Standard English With Grammar

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This quiz provides questions which are used to analyze the level of your English. This quiz is based on questions related to standard English(British English) and correct grammar.


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    The sentence 'These are girls dresses.' is incomplete. It requires an apostrophe which is missing. You have to tell where the apostrophe would be placed. Choose one of the following:

    • A.

      The'se are girls dresses.

    • B.

      These are girls' dresses.

    • C.

      These are girls dresse's.

    • D.

      These are girl's dresses.

    Correct Answer
    B. These are girls' dresses.
    Explanation
    Girls is being used as plural and for possession. It is also a common noun. So, the apostrophe would come after 's' in girls.

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  • 2. 

    Fill in the blanks using the article(s), a, an or the. She has got two children; a boy and a girl. _______ boy's fourteen and ________ girl's eighteen.

    Correct Answer
    the
    Explanation
    We have mentioned the boy and the girl before so the reader knows which boy and girl we are talking about. That is why we would use 'the' before them ,the second time.

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  • 3. 

    Fill in the blanks using the article, a, an or the.An apple a day keeps ________ doctor away.

    Correct Answer
    the
    Explanation
    This sentence comes in a rule. It is fixed. There is no explanation for it. It is a saying and it is fixed.

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  • 4. 

    Correct the following sentence.'Childrens likes playing alot.'NOTE:There can be more than one mistake as well.

    • A.

      Children's likes playing alot.

    • B.

      Childrens like playing a lot.

    • C.

      Childrens like playing alot.

    • D.

      Children like playing a lot.

    • E.

      Children like playing alot.

    Correct Answer
    D. Children like playing a lot.
    Explanation
    The plural of child is children (not childrens). Children is plural so there would not be any 's' in like. Third mistake is that a lot are two words not one.

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  • 5. 

    Change the following sentence's vocabulary into British/standard English.'You look cool man!'

    • A.

      You are looking cool, man!

    • B.

      You are looking cool, dude!

    • C.

      You are looking good, sir.

    • D.

      You look good, sir.

    • E.

      You are looking cool, sir!

    Correct Answer
    C. You are looking good, sir.
    Explanation
    It is a rule and for puctuation the comma is necessary before 'sir'.

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