PSLE Grammar MCQ Practice 3 (with answers)
Grammar MCQ Practice 3
Choose the correct answer for each question. Only 1 answer is correct.
This is ______ book in the class library.
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Answer: (A) the most interesting
The correct answer is (A) 'the most interesting'. Use 'the most' + adjective to compare one thing with all the others in a group. (B) 'more interesting' compares only 2 things. (C) 'interesting' does not compare. (D) needs '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, use the present tense after 'if' and 'will' in the other part. (B) 'would need' is for imagined situations. (C) 'needs' does not match 'we'. (D) 'needed' is past tense, but the result is in the future.
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 use 'these'. (A) 'those' is for things further away. (B) 'this' and (C) '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. The past tense of 'choose' is 'chose'. (B) 'chooses' is present tense. (C) 'choose' is the base form. (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'. Use 'which' to add extra information about a thing. The commas show the information is extra. (A) 'who' and (D) 'whom' are for people. (B) 'that' is not usually used after a comma like this.
The library books ________________ to the shelves already.
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Answer: (C) have been returned
The correct answer is (C) 'have been returned'. Someone returned the books, and 'already' shows the action is done by now. So use 'have been returned'. (A) 'have returned' wrongly makes the books do the action. (B) 'are returned' is present tense. (D) 'were returned' is past tense and does not go as well with 'already'.
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. Use 'had been' + -ing for an action that lasted up to another past action. (A) 'wait' is present tense. (B) 'have waited' links to the present. (C) 'waited' does not show the long wait clearly.
The coach shouted, 'Remember to cool down ________________ after practice.'
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Answer: (B) yourselves
The correct answer is (B) 'yourselves'. The coach is talking to 'you', so the matching reflexive pronoun is 'yourselves'. (A) 'ourselves' means the speaker and others. (C) 'himself' is for one male person. (D) 'themselves' goes with '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?'. The sentence is positive and uses 'are', so the tag is negative with the same verb: 'aren't they?'. (A) 'do they?' and (D) 'don't they?' are wrong because the verb is 'are'. (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'. Use 'who' for a person doing the action: 'who won the award'. (B) 'that' is less suitable after a comma here. (C) 'which' is for things. (D) 'whom' is for a person receiving the action, not doing it.
Well done. You have finished Grammar MCQ Practice 3.