NAT English MCQs

'Herself' refers back to the subject 'She' and receives the action.
A reflexive pronoun must have an appropriate antecedent in the clause.

'Herself' emphasizes 'the principal' but is not required for the sentence's grammar.
This emphatic use is called intensive.

'Whose' shows possession between the woman and the car.
It introduces a relative clause modifying 'woman.'

The pronoun is the object of the preposition 'to.'
Formal standard English therefore uses 'whom.'

'That' can refer to a thing and functions as the subject of the relative clause.
The clause identifies which book is meant.

Repeating 'Ayesha' makes the actor clear, while 'her' naturally refers to Sana.
The other sentences contain ambiguous pronoun references.

'Mistakes' is a plural countable noun.
The comparative quantifier 'fewer' is therefore correct.

'Honest' begins with a vowel sound because the h is silent.
The article 'an' is used before a vowel sound.

'Every' is followed by a singular countable noun.
It refers individually to all members of the group.

'University' begins with the consonant sound /y/.
Therefore, the correct indefinite article is 'a.'

Before a noun phrase with 'the,' the normal order is 'both the books.'
'Both of' would require a pronoun or 'the' before the noun.

Names of rivers normally take the definite article.
Thus, 'the Nile' is the standard form.