Free Grammar MCQs with Answers

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91. Have you taken a rest?

  • A. Have a rest been taken by you?
  • B. Have a rest taken by you.
  • C. Had a rest taken by you?
  • D. Have a rest be take by you?

Explanation: The present perfect passive is formed with have or has been plus the past participle: “Have a rest been taken...?” The auxiliary have must therefore be followed by been taken.

Correct answer: Have a rest been taken by you?

92. Why does an officer neglect duties?

  • A. Why the duties neglected by an officer?
  • B. Why are the duties neglected by an officer?
  • C. Why is the duties neglected by an officer?
  • D. Why are the duties neglect by an officer.

Explanation: The simple present passive question requires are because duties is plural, followed by the past participle neglected. Thus, “Why are the duties neglected...?” is correct.

Correct answer: Why are the duties neglected by an officer?

93. Did you visit a zoo?

  • A. Was a zoo being visited by you?
  • B. Was a zoo be visited by you?
  • C. Was a zoo been visited by you?
  • D. Was a zoo visited by you?Government & Public Sector Jobs

Explanation: A simple past passive sentence uses was or were plus the past participle: “Was a zoo visited by you?” Being and been would incorrectly change the required tense or structure.

Correct answer: Was a zoo visited by you?Government & Public Sector Jobs

94. She will invite me.

  • A. I shall be invited by her.
  • B. I will invited by her.
  • C. I shall being invited by her.
  • D. I will been invited by her.Educational Resources

Explanation: In the traditional subject-pronoun sequence, will changes to shall with first-person I, giving “I shall be invited by her.” The passive future requires be plus the past participle invited.

Correct answer: I shall be invited by her.

95. I take exercise daily.

  • A. Exercise are taken daily by me.
  • B. Exercise is taken daily by me.
  • C. Exercise is being taken daily by me.
  • D. Exercise is been taken daily by me.Language Resources

Explanation: Exercise is generally uncountable in the sense of physical activity, so it takes is. The simple present passive is therefore “Exercise is taken daily by me.”

Correct answer: Exercise is taken daily by me.

96. You will praise her very much.

  • A. She will praised very much by you.
  • B. She will be praised very much by you.
  • C. She will being praised very much by you.
  • D. She will been praised very much by you.Quiz Mode Feature

Explanation: The future passive is will be plus the past participle: “She will be praised.” Being and been do not follow will in this construction.

Correct answer: She will be praised very much by you.

97. Why do you tell a lie?

  • A. Why a lie told by you?
  • B. Why is a lie be told by you?
  • C. Why is a lie told by you?
  • D. Why is a lite being told you?

Explanation: The simple present passive question uses is plus the past participle told: “Why is a lie told by you?” “Is ... be told” incorrectly combines two forms of the auxiliary.

Correct answer: Why is a lie told by you?

98. Why did you waste best part of your life?

  • A. Why the best part of your life wasted by you?
  • B. Why were the best part of your life wasted by you?
  • C. Why did the best part of your life wasted by you?
  • D. Why was the best part of your life wasted by you?

Explanation: The simple past passive uses was or were plus the past participle wasted; the singular subject “best part” requires was. Hence, “Why was the best part ... wasted?” is correct.

Correct answer: Why was the best part of your life wasted by you?

99. Will my mother have baked cake?

  • A. Will the cake have baked by my mother?
  • B. Will the cake has being baked by my mother?
  • C. Will the cake be baked by my mother?
  • D. Will the cake have been baked by my mother?

Explanation: The future perfect passive is will have been plus the past participle: “Will the cake have been baked...?” Option c is only simple future passive and loses the perfect meaning.

Correct answer: Will the cake have been baked by my mother?

100. Who designed a car?

  • A. By whom a car designed?
  • B. By whom a car had designed?
  • C. By whom a car was designed?
  • D. By whom a car was being designed?

Explanation: The simple past passive of “designed” is was designed, and the question form begins “By whom.” “Had designed” lacks the required passive auxiliary.

Correct answer: By whom a car was designed?