MCQ Collection
FPSC English MCQs
Practice FPSC English questions with answers and explanations.
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Correct Answer: A. had checked
Explanation:
'If only' plus the past perfect expresses strong regret about a past action.
The map was not checked before departure.
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Correct Answer: B. will pass
Explanation:
The first conditional describes a realistic future possibility.
The result clause uses 'will' plus the base verb.
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Correct Answer: B. knew
Explanation:
'As if' can take a past form to indicate an unreal present impression.
'Knew' suggests that he does not actually know everything.
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Correct Answer: C. would learn
Explanation:
The second conditional describes an unreal or unlikely present situation.
Its result clause uses 'would' plus the base verb.
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Correct Answer: C. went
Explanation:
After 'It is time,' English often uses a past form for a present or immediate action.
'Went' expresses that the action is overdue.
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Correct Answer: D. The officer ordered me to show him my identity card.
Explanation:
An imperative command is reported with a suitable reporting verb plus object and to-infinitive.
Pronouns change according to speaker and listener.
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Correct Answer: A. Mother requested me to close the window.
Explanation:
A polite imperative is commonly reported with 'requested' or 'asked' plus a to-infinitive.
The word 'please' is absorbed into the reporting verb.
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Correct Answer: B. He warned me not to touch the wire.
Explanation:
A negative command is reported with 'not to' plus the base verb.
'Warned' accurately conveys the cautionary force.
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Correct Answer: C. The report needs to be completed today.
Explanation:
The passive infinitive is formed with 'to be' plus a past participle.
'Needs to be completed' expresses that the report must receive the action.
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Correct Answer: C. She exclaimed that it was a very beautiful painting.
Explanation:
An exclamation is reported with 'exclaimed' and a statement clause.
The emotional intensifier is expressed through 'very.'
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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: 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.
