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100 MCQs on Basic English Grammar (With Answers)

Here are 100 Basic English Grammar MCQs with answers.
They cover tenses, parts of speech, sentence structure, articles, prepositions, subject–verb agreement, and more.

1–25: Parts of Speech

1. Which word is a noun?
   a) Run
   b) Beautiful
   c) Teacher
   d) Quickly
   Answer: c

2. Which is a verb?
   a) Happy
   b) Eat
   c) Slow
   d) Red
   Answer: b

3. Which of the following is an adjective?
   a) Quickly
   b) Blue
   c) Jump
   d) Never
   Answer: b

4. Which is an adverb?
   a) Slow
   b) Beautiful
   c) Gently
   d) Garden
   Answer: c

5. Which word is a pronoun?
   a) House
   b) They
   c) Green
   d) Water
   Answer: b

6. “In” is a:
   a) Conjunction
   b) Article
   c) Preposition
   d) Pronoun
   Answer: c

7. Which is a conjunction?
   a) Because
   b) Under
   c) Quickly
   d) Tall
   Answer: a

8. “Wow!” is an example of:
   a) Verb
   b) Interjection
   c) Pronoun
   d) Conjunction
   Answer: b

9. Choose the abstract noun:
   a) Car
   b) Love
   c) Table
   d) Rain
   Answer: b

10. Choose the collective noun:
    a) Chair
    b) Happiness
    c) Team
    d) River
    Answer: c

11. “Books” is:
    a) Singular noun
    b) Plural noun
    c) Pronoun
    d) Verb
    Answer: b

12. “Children” is a:
    a) Regular plural
    b) Irregular plural
    Answer: b

13. “We” is a:
    a) Personal pronoun
    b) Possessive pronoun
    c) Reflexive pronoun
    d) Indefinite pronoun
    Answer: a

14. “Somebody” is an:
    a) Interrogative pronoun
    b) Indefinite pronoun
    Answer: b

15. “Myself” is a:
    a) Reflexive pronoun
    b) Relative pronoun
    Answer: a

16. Which is a proper noun?
    a) City
    b) Girl
    c) Pakistan
    d) Book
    Answer: c

17. Which is a common noun?
    a) Tiger
    b) Ali
    Answer: a

18. Which is an article?
    a) Many
    b) A
    c) Very
    d) Their
    Answer: b

19. Which word is a determiner?
    a) Some
    b) Jump
    c) Always
    d) Fast
    Answer: a

20. “Very” is an:
    a) Adverb of degree
    b) Adverb of place
    Answer: a

21. “Here” is an adverb of:
    a) Time
    b) Place
    Answer: b

22. “Quickly” describes a:
    a) Noun
    b) Verb
    Answer: b

23. “Or” is a:
    a) Coordinating conjunction
    b) Subordinating conjunction
    Answer: a

24. “Although” is:
    a) Coordinating conjunction
    b) Subordinating conjunction
    Answer: b

25. “Whose” is a:
    a) Possessive pronoun
    b) Interrogative pronoun
    Answer: b

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26–50: Tenses

26. I ___ a book now.
    a) read
    b) am reading
    c) reads
    Answer: b

27. She ___ to school every day.
    a) go
    b) goes
    c) going
    Answer: b

28. They ___ dinner yesterday.
    a) eat
    b) ate
    c) eaten
    Answer: b

29. He has ___ his work.
    a) finish
    b) finishing
    c) finished
    Answer: c

30. I will ___ you tomorrow.
    a) call
    b) called
    c) calling
    Answer: a

31. She ___ in London since 2020.
    a) lives
    b) lived
    c) has lived
    Answer: c

32. They were ___ football.
    a) play
    b) playing
    c) played
    Answer: b

33. I had ___ before he came.
    a) leave
    b) left
    c) leaving
    Answer: b

34. It is ___ raining.
    a) still
    b) yet
    Answer: a

35. He ___ to the market two hours ago.
    a) went
    b) goes
    Answer: a

36. She will be ___ at 6 pm.
    a) study
    b) studying
    Answer: b

37. They have been ___ for 2 hours.
    a) wait
    b) waiting
    Answer: b

38. I am used to ___ tea.
    a) drink
    b) drinking
    Answer: b

39. She stopped ___ music.
    a) listen
    b) listening
    Answer: b

40. He used to ___ fast.
    a) run
    b) running
    Answer: a

41. I ___ here for 10 years.
    a) am living
    b) have lived
    Answer: b

42. She ___ her keys. (still not found)
    a) lost
    b) has lost
    Answer: b

43. They ___ TV when I arrived.
    a) watched
    b) were watching
    Answer: b

44. When he ___, I was sleeping.
    a) comes
    b) came
    Answer: b

45. By next year, I will have ___ college.
    a) finish
    b) finished
    Answer: b

46. I am going to ___ a new car.
    a) buy
    b) buying
    Answer: a

47. She ___ her homework already.
    a) has done
    b) did
    Answer: a

48. They ___ here tomorrow.
    a) arrive
    b) will arrive
    Answer: b

49. We ___ breakfast at 8 am every day.
    a) have
    b) had
    Answer: a

50. She ___ reading when I called.
    a) was
    b) was
    Answer: (Correct: was reading)

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51–75: Sentence Structure

51. Choose the correct sentence:
    a) He don’t know.
    b) He doesn’t know.
    Answer: b

52. Choose the correct sentence:
    a) She is very happy.
    b) She very is happy.
    Answer: a

53. I prefer tea ___ coffee.
    a) than
    b) to
    Answer: b

54. The boy ___ is sitting there is my brother.
    a) which
    b) who
    Answer: b

55. This is the place ___ we met.
    a) where
    b) when
    Answer: a

56. Ali and Ahmed ___ going.
    a) is
    b) are
    Answer: b

57. Each of the boys ___ present.
    a) are
    b) is
    Answer: b

58. Either you or he ___ wrong.
    a) are
    b) is
    Answer: b

59. Neither of them ___ arrived.
    a) has
    b) have
    Answer: a

60. Ten dollars ___ enough.
    a) is
    b) are
    Answer: a

61. The pair of shoes ___ new.
    a) is
    b) are
    Answer: a

62. A number of people ___ missing.
    a) is
    b) are
    Answer: b

63. The number of students ___ high.
    a) is
    b) are
    Answer: a

64. She speaks English ___
    a) good
    b) well
    Answer: b

65. He is taller ___ me.
    a) than
    b) then
    Answer: a

66. I want ___ apple.
    a) a
    b) an
    Answer: b

67. She bought ___ books.
    a) some
    b) any
    Answer: a

68. I don’t have ___ money.
    a) some
    b) any
    Answer: b

69. This is ___ best day.
    a) a
    b) the
    Answer: b

70. There are ___ students in the classroom.
    a) much
    b) many
    Answer: b

71. How ___ milk do you want?
    a) many
    b) much
    Answer: b

72. I saw her ___ the morning.
    a) on
    b) in
    Answer: b

73. We will meet ___ Monday.
    a) in
    b) on
    Answer: b

74. She lives ___ Pakistan.
    a) at
    b) in
    Answer: b

75. The cat is ___ the table.
    a) under
    b) into
    Answer: a

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76–100: Miscellaneous

76. Plural of “mouse” is:
    a) mouses
    b) mice
    Answer: b

77. Past tense of “go”:
    a) gone
    b) went
    Answer: b

78. Comparative of “happy”:
    a) more happy
    b) happier
    Answer: b

79. Superlative of “big”:
    a) biggest
    b) most big
    Answer: a

80. Choose the correct spelling:
    a) Febuary
    b) February
    Answer: b

81. Opposite of “arrival”:
    a) depart
    b) departure
    Answer: b

82. Synonym of “smart”:
    a) intelligent
    b) dull
    Answer: a

83. Antonym of “strong”:
    a) weak
    b) heavy
    Answer: a

84. Choose the correct word:
    He is ___ honest man.
    a) a
    b) an
    Answer: b

85. Change to negative: “She likes tea.”
    a) She not likes tea.
    b) She does not like tea.
    Answer: b

86. Change to interrogative: “They are playing.”
    a) Are they playing?
    b) Do they are playing?
    Answer: a

87. “It’s” means:
    a) It is
    b) Its
    Answer: a

88. “Its” means:
    a) It is
    b) Belonging to it
    Answer: b

89. Choose the correct order:
    a) Always she is late.
    b) She is always late.
    Answer: b

90. She is ___ than me.
    a) elder
    b) older
    Answer: b

91. “Could” expresses:
    a) Permission
    b) Past ability
    c) Both
    Answer: c

92. Choose the correct tag:
    “He is tall, ___?”
    a) isn’t he
    b) is he
    Answer: a

93. Choose the correct tag:
    “She can swim, ___?”
    a) can she
    b) can’t she
    Answer: b

94. The plural of “child” is:
    a) childs
    b) children
    Answer: b

95. The opposite of “polite” is:
    a) rude
    b) loyal
    Answer: a

96. The opposite of “begin”:
    a) stop
    b) end
    Answer: b

97. The synonym of “big”:
    a) large
    b) small
    Answer: a

98. “Is”, “am”, “are” are:
    a) Helping verbs
    b) Main verbs
    Answer: a

99. “Went” is the ___ of “go”.
    a) past participle
    b) past tense
    Answer: b

100. “Running water” — the word “running” is a:
     a) verb
     b) adjective
     Answer: b

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