Unit 5: Grammar - Practice Quiz

PEL132 — Communication Skills-Ii 60 Questions
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1 Which part of speech is the word quickly in the sentence "She ran quickly"?

parts of speech Easy
A. Adjective
B. Noun
C. Adverb
D. Pronoun

2 Which compound adjective correctly completes the sentence: "He bought a ___ car"?

compound adjectives Easy
A. five-years-oldly
B. five-years-old
C. five-year-old
D. five-year-oldly

3 Choose the correct form: "I want ___ a new language."

verb + infinitives Easy
A. learning
B. learned
C. to learn
D. learn

4 Which group of words is a noun phrase?

noun phrases Easy
A. Will arrive soon
B. Ran very quickly
C. The tall young teacher
D. Under the table

5 Choose the correct article: "She ate ___ apple."

articles Easy
A. no article
B. an
C. the
D. a

6 Which tense is used in the sentence "They are playing football"?

tenses Easy
A. Future simple
B. Simple present
C. Simple past
D. Present continuous

7 Which auxiliary verb completes the question: "___ you like coffee?"

auxiliary verbs Easy
A. Do
B. Have
C. Are
D. Will

8 Choose the correct form: "When I arrived, the movie ___."

narrative tenses Easy
A. will start
B. starts
C. had started
D. has started

9 Which modal shows ability in the sentence "She ___ swim very well"?

modals Easy
A. might
B. should
C. must
D. can

10 Which sentence is in indirect speech?

direct and indirect speech Easy
A. Ravi said, "I am tired."
B. Ravi shouted, "I am tired!"
C. Ravi says, "I am tired."
D. Ravi said that he was tired.

11 Choose the passive form of "The chef cooked the meal."

active and passive voice Easy
A. The meal was cooked by the chef.
B. The chef was cooked by the meal.
C. The meal is cooking the chef.
D. The meal cooked the chef.

12 Choose the correct word: "If it rains, we ___ stay at home."

conditionals Easy
A. have
B. will
C. did
D. would

13 What does the prefix un- mean in the word unhappy?

prefix, and suffix Easy
A. Not
B. Very
C. Before
D. Again

14 Which time expression correctly completes the sentence: "I have lived here ___ 2020."?

time expressions Easy
A. at
B. since
C. during
D. for

15 Change the statement into reported speech: Maya said, "I am busy."

reported statements Easy
A. Maya said that she was busy.
B. Maya says that she busy.
C. Maya said that she is busy yesterday.
D. Maya said that I am busy.

16 Which sentence is an indirect question?

indirect questions Easy
A. Tell me where the station is.
B. Is where the station?
C. Where the station is?
D. Where is the station?

17 Which reported sentence correctly reports the command "Open the door"?

commands Easy
A. He told me to open the door.
B. He told me opened the door.
C. He told me open the door.
D. He told me opening the door.

18 Which sentence is a polite request?

requests Easy
A. You must lend pen.
B. Give me your pen.
C. Could you lend me your pen, please?
D. You give me your pen.

19 Choose the correct pronoun: "This book belongs to Sara. It is ___."

possessive and reflexive pronouns Easy
A. she
B. hers
C. her
D. herself

20 Choose the correct reflexive pronoun: "He hurt ___ while playing."

possessive and reflexive pronouns Easy
A. himself
B. his
C. he
D. him

21 In the sentence "The exhausted hikers walked slowly toward the shelter," what part of speech is "exhausted"?

parts of speech Medium
A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Adverb
D. Preposition

22 Choose the sentence in which the compound adjective is correctly written.

compound adjectives Medium
A. She adopted a well trained dog.
B. She adopted a well-training dog.
C. She adopted a welltrained dog.
D. She adopted a well-trained dog.

23 Choose the correct completion: "After reviewing the budget, the manager decided ___ the project."

verb + infinitives Medium
A. postponed
B. to postpone
C. postpone
D. postponing

24 Which group of words is the complete noun phrase functioning as the subject in the sentence "The newly appointed department head addressed the staff"?

noun phrases Medium
A. addressed the staff
B. newly appointed
C. the staff
D. The newly appointed department head

25 Choose the correct articles: "Maya is engineer at international company."

articles Medium
A. an; an
B. a; an
C. the; an
D. an; a

26 Choose the correct completion: "I ___ this report since Monday, but I still have two sections left."

tenses Medium
A. am writing
B. was writing
C. have been writing
D. had been writing

