Practice IBA English Composition questions with answers and explanations.
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'One' begins with the consonant sound /w/.
The sound, not the written letter, determines the article.
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Names of mountain ranges take the definite article.
Individual mountain names generally do not.
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'Few' with a plural countable noun emphasizes an insufficient number.
The need to buy more confirms this negative meaning.
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'A little' means some amount of an uncountable noun in a positive sense.
The sentence indicates that enough time is available.
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'Neither' refers to not one and not the other of two items.
'None' is more commonly used for more than two.
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'Students' is a plural countable noun.
'Several' correctly indicates an unspecified number greater than two.
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'Money' is an uncountable noun.
'Much' is used in questions with uncountable nouns.
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'Books' is a plural countable noun.
'Many' is used to ask about the number of countable items.
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'Water' is uncountable, so the comparative quantifier is 'less.'
'Fewer' is used with plural countable nouns.
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This is an inverted third conditional referring to an unreal past situation.
The result clause correctly uses 'would have' plus past participle.
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'Honest' begins with a vowel sound because the h is silent.
The article 'an' is used before a vowel sound.
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'University' begins with the consonant sound /y/.
Therefore, the correct indefinite article is 'a.'
