PSLE Grammar MCQ Practice 3 (with answers)
Grammar MCQ Practice 3
Choose the correct answer for each question. There is only one correct answer.
This is ______ book in the class library.
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Answer: (A) the most interesting
The correct answer is (A) 'the most interesting'. We use 'the most + adjective' to compare one thing with all others in a group. If the student chose (B), explain that 'more interesting' compares only two things; if (C), 'interesting' does not compare; if (D), we usually need 'the' before 'most interesting' here.
If the computer breaks down, we __________ help from the technician.
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Answer: (A) will need
The correct answer is (A) 'will need'. In a real 'if' sentence, we use present tense after 'if' and 'will' in the main clause. If the student chose (B), explain that 'would need' is for unreal situations; if (C), 'needs' does not match 'we'; if (D), 'needed' is past tense, but this sentence is about a future result.
I like ____________ photos here on the fridge; they were taken last year.
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Answer: (D) These
The correct answer is (D) 'These'. 'Photos' is plural, and the photos are near the speaker ('here'), so we use 'these'. If the student chose (A), explain that 'those' is for things farther away; if (B) or (C), 'this' and 'that' are singular, but 'photos' is plural.
Yesterday, the class captain __________ the team leader.
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Answer: (A) chose
The correct answer is (A) 'chose'. 'Yesterday' tells us the action happened in the past, so we need the past tense of 'choose', which is 'chose'. If the student chose (B), 'chooses' is present tense; if (C), 'choose' is the base form; if (D), 'choosing' cannot be the main verb here.
The book, ______ you lent me last week, is on the desk.
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Answer: (C) which
The correct answer is (C) 'which'. We use 'which' to add extra information about a thing, and the commas show it is a non-defining relative clause. If the student chose (A) or (D), 'who' and 'whom' are for people; if (B), 'that' is usually not used after a comma in this kind of clause.
The library books ________________ to the shelves already.
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Answer: (C) have been returned
The correct answer is (C) 'have been returned'. 'Already' and the meaning show present perfect passive: the books received the action. If the student chose (A), 'have returned' wrongly makes the books do the action; if (B), 'are returned' is simple present passive; if (D), 'were returned' is past passive and does not match 'already' as well here.
When the bus finally arrived, they __________ for an hour.
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Answer: (D) had been waiting
The correct answer is (D) 'had been waiting'. They were waiting before the bus arrived, so we use past perfect continuous for an action that lasted up to another past action. If the student chose (A), 'wait' is present tense; if (B), 'have waited' links to the present; if (C), 'waited' does not show the long action clearly.
The coach shouted, 'Remember to cool down ________________ after practise.'
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Answer: (B) yourselves
The correct answer is (B) 'yourselves'. The coach is speaking to 'you', so the matching reflexive pronoun is 'yourselves'. If the student chose (A), 'ourselves' means the speaker and others; if (C), 'himself' is for one male person; if (D), 'themselves' is for 'they'.
The pigeons in the park are hungry, __________________?
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Answer: (B) aren't they?
The correct answer is (B) 'aren't they?'. In a tag question, a positive sentence with 'are' takes a negative tag with the same verb: 'aren't they?'. If the student chose (A) or (D), 'do' and 'don't' are wrong because the main verb is 'are'; if (C), 'won't they?' uses the wrong helping verb.
The actor, ________________ won the award, thanked the fans.
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Answer: (A) who
The correct answer is (A) 'who'. We use 'who' for people as the subject of a relative clause: 'who won the award'. If the student chose (B), 'that' is less suitable after a comma in this non-defining clause; if (C), 'which' is for things; if (D), 'whom' is used for an object, not the subject here.
Well done! You have completed Grammar MCQ Practice 3.