27 Choose the auxiliary verb that correctly completes the question: "___ the documents been verified by the supervisor?"

auxiliary verbs Medium
A. Are
B. Did
C. Have
D. Do

28 Choose the best completion: "When we reached the station, the train ___, so we had to wait for the next one."

narrative tenses Medium
A. had already left
B. was already leaving
C. already leaves
D. has already left

29 Choose the modal that best expresses a strong logical conclusion: "The office lights are off and the doors are locked. Everyone ___ have gone home."

modals Medium
A. must
B. should
C. might
D. would

30 Choose the correct indirect form of Ravi's statement: Ravi said, "I am meeting the client today."

direct and indirect speech Medium
A. Ravi said that he was meeting the client that day.
B. Ravi said that he is meeting the client today.
C. Ravi said that I was meeting the client that day.
D. Ravi said that he had met the client yesterday.

31 Choose the correct passive form of "The committee will announce the results tomorrow."

active and passive voice Medium
A. The results were being announced tomorrow.
B. The results are announced tomorrow.
C. The results will be announced tomorrow.
D. The results will announce tomorrow.

32 Choose the correct completion: "If the technician had checked the wiring earlier, the machine ___ during the demonstration."

conditionals Medium
A. would not fail
B. will not have failed
C. would not have failed
D. did not fail

33 Which word correctly uses both a prefix and a suffix to mean "the state of not being willing"?

prefix, and suffix Medium
A. willingless
B. unwillingness
C. rewillingly
D. diswillingment

34 Choose the correct time expression: "The interns have been working on the survey ___ three weeks."

time expressions Medium
A. for
B. since
C. during
D. from

35 Choose the correct reported form: Leena said, "I finished the assignment yesterday."

reported statements Medium
A. Leena said that she finished the assignment tomorrow.
B. Leena said that she had finished the assignment the previous day.
C. Leena said that she has finished the assignment that day.
D. Leena said that I had finished the assignment yesterday.

36 Choose the correctly formed indirect question.

indirect questions Medium
A. Could you tell me where does the conference room be?
B. Could you tell me where is the conference room?
C. Could you tell me where the conference room does be?
D. Could you tell me where the conference room is?

37 Choose the correct reported form of the command: The instructor said to the trainees, "Do not touch the equipment."

commands Medium
A. The instructor said the trainees not touching the equipment.
B. The instructor told the trainees not to touch the equipment.
C. The instructor told the trainees do not touch the equipment.
D. The instructor asked that the trainees did not touch the equipment.

38 Which sentence reports the request "Please send me the revised schedule," the coordinator said to Arun most accurately?

requests Medium
A. The coordinator asked Arun whether he sent the revised schedule.
B. The coordinator asked Arun to send her the revised schedule.
C. The coordinator said Arun to send him the revised schedule.
D. The coordinator told Arun that he sends the revised schedule.

39 Choose the correct pronouns: "This presentation is . We designed every slide ."

possessive and reflexive pronouns Medium
A. our; ourselves
B. ours; us
C. our; us
D. ours; ourselves

40 Choose the best completion: "By the time the new policy takes effect next month, all employees ___ the required training."

tenses Medium
A. had completed
B. will be completing
C. have completed
D. will have completed

41 In the sentence "I had encountered that problem before," what part of speech is before?

parts of speech Hard
A. A preposition governing "problem"
B. An adjective functioning as a subject complement
C. A subordinating conjunction introducing an omitted clause
D. An adverb modifying "had encountered"

42 Which sentence uses compound-adjective hyphenation correctly?

compound adjectives Hard
A. The report proposes a carefully designed long-term strategy.
B. The report proposes a carefully designed strategy that is intended to operate over the long-term.
C. The report proposes a carefully-designed long-term strategy.
D. The report proposes a carefully-designed long term strategy.

43 Which sentence means that Priya did not perform an action that she was expected to perform?

verb + infinitives Hard
A. Priya forgot to submit the application.
B. Priya forgot that the application had already been submitted by her assistant.
C. Priya forgot having submitted the application.
D. Priya forgot submitting the application.

44 In the noun phrase "the unexpectedly rapid decline in overseas demand," which word is the head?

noun phrases Hard
A. overseas
B. demand
C. rapid
D. decline

45 Choose the sentence in which all articles are used correctly.

articles Hard
A. After a university, Leena joined the United Nations organization and later travelled across an Asia.
B. After university, Leena joined the United Nations and later travelled across Asia.
C. After the university, Leena joined United Nations and later travelled across Asia.
D. After university, Leena joined the United Nations and later travelled across the Asia.

46 Complete the sentence correctly: By the time the auditors arrive next Monday, we ___ the revised accounts.

tenses Hard
A. will complete
B. have completed
C. would have completed
D. will have completed

47 Which completion is grammatically correct after the negative restrictive adverbial? Not until the final witness testified ___ why the evidence had been withheld.

auxiliary verbs Hard
A. the jury did understand
B. had the jury understood
C. did the jury understand
D. the jury understood

48 Choose the best completion: Mira through the archive for nearly an hour when she suddenly a letter that the curator ___ there decades earlier.

narrative tenses Hard
A. has been searching; finds; has placed
B. searched; found; placed
C. had been searching; found; had placed
D. was searching; had found; was placing

49 The lights were off, the doors were locked, and Arun was abroad that evening. Which sentence expresses the strongest logical conclusion about the past?

modals Hard
A. Arun needn't have been in the office.
B. Arun shouldn't have been in the office.
C. Arun would not normally have remained in the office after everyone else had left.
D. Arun can't have been in the office.

50 On Tuesday, Neha said, "I will finish this report here tomorrow." Which is the correct indirect version when reported on Friday from a different location?

direct and indirect speech Hard
A. Neha said that she would have finished the report at the other location by the day after Friday.
B. Neha said that she will finish that report there the next day.
C. Neha said that she would finish that report there the following day.
D. Neha said that I would finish this report here tomorrow.

51 Choose the passive equivalent of "People believe that the missing researcher discovered the manuscript before she disappeared."

active and passive voice Hard
A. The missing researcher is believed to have discovered the manuscript before she disappeared.
B. The missing researcher was believed that she discovered the manuscript before disappearing.
C. It has been believed by people that the missing researcher was discovering the manuscript before her disappearance.
D. The missing researcher is believed to discover the manuscript before she disappeared.

52 Complete the mixed conditional: If the engineers had detected the fault during testing, the bridge ___ open to traffic now.

conditionals Hard
A. would remain
B. will remain
C. would have remained
D. had remained

53 Which word is correctly formed to mean "the condition of being unable to be reversed"?

prefix, and suffix Hard
A. unreverseness
B. nonreversalistic
C. irreversibility
D. irreversibleness

54 Choose the best completion: It is the first time the committee ___ a decision within two days of receiving a proposal.

time expressions Hard
A. has reached
B. had reached
C. reached
D. would reach

55 Yesterday, the scientist said, "The sample may have been contaminated during transport." Which reported statement best preserves the original meaning?

reported statements Hard
A. The scientist said that the sample had certainly been contaminated while the transport team was handling it.
B. The scientist said that the sample might have been contaminated during transport.
C. The scientist said that the sample might be contaminated during transport.
D. The scientist said that the sample must have been contaminated during transport.

56 Which sentence correctly converts "Why did the server reject the request?" into an indirect question?

indirect questions Hard
A. Could you explain why the server rejected the request?
B. Could you explain the reason why did the server reject the request unexpectedly?
C. Could you explain why the server did reject the request?
D. Could you explain why did the server reject the request?

57 Choose the correct reported form of the command The supervisor said to the technicians, "Do not restart the system until I return."

commands Hard
A. The supervisor told the technicians not to restart the system until she returned.
B. The supervisor told that the technicians did not restart the system until she returned.
C. The supervisor asked the technicians to not have restarted the system until her return.
D. The supervisor said the technicians that they must not restart the system until I return.

58 Which sentence most accurately reports the polite request "Would you mind sending me the revised schedule?"

requests Hard
A. She asked me whether I minded sending her the revised schedule.
B. She asked whether would I send her the revised schedule.
C. She ordered me that I sent her the revised schedule.
D. She wondered whether the revised schedule could possibly have been sent to her by someone.

59 Choose the sentence in which the possessive and reflexive pronouns are both used correctly.

possessive and reflexive pronouns Hard
A. Ravi and I completed our sections by ourselves.
B. Ravi and I completed ours sections by ourselves.
C. Ravi and I completed the sections belonging to us entirely by our own selves.
D. Ravi and myself completed our sections by ourself.

60 Which sentence correctly expresses a highly unlikely future condition using inversion?

conditionals Hard
A. Would the negotiations fail, both parties faced substantial losses.
B. Had the negotiations fail, both parties would face substantial losses.
C. Were the negotiations to fail, both parties would face substantial losses.
D. Were the negotiations failed by the representatives, both parties will have faced substantial losses.