MCQ Collection
PMS English MCQs
Practice PMS English questions with answers and explanations.
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Correct Answer: B. Someone
Explanation:
'Someone' refers to an unspecified person and takes a singular verb.
It fits both the meaning and the grammar of the sentence.
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Correct Answer: C. This pen is broken; please give me another one.
Explanation:
'One' substitutes for the previously mentioned countable noun 'pen.'
It avoids unnecessary repetition.
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Correct Answer: D. themselves
Explanation:
The plural subject 'students' requires the plural reflexive pronoun 'themselves.'
It shows that the students prepared their own persons.
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Correct Answer: D. theirs
Explanation:
'Theirs' is an independent possessive pronoun.
It contrasts directly with the independent possessive 'yours.'
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Correct Answer: A. me
Explanation:
A pronoun after the preposition 'between' must be in the objective case.
Therefore, 'me' is correct.
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Correct Answer: A. carefully
Explanation:
The word modifies the verb phrase 'completed the task.'
An adverb such as 'carefully' is required to describe how it was done.
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Correct Answer: B. She taught herself to play the guitar.
Explanation:
'Herself' refers back to the subject 'She' and receives the action.
A reflexive pronoun must have an appropriate antecedent in the clause.
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Correct Answer: B. very
Explanation:
'Very' directly intensifies the adjective 'difficult.'
'Much' is not normally used before a positive-form adjective.
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Correct Answer: C. The principal herself announced the result.
Explanation:
'Herself' emphasizes 'the principal' but is not required for the sentence's grammar.
This emphatic use is called intensive.
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Correct Answer: C. shorter
Explanation:
One-syllable adjectives generally form the comparative with -er.
The word 'than' signals a comparison between two routes.
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Correct Answer: D. whose
Explanation:
'Whose' shows possession between the woman and the car.
It introduces a relative clause modifying 'woman.'
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Correct Answer: D. most persuasive
Explanation:
Long adjectives usually form the superlative with 'most.'
The definite article 'the' also signals the highest degree.