Writing Good English MCQs : This section focuses on the "Writing Good English". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Writing Good English skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
‘I like him’ this sentence has the structure
A. subject + intransitive verb
B. subject + transitive verb + direct object
C. subject + transitive verb + indirect object + direct object
D. subject + transitive verb + direct object + adjective
Question 2
Choose the correct reported speech of the given direct speech.
A. he said that he had never seen her in his life.
B. he denied that he had never seen her in his life
C. he denied that he had ever seen her in his life
D. he said that he had ever seen her in his life.
Question 3
We saw no one there, _____?
A. shall we
B. did we
C. don’t we
D. none of these
Question 4
He might be there, _____?
A. mightn’t he
B. did he
C. didn’t he
D. mayn’t he
Question 5
Communication is successful when
A. receiver the information
B. sender communicate with clarity
C. both the sender and receiver understands the same information
D. both the sender and receiver uses the same medium.
Question 6
The situation in which message is delivered is the
A. source
B. context
C. medium
D. channel
Question 7
_____ people trying to get into the football stadium
A. there were too much
B. there were too many
C. it was too many
D. there was too many.
Question 8
I _____ her birthday and I ______ to know make it up to her
A. completely forgot ----- don’t just know
B. forgot completely ----- don’t just know
C. completely forget ---- just don’t know
D. forget completely ----- just don’t know
Question 9
______ they slept carefully
A. hot though was the night air
B. hot though the night air was
C. hot the night air was
D. hot although the night air was
Question 10
If he ____ a chance of success, he ____ to move to London
A. will have ------ good need.
B. will have ----- will need
C. were to have ----- will need
D. were to have ----- would need
Question 11
our teacher gave us ______ problem to solve
A. a very impossible
B. a complete impossible
C. an absolutely impossible
D. an extremely impossible
Question 12
who ____ was coming to see me this morning
A. you said
B. did you say
C. did you say that
D. did you say
Question 13
____ what to do this weekend
A. what you
B. which do you
C. what do you
D. what do you do
Question 14
Communication requires
A. accuracy
B. fluency
C. appropriacy
D. all the above
Question 15
She ______ the piano for three years.
A. will have been learning
B. had learnt
C. will learn
D. has been learning
Question 16
This is the first time I ____ your city.
A. visited
B. have visited
C. had visited
D. was visiting
Question 17
Choose the correct sentence
A. not any force was needed to make them move
B. no force was needed to make them move
C. none force was needed to make them move
D. none of the above.
Question 18
Choose the correct sentence
A. it is a difficult to say word
B. it is an identical to mine car
C. it is a difficult word to say
D. it is identical to mine car
Question 19
Choose the correct sentence
A. i have just bought a wooden beautiful coffee table.
B. i have just bought a beautiful coffee table wooden
C. i have just bought a coffee table wooden beautiful
D. i have just bought a beautiful wooden coffee table.
Question 20
Choose the correct sentence
A. how big piece you want
B. how significant role did he play in your life
C. he is not as good player as he used to be
D. she was as patient a teacher as any one could have had.
Question 21
Speaking skill is the function of ____ sense
A. lingual
B. understanding
C. listening
D. channel
Question 22
Speaking listening is ______of communication
A. medium
B. channel
C. comprehension
D. understanding
Question 23
Pronunciation is related to the ____
A. vocabulary
B. speaking
C. intonation
D. all the above
Question 24
Reading involves the sequence
A. content-expression
B. expression-content
C. both the above
D. none of these
Question 25
Objective of oral reading is
A. correct pronunciation
B. keeps attentive
C. helps in understanding
D. all the above.
Question 26
Language laboratory is used for developing
A. speaking skill
B. pronunciation
C. both the above
D. none of these
Question 27
Characteristic of good writing is
A. uniformity
B. legibility
C. simplicity
D. all the above
Question 28
Which of the following are receptive skills
A. reading and writing
B. writing and understanding
C. listening and reading
D. none of these
Question 29
First and foremost quality of a language is its
A. native quality
B. objective aspect
C. communicative aspect
D. cultural aspect
Question 30
Basic skills of language are
A. writing , teaching, learning and speaking
B. reading, writing, teaching and speaking
C. listening speaking, learning and writing
D. listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Question 31
Learning of a language depends completely on its ________
A. teaching or teacher
B. understanding or comprehension
C. learning or understanding
D. learning or teaching.
Question 32
Two types of listening are
A. focused and usual
B. unusual and casual
C. casual and usual
D. casual and focused.
Question 33
Two types of reading methods are
A. synthetic and practical
B. synthesis and analyses
C. analytical and synthetic
D. analytic and practical
Question 34
Choose the correct sentence
A. my uncle lives in upstairs
B. he resembles his brother
C. we must do our duty
D. he called me as fool
Question 35
It’s incredible news. I can’t believe it.
A. the news is such incredible that i can’t believe it
B. it is such incredible news that i can’t believe it
C. both a and b are correct
D. none of these.
Question 36
Choose the correct sentence
A. rita as well as her friends go for a film.
B. rita as well as her friends also go for a film.
C. rita as well as her friends goes for a film
D. rita and her friends goes for a film.
Question 37
If Rema came late Swathi __________ angry
A. would be
B. will be
C. would have been
D. had been
Question 38
I would not deny the offer if I ______ you
A. am
B. were
C. was
D. had been
Question 39
If I ____ a car, I would drive it my self
A. had
B. have
C. am having
D. would have
Question 40
What type of sentence is this
A. complex
B. compound
C. simple
D. none of these
Question 41
Ling worked on her story while the noisy children played
A. compound
B. complex
C. simple
D. none of these
Question 42
Example for a sentence with split infinitive in
A. to go boldly where no one has gone before
B. steve decided quickly to remove amy’s cat
C. we are determined to completely and utterly eradicate the disease
D. none of these.
Question 43
People will laugh at you if you wear that silly hat
A. people will laugh at you if your were worn that silly hat
B. you will be laughed at if that silly hat is worn
C. you will be laughed at if that silly hat you wear
D. wearing silly hat will make people laught at you.
Question 44
One must abide by one’s promise
A. one’s promise must be abided
B. one’ s promise must be abided by
C. one’s promised must be abided by
D. one’s promised must be abided.
Question 45
Have they agreed up on a plan
A. has a plan been agreed up on
B. has the plan been agreed up on
C. have a plan been agreed
D. have a plan been agreed.
Question 46
He is ____ in Delhi
A. generally
B. seldom
C. enough
D. very much.
Question 47
I can ____ hear what you say.
A. not yet
B. hardly
C. seldom
D. else.
Question 48
Pick out the incorrect part.
A. unless you
B. do not come here
C. i shall not
D. help you
Question 49
None but the brave ____ the honour
A. deserve
B. deserves
C. deserving
D. deserved
Question 50
‘Sweet are the uses of adversity’. This is an example of
A. interrogative sentence
B. assertive sentence
C. exclamatory sentence
D. none of these
Question 51
He slept for an hour. The verb in this sentence is
A. transitive
B. intransitive
C. monotransitive
D. ditransitive
Question 52
‘They made him the manager’. In this the verb is
A. monotransitive
B. ditransitive
C. complex transitive
D. compound transitive
Question 53
‘Hari wanted to play tennis’. The infinitive is
A. bare infinitive
B. passive infinitive
C. to-infinitive
D. split infinitive
Question 54
John is easy to please. The infinitive is
A. bare infinitive
B. passive infinitive
C. to infinitive
D. split infinitive
Question 55
You ______ and it is getting in my nerves
A. always are contradicting me always
B. contradict me always
C. contradicted me always
D. are always contradicting me
Question 56
______ you were going to phone, I’d have stayed at home
A. had i known
B. if i knew
C. did i know
D. i had but known
Question 57
______ and I’m out of work
A. i’ve give the sack
B. the sack has given me
C. i’ve been given the sack
D. the sack has been given me
Question 58
They’re vegetarians ____ they don’t eat meat or fish.
A. the fact that means that
B. that is that
C. which is that
D. which means that
Question 59
______ I wasn’t hungry
A. already eating
B. already eaten
C. having already eaten
D. i had already eaten
Question 60
Over the last six months ____ how to play the flute?
A. i have been learning
B. i’m learning
C. i am learning
D. was learning
Question 61
You ____ drink alcohol when you drive
A. don’t
B. didn’t need to
C. don’t have to
D. mustn’t
Question 62
Newspapers ____ have to say who provided their information
A. mustn’t
B. don’t
C. needn’t
D. none of these
Question 63
Why don’t we go out for a meal?
A. is a criticism
B. is a suggestion
C. is persuading some one
D. is showing surprise
Question 64
Can’t you play that trumpet somewhere else?
A. is a suggestion
B. is persuading some one
C. is a criticism
D. is showing surprise
Question 65
Pick out the correct sentence
A. unless it rains, i’ll pick you up at 6.00
B. until it rains, i’ll pick you up at 6.00
C. unless it will rain, i’ll pick you up at 6.00
D. none of these
Question 66
Fortune faours the brave is in
A. simple present tense
B. simple past tense
C. future tense
D. present perfect
Question 67
He just returned from office is in
A. simple present tense
B. past perfect tense
C. present perfect tense
D. present perfect continues
Question 68
He confessed that he was guilty. Convent into simple sentence
A. he confessed his guilty
B. he confessed his crime
C. he confessed he was guilty
D. none of these
Question 69
Silver is more plentiful than gold. (Begin Gold is ..)
A. gold is plentiful than silver
B. gold is less plentiful than silver
C. gold is less plenty than silver
D. gold is plenty than silver
Question 70
The benefits of writing are ______
A. vehicle for communication
B. intellectual exercise
C. assessment tool
D. all the above
Question 71
The most influential model of the writing process is
A. morgan and murray model
B. mcgrath and watson model
C. cook and munroe model
D. flower and hayes model
Question 72
Effective writing fulfills ______
A. writers intention
B. audience needs
C. strategies for invention
D. all the above
Question 73
Recursive process means ______
A. composing a linear process
B. moving back and forth among the stages of writing process
C. direct and indirect references
D. none of the above
Question 74
Which is the correct order of the writing process
A. revising, drafting, editing, pre writing
B. prewriting, drafting, revising, editing
C. drafting, revising, prewriting, editing
D. prewriting, editing, revising, drafting
Question 75
Reviewing a work is ______
A. drafting
B. revising
C. editing
D. prewriting
Question 76
The prewriting strategies include ______
A. reading
B. dialogue
C. inquiry
D. all the above
Question 77
Talking and free writing are helpful strategies for ______
A. drafting
B. pre writing
C. editing
D. all the above
Question 78
The greatest tool, the word processor is used for ____
A. drafting
B. revising
C. pre writing
D. none of the above
Question 79
The writing process helps the students to
A. connect their thoughts
B. deeper their content knowledge
C. communicate with others
D. all the above
Question 80
Elements of effective assessment includes ______
A. clarity
B. variety
C. sound pedagogy
D. all the above
Question 81
Portfolio’s are ______
A. collection of works gathered over time
B. students informal and formal writing
C. responses to reading
D. all the above
Question 82
Proof reading means ____
A. get feedback from readers
B. outline
C. correct typographical errors
D. all the above
Question 83
The worst time moving from planning to drafting is
A. brain freeze
B. writer’s block
C. both a and b
D. none of the above
Question 84
Write the fullform of APA
A. american psychological association
B. asian psychological association
C. american philosophical association
D. asian philosophical association
Question 85
The visual approach helps to generate subtopics is known as
A. webbing
B. mapping
C. clustering
D. all the above
Question 86
How can you order your ideas in the writing process a
A. chronological order
B. the order of importance
C. spatial orders
D. all the above
Question 87
Helps to arrange the ideas in a logical sequence is ________
A. paragraphing
B. lay out
C. word processing
D. outlining
Question 88
A paper which is persuasive as it argues a thesis is known as ____
A. a research paper
B. term paper
C. seminar paper
D. none of the above
Question 89
A paper which is expository, as it shows or tells is ____
A. research paper
B. a newspaper
C. a term paper
D. all the above
Question 90
A specific issue being discussed in a research papers is ______
A. topic
B. hypothesis
C. objective
D. none of the above
Question 91
The general content of a research paper is ______
A. methodology
B. subject
C. sample
D. hypothesis
Question 92
The central point proving in the research paper is ______
A. theses statement
B. sample selected
C. tools used
D. none of the above
Question 93
Expand the term ERIC
A. essential resources for international centres
B. educational resources information center
C. educational research and center
D. none of the above
Question 94
Subtitles are generally used for ____
A. textual versions of the dialogue
B. commentary in film
C. television programmes
D. all the above
Question 95
What is SDF
A. software document folder
B. software document file
C. system design file
D. none of the above
Question 96
The method of project reporting should be ____
A. favourable,
B. scientific
C. personal
D. ethical and attractive
Question 97
The main part of a project report is ______
A. title page
B. trunk region
C. posterior region
D. all the above
Question 98
The justifiable scientific list of all references is called ______
A. index
B. bibliography
C. references
D. neobook reference
Question 99
The content edited in Encyclopaedia is
A. primary source
B. continuous source
C. secondary source
D. none of the above
Question 100
Personal interview for collecting data is ____
A. structured interview
B. unstructured interview
C. both a and b
D. none of the above
Question 101
Representation of data can be made by
A. tabulation
B. line diagram
C. graph
D. all the above
Question 102
Writing is a ____
A. cognitive process
B. social process
C. physical process
D. all the above
Question 103
Write the full form of MLA
A. the minimum level of acquisition
B. mastery of linguistic area
C. the modern language association
D. none of the above
Question 104
MLA style formatting is used for ______
A. humanities
B. education
C. psychology
D. all the above
Question 105
Find out the correctly punctuated sentences from the given
A. ‘sunil’, reena called.
B. sunil, reena called.
C. ‘sunil’, reena called.
D. sunil, reena called.
Question 106
Find out the correctly punctuated sentences from the given
A. hey, don’t say like that
B. hey, don’t say like that
C. hey! don