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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

Which word is a noun?
a) Run
b) Beautiful
c) Teacher
d) Quickly
Answer: c
Which is a verb?
a) Happy
b) Eat
c) Slow
d) Red
Answer: b
Which of the following is an adjective?
a) Quickly
b) Blue
c) Jump
d) Never
Answer: b
Which is an adverb?
a) Slow
b) Beautiful
c) Gently
d) Garden
Answer: c
Which word is a pronoun?
a) House
b) They
c) Green
d) Water
Answer: b
“In” is a:
a) Conjunction
b) Article
c) Preposition
d) Pronoun
Answer: c
Which is a conjunction?
a) Because
b) Under
c) Quickly
d) Tall
Answer: a
“Wow!” is an example of:
a) Verb
b) Interjection
c) Pronoun
d) Conjunction
Answer: b
Choose the abstract noun:
a) Car
b) Love
c) Table
d) Rain
Answer: b
Choose the collective noun:
a) Chair
b) Happiness
c) Team
d) River
Answer: c
“Books” is:
a) Singular noun
b) Plural noun
c) Pronoun
d) Verb
Answer: b
“Children” is a:
a) Regular plural
b) Irregular plural
Answer: b
“We” is a:
a) Personal pronoun
b) Possessive pronoun
c) Reflexive pronoun
d) Indefinite pronoun
Answer: a
“Somebody” is an:
a) Interrogative pronoun
b) Indefinite pronoun
Answer: b
“Myself” is a:
a) Reflexive pronoun
b) Relative pronoun
Answer: a
Which is a proper noun?
a) City
b) Girl
c) Pakistan
d) Book
Answer: c
Which is a common noun?
a) Tiger
b) Ali
Answer: a
Which is an article?
a) Many
b) A
c) Very
d) Their
Answer: b
Which word is a determiner?
a) Some
b) Jump
c) Always
d) Fast
Answer: a
“Very” is an:
a) Adverb of degree
b) Adverb of place
Answer: a
“Here” is an adverb of:
a) Time
b) Place
Answer: b
“Quickly” describes a:
a) Noun
b) Verb
Answer: b
“Or” is a:
a) Coordinating conjunction
b) Subordinating conjunction
Answer: a
“Although” is:
a) Coordinating conjunction
b) Subordinating conjunction
Answer: b
“Whose” is a:
a) Possessive pronoun
b) Interrogative pronoun
Answer: b

26–50: Tenses

I ___ a book now.
a) read
b) am reading
c) reads
Answer: b
She ___ to school every day.
a) go
b) goes
c) going
Answer: b
They ___ dinner yesterday.
a) eat
b) ate
c) eaten
Answer: b
He has ___ his work.
a) finish
b) finishing
c) finished
Answer: c
I will ___ you tomorrow.
a) call
b) called
c) calling
Answer: a
She ___ in London since 2020.
a) lives
b) lived
c) has lived
Answer: c
They were ___ football.
a) play
b) playing
c) played
Answer: b
I had ___ before he came.
a) leave
b) left
c) leaving
Answer: b
It is ___ raining.
a) still
b) yet
Answer: a
He ___ to the market two hours ago.
a) went
b) goes
Answer: a
She will be ___ at 6 pm.
a) study
b) studying
Answer: b
They have been ___ for 2 hours.
a) wait
b) waiting
Answer: b
I am used to ___ tea.
a) drink
b) drinking
Answer: b
She stopped ___ music.
a) listen
b) listening
Answer: b
He used to ___ fast.
a) run
b) running
Answer: a
I ___ here for 10 years.
a) am living
b) have lived
Answer: b
She ___ her keys. (still not found)
a) lost
b) has lost
Answer: b
They ___ TV when I arrived.
a) watched
b) were watching
Answer: b
When he ___, I was sleeping.
a) comes
b) came
Answer: b
By next year, I will have ___ college.
a) finish
b) finished
Answer: b
I am going to ___ a new car.
a) buy
b) buying
Answer: a
She ___ her homework already.
a) has done
b) did
Answer: a
They ___ here tomorrow.
a) arrive
b) will arrive
Answer: b
We ___ breakfast at 8 am every day.
a) have
b) had
Answer: a
She ___ reading when I called.
a) was
b) was
Answer: (Correct: was reading)

51–75: Sentence Structure

Choose the correct sentence:
a) He don’t know.
b) He doesn’t know.
Answer: b
Choose the correct sentence:
a) She is very happy.
b) She very is happy.
Answer: a
I prefer tea ___ coffee.
a) than
b) to
Answer: b
The boy ___ is sitting there is my brother.
a) which
b) who
Answer: b
This is the place ___ we met.
a) where
b) when
Answer: a
Ali and Ahmed ___ going.
a) is
b) are
Answer: b
Each of the boys ___ present.
a) are
b) is
Answer: b
Either you or he ___ wrong.
a) are
b) is
Answer: b
Neither of them ___ arrived.
a) has
b) have
Answer: a
Ten dollars ___ enough.
a) is
b) are
Answer: a
The pair of shoes ___ new.
a) is
b) are
Answer: a
A number of people ___ missing.
a) is
b) are
Answer: b
The number of students ___ high.
a) is
b) are
Answer: a
She speaks English ___
a) good
b) well
Answer: b
He is taller ___ me.
a) than
b) then
Answer: a
I want ___ apple.
a) a
b) an
Answer: b
She bought ___ books.
a) some
b) any
Answer: a
I don’t have ___ money.
a) some
b) any
Answer: b
This is ___ best day.
a) a
b) the
Answer: b
There are ___ students in the classroom.
a) much
b) many
Answer: b
How ___ milk do you want?
a) many
b) much
Answer: b
I saw her ___ the morning.
a) on
b) in
Answer: b
We will meet ___ Monday.
a) in
b) on
Answer: b
She lives ___ Pakistan.
a) at
b) in
Answer: b
The cat is ___ the table.
a) under
b) into
Answer: a

76–100: Miscellaneous

Plural of “mouse” is:
a) mouses
b) mice
Answer: b
Past tense of “go”:
a) gone
b) went
Answer: b
Comparative of “happy”:
a) more happy
b) happier
Answer: b
Superlative of “big”:
a) biggest
b) most big
Answer: a
Choose the correct spelling:
a) Febuary
b) February
Answer: b
Opposite of “arrival”:
a) depart
b) departure
Answer: b
Synonym of “smart”:
a) intelligent
b) dull
Answer: a
Antonym of “strong”:
a) weak
b) heavy
Answer: a
Choose the correct word:
He is ___ honest man.
a) a
b) an
Answer: b
Change to negative: “She likes tea.”
a) She not likes tea.
b) She does not like tea.
Answer: b
Change to interrogative: “They are playing.”
a) Are they playing?
b) Do they are playing?
Answer: a
“It’s” means:
a) It is
b) Its
Answer: a
“Its” means:
a) It is
b) Belonging to it
Answer: b
Choose the correct order:
a) Always she is late.
b) She is always late.
Answer: b
She is ___ than me.
a) elder
b) older
Answer: b
“Could” expresses:
a) Permission
b) Past ability
c) Both
Answer: c
Choose the correct tag:
“He is tall, ___?”
a) isn’t he
b) is he
Answer: a
Choose the correct tag:
“She can swim, ___?”
a) can she
b) can’t she
Answer: b
The plural of “child” is:
a) childs
b) children
Answer: b
The opposite of “polite” is:
a) rude
b) loyal
Answer: a
The opposite of “begin”:
a) stop
b) end
Answer: b
The synonym of “big”:
a) large
b) small
Answer: a
“Is”, “am”, “are” are:
a) Helping verbs
b) Main verbs
Answer: a
“Went” is the ___ of “go”.
a) past participle
b) past tense
Answer: b
“Running water” — the word “running” is a:
a) verb
b) adjective
Answer: b