English Grammar Practice Test 1
1. No sooner did the Chief Guest climb up to the dias then the bomb exploded.
(a) than
(b) before
(c) when
(d) No improvement
Ans. a
2. The owner was unhappy at Gaurav because he did not complete the work in time.
(a) is unhappy at
(b) is to be unhappy at
(c) was unhappy with
(d) No correction
Ans. c
3. He has done nothing from yesterday.
(a) after
(b) since
(c) through
(d) No improvement
Ans. b
4. In the modern world it is difficult to live through one’s ideals.
(a) to live up to
(b) to live by
(c) to live for
(d) No improvement
Ans. a
5. It is long since I last saw you.
(a) long time
(b) long ago
(c) long before
(d) No improvement
Ans. d
6. Kalidas is the greatest of all other dramatists.
(a) all the
(b) the other
(c) any other
(d) No correction required
Ans. a
7. The secret information was held away from me.
(a) off
(b) back
(c) out
(d) No improvement
Ans. b
8. She gave most of her time to music.
(a) devoted
(b) lent
(c) spent
(d) No improvement
Ans. a
9. When I was fourteen, I sat the entrance examination for senior secondary school.
(a) sat for
(b) sat in
(c) sat at
(d) No improvement
Ans. b
10. When I lived in Allahabad, I was going to the cinema once a week.
(a) had been going
(b) used to be going
(c) went
(d) No correction required
Ans. b
11. He has been working off and on for several years to compile a dictionary.
(a) on or off
(b) on and off
(c) regularly
(d) No correction required
Ans. b
12. He spent much time and energy over it, and lost a sum in the bargain.
(a) picked on
(b) off the bargain
(c) into the bargain
(d) No correction required
Ans. c
13. He complained that he had too much work to cope up with.
(a) to cope with
(b) to cope
(c) for coping up with
(d) No improvement
Ans. a
14. We have heard her lecture yesterday.
(a) were hearing
(b) heard
(c) had been hearing
(d) No correction required
Ans. b
15. I noticed that the opposite man was staring at me.
(a) the opposed man
(b) the man opposite
(c) the men opposite
(d) No improvement
Ans. b
16. She did not like the movie, nor I did.
(a) nor did I
(b) nor I like it
(c) nor I liked it
(d) No improvement
Ans. a
17. It will take two hours to walk across the forest.
(a) between
(b) through
(c) over
(d) No correction required
Ans. b
18. It shall depend on they finishing on time.
(a) them finishing
(b) their finishing
(c) their’s finishing
(d) No correction required
Ans. b
19. You ought not to have gone there, but you did.
(a) be going
(b) go
(c) have been
(d) No improvement
Ans. d
20. The main business of the Parliament is to deal with matters pertained to the Legislature.
(a) pertaining with
(b) pertained with
(c) pertaining to
(d) No improvement
Ans. c
