longer periods.
The year 2022 requires 'in.'
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Correct Answer: A. The students completed the project on time.
Explanation:
A simple sentence contains one independent clause.
It may include phrases but has no additional dependent or independent clause.
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Correct Answer: B. Who
Explanation:
The pronoun is the subject of the verb 'is.'
Subject position requires 'who.'
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Correct Answer: B. She almost drove the children to school every day.
Explanation:
Placing 'almost' before 'drove' suggests she nearly drove but did not actually do so.
The intended frequency meaning requires 'almost every day.'
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Correct Answer: B. through
Explanation:
'Through' describes movement from one side to the other inside an enclosed space.
A tunnel is an enclosed passage.
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Correct Answer: B. The sun set, and the streets became quiet.
Explanation:
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined here by 'and.'
Each clause could stand as a complete sentence.
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Correct Answer: C. his
Explanation:
'Neither' is grammatically singular in formal agreement.
The singular possessive 'his' matches the masculine plural antecedent individually.
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Correct Answer: C. Walking to class, Ahmed was soaked by the rain.
Explanation:
The opening phrase must logically modify the person who was walking.
Making Ahmed the subject removes the dangling modifier.
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Correct Answer: C. over
Explanation:
'Over' describes movement above and across an obstacle.
It is appropriate for jumping across a wall.
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Correct Answer: C. We left because the building was closing.
Explanation:
The sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause introduced by 'because.'
That combination makes it complex.
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Correct Answer: D. The two friends helped each other.
Explanation:
'Each other' expresses a mutual action between two people.
Both friends give and receive help.
