FPSC English MCQs

The standard structure is 'hardly/scarcely...when.'
It indicates that one event was followed almost immediately by another.

'Tastes' is a linking verb here and connects the subject to a description.
A subject complement after a linking verb is normally an adjective.

The adverb modifies the verb 'works' and compares two people.
Multi-syllable adverbs normally use 'more' for the comparative.

Placing 'almost' before 'drove' suggests she nearly drove but did not actually do so.
The intended frequency meaning requires 'almost every day.'

The opening phrase must logically modify the person who was walking.
Making Ahmed the subject removes the dangling modifier.

Standard adjective order places opinion before size and material.
'Beautiful small wooden table' follows that conventional sequence.

'Too difficult' means more difficult than desirable or manageable.
The structure uses 'too' before an adjective.

'Enough' follows an adjective in this construction.
'Light enough to carry' means sufficiently light.

The comparative adjective 'taller' is followed by 'than.'
This is the standard structure for comparing two people.

Traditional formal usage uses the comparative when only two items are compared.
Therefore, 'the better' is appropriate.

The word modifies the verb phrase 'completed the task.'
An adverb such as 'carefully' is required to describe how it was done.

'Extremely' modifies the adjective 'informative.'
Adverbs can modify adjectives as well as verbs.