NAT English MCQs

With 'either...or,' agreement is normally with the nearer subject.
The nearer subject 'brother' is singular, so 'is' is correct.

A measurement considered as one total amount takes a singular verb.
The entire distance is treated as one unit.

The subject is 'One,' not 'books.'
Because 'One' is singular, the verb must be 'is.'

'Who' introduces a clause describing 'student.'
Relative pronouns connect dependent clauses to nouns.

The word 'happily' describes how the children played.
A word that modifies a verb in this way functions as an adverb.

'Before' introduces the dependent clause 'you leave.'
A word joining a subordinate clause to a main clause functions as a conjunction.

In this sentence, 'light' names a thing that can be turned off.
Therefore, it functions as a noun rather than a verb or adjective.

'Useful' describes the noun 'suggestion.'
Words that modify nouns are adjectives.

'Under' shows the spatial relationship between the keys and the cushion.
Words that express such relationships are prepositions.

'Repaired' takes the direct object 'the engine.'
A verb that transfers its action to an object is transitive.

'But' joins two independent clauses of equal grammatical importance.
It is one of the standard coordinating conjunctions.

'Laughed' does not require a direct object.
A verb that expresses a complete action without an object is intransitive.