Practice questions

 

Section A: Verbs (Q1–Q15)

Choose the correct verb form from the options in brackets.

1. She ___ (go/goes/going) to school every day.

2. They ___ (was/were/have) playing football when I arrived.

3. I ___ (see/saw/seen) him yesterday.

4. The train ___ (arrive/arrived/arrives) late every time.

5. If he ___ (study/studied/studies), he will pass.

6. The room ___ (clean/was cleaned/cleans) yesterday.

7. We ___ (have/has/had) already eaten.

8. He said he ___ (will/would/would have) call me later.

9. The letter ___ (write/written/was written) last week.

10. I ___ (don’t/doesn’t/didn’t) like horror movies.

11. Ram and Shyam ___ (is/are/were) best friends.

12. Neither the teacher nor the students ___ (was/were/are) ready.

13. By the time we arrived, the show ___ (started/had started/starts).

14. He wishes he ___ (know/knew/knows) the answer.

15. She ___ (has/have/had) been working there for years.

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✅ Section B: Prepositions (Q16–Q25)

Choose the correct preposition.

16. She is fond ___ (of/in/for) reading novels.

17. The baby is afraid ___ (at/of/by) the dark.

18. He apologized ___ (for/to/of) his mistake.

19. The school is located ___ (on/in/at) the hill.

20. I am interested ___ (for/in/about) music.

21. They went to the market ___ (because/since/as) they needed food.

22. The pen is ___ (on/over/in) the table.

23. He fell asleep ___ (during/while/for) the movie.

24. The cat jumped ___ (onto/into/in) the box.

25. She walked ___ (along/against/through) the river.

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✅ Section C: Articles (Q26–Q35)

Choose the correct article (a, an, the, or no article).

26. He is ___ honest man. (a/an/the)

27. She wants to buy ___ umbrella. (a/an/the)

28. I visited ___ Mount Everest last year. (a/an/the)

29. We had ___ amazing time. (a/an/the)

30. He is ___ best player in our team. (a/an/the)

31. She adopted ___ European style. (a/an/the)

32. Do you have ___ pen I can borrow? (a/an/the)

33. ___ sun rises in the east. (A/An/The)

34. She became ___ engineer. (a/an/the)

35. We don’t need ___ help. (a/an/the)

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✅ Section D: Mixed Grammar (Q36–Q40)

Choose the best option.

36. If it rains, we ___ (will cancel/would cancel/cancel) the trip.

37. My shoes ___ (is/are/were) dirty.

38. She doesn’t like coffee, ___ does she? (is/does/doesn’t)

39. A number of students ___ (was/were/is) present.

40. He sings better ___ he practices every day. (because/although/so)

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