MCQ Collection
English MCQs
Practice English questions with answers and explanations.
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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. My bicycle has been stolen.
Explanation:
The present perfect passive uses 'has/have been' plus a past participle.
The unknown agent can be omitted because it is not important.
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Correct Answer: D. The baby slept peacefully.
Explanation:
'Slept' is intransitive and has no direct object to become a passive subject.
Only transitive constructions normally form the passive.
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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: D. were
Explanation:
The phrase refers to an unreal present identity.
Formal conditional usage prefers the subjunctive 'were.'
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Correct Answer: A. The results will be announced tomorrow.
Explanation:
The future passive is formed with 'will be' plus a past participle.
The object 'the results' becomes the passive subject.
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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: A. Had
Explanation:
'Had I known' is an inverted third conditional equivalent to 'If I had known.'
The conditional conjunction is omitted after inversion.
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Correct Answer: B. The application must be submitted today.
Explanation:
A modal passive uses the modal plus 'be' and a past participle.
Thus, 'must be submitted' is the correct structure.
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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.'
