MCQ Collection
English MCQs
Practice English questions with answers and explanations.
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Correct Answer: C. The players' uniforms were washed.
Explanation:
The uniforms belong to more than one player.
For a regular plural ending in s, the apostrophe follows the final s.
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Correct Answer: D. Never have I seen such a crowded hall.
Explanation:
A negative adverb placed first triggers auxiliary-subject inversion.
The correct order is 'Never have I seen.'
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Correct Answer: D. He dislikes being criticized in public.
Explanation:
The passive gerund is formed with 'being' plus a past participle.
It functions as the object of 'dislikes.'
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Correct Answer: D. He exclaimed with sorrow that he had lost his wallet.
Explanation:
'Alas' expresses sorrow and is replaced by an appropriate reporting phrase.
The present perfect backshifts to the past perfect.
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Correct Answer: D. had known
Explanation:
A regret about the past uses 'wish' plus the past perfect.
'Had known' shows the unreal earlier situation.
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Correct Answer: D. The deadline is tomorrow; we must finish today.
Explanation:
A semicolon can join two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction.
Both sides of the semicolon are complete sentences.
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Correct Answer: A. The proposal was approved by the committee.
Explanation:
The object 'the proposal' becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
The simple past passive is formed with 'was' plus the past participle.
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Correct Answer: A. The scientist is said to have discovered a new element.
Explanation:
A reporting passive can use 'subject + be said + perfect infinitive.'
'To have discovered' shows the discovery happened before the reporting.
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Correct Answer: A. She wished that I might succeed.
Explanation:
A wish or prayer is reported with 'wished' or 'prayed.'
'May' commonly changes to 'might' in indirect speech.
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Correct Answer: A. would stop
Explanation:
'Wish + would' can express annoyance about another person's repeated behavior.
The desired change concerns the future.
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Correct Answer: A. Please bring three items: a pen, a notebook, and an identity card.
Explanation:
A colon can introduce a list after a complete independent clause.
The words before the colon form a complete statement.
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Correct Answer: B. Ayesha wrote the letter.
Explanation:
The agent 'Ayesha' becomes the active subject.
The simple past passive 'was written' changes to the simple past active 'wrote.'
