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English MCQs

English Comprehension

Quiz # 1, MCQs





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  1. 1)

    "The judge released him on his own _________."


    • A) recognizance
    • B) reconnaissance
    • C) connoisseur
    • D) Cognition

  2. 2)

    The jury ___________ the mayor of all wrongdoing.


    • A) exonerate
    • B) expatriated
    • C) augmented
    • D) subjugated

  3. 3)

    They can watch _____ the detective series _____ the foreign movie


    • A) neither…and
    • B) either ...or
    • C) both…or
    • D) either…then

  4. 4)

    Which one of these means 'a vehicle for carrying a coffin’?


    • A) Hernia
    • B) Hearse
    • C) Heron
    • D) Hearsay

  5. 5)

    What is true of the following example?
    "Many people probably think that politeness is simply a social lubricant."


    • A) It contains a noun clause.
    • B) It contains an adverbial clause.
    • C) It contains an adjectival clause
    • D) It contains a prepositional phrase.

  6. 6)

    He wanted to join the navy _____ his parents did not allow him to.


    • A) if
    • B) but
    • C) neither
    • D) either

  7. 7)

    The people screamed _____ ran in different directions when the lorry crashed into the roadside stall.


    • A) and
    • B) neither
    • C) if
    • D) but

  8. 8)

    Identify the correct sentence with properly placed commas.


    • A) Two students obviously pranksters replaced the chalk, in the classrooms, with sticks of white chocolate.
    • B) Two students, obviously pranksters, replaced the chalk in the classrooms with sticks of white chocolate.
    • C) Two students obviously pranksters, replaced the chalk in the classrooms, with sticks of white chocolate.
    • D) Two students obviously pranksters replaced the chalk in the classrooms with sticks of white chocolate.

  9. 9)

    __________ in his grand operas, Rinsky-Korsakov six times dealt with fantastic and but twice with real or historical subjects.


    • A) Observing that when
    • B) It will be observed that
    • C) When will it be observed
    • D) Which of that will observe

  10. 10)

    Which one is true of the following example?
    "Guinevere and Lancelot, who can be considered archetypal betrayers."


    • A) It is a comma splice.
    • B) It is a sentence fragment.
    • C) It contains an adverbial clause.
    • D) It contains a noun clause.