All Free English MCQs with Answers

51. Choose the correct pronoun: Every student must submit ____ own assignment.

• A. their
• B. his or her
• C. its
• D. them

Explanation: Every student is grammatically singular, so a formal examination expects the singular his or her. Singular they is increasingly accepted in general writing and is often the better choice for inclusivity, but entry tests still mark the traditional form. Its is used for things rather than people.

52. Choose the correct form: He enjoys ____ novels in his free time.

• A. to read
• B. reading
• C. read
• D. to reading

Explanation: Enjoy always takes a gerund, never an infinitive, and the same is true of avoid, finish, mind, suggest and practise. Verbs such as want, hope and decide take the infinitive instead. A few, including begin and like, accept either with little change in meaning.

53. Choose the correct form: She agreed ____ us with the project.

• A. helping
• B. to help
• C. help
• D. helped

Explanation: Agree belongs to the group of verbs followed by the infinitive, along with promise, refuse, decide and manage. Using the gerund after these verbs is the standard error for learners whose first language does not make the distinction. Contrast with enjoy and avoid, which take the gerund.

54. Identify the correctly punctuated sentence.

• A. My brother who lives in Karachi is a doctor.
• B. My brother, who lives in Karachi, is a doctor.
• C. My brother who lives in Karachi, is a doctor.
• D. My brother, who lives in Karachi is a doctor.

Explanation: A non defining relative clause, one that adds extra information rather than identifying which brother, is enclosed by a pair of commas. Using only one comma is always wrong, since the pair works like brackets. Without commas the clause would be defining, implying the speaker has more than one brother.

55. Choose the correct transitional device: The medicine was expensive; ____, it proved effective.

• A. therefore
• B. however
• C. moreover
• D. similarly

Explanation: The two clauses contrast, so a contrastive connector such as however, nevertheless or on the other hand is needed. Therefore signals a result, moreover adds a similar point and similarly draws a comparison. Reading both halves before choosing is the reliable method with these questions.

56. In the sentence "Running quickly, he caught the bus", the underlined phrase Running quickly is

• A. a noun clause
• B. a participial phrase modifying he
• C. an independent clause
• D. a prepositional phrase

Explanation: A present participle introducing a phrase that describes the subject of the main clause is a participial phrase, and it must attach to the right subject or it becomes a dangling modifier. Here he is doing the running, so the sentence is correct. Writing Running quickly, the bus was caught would be faulty.

57. Choose the correct position of the adverb: She ____ goes to the library on Sundays.

• A. usually
• B. usual
• C. usualy
• D. usualness

Explanation: Adverbs of frequency normally stand between the subject and the main verb, so usually goes is the natural order. Usual is the adjective form and cannot modify a verb, while the other two options are not words. With the verb to be the adverb follows instead, as in she is usually late.

58. Identify the sentence with correct inversion.

• A. Never I have seen such a crowd.
• B. Never have I seen such a crowd.
• C. Never seen I have such a crowd.
• D. Never I saw such a crowd.

Explanation: When a negative adverb such as never, seldom, rarely or hardly begins a sentence, the subject and auxiliary invert as they would in a question. The same applies to not only, no sooner and little did he know. Without the inversion the sentence is ungrammatical in formal English.

59. Choose the word that is a preposition in the sentence: The cat jumped over the wall.

• A. cat
• B. jumped
• C. over
• D. wall

Explanation: Over shows the relationship between the verb and the noun that follows it, which is what a preposition does, and over the wall is the prepositional phrase. Cat and wall are nouns and jumped is the verb. A preposition is always followed by its object, here the wall.

60. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: The results were surprisingly good.

• A. adjective
• B. adverb
• C. noun
• D. verb

Explanation: Surprisingly modifies the adjective good, and a word that modifies an adjective, a verb or another adverb is an adverb. Good itself is the adjective describing results. The ly ending is a useful clue, though not an infallible one, since friendly and lonely are adjectives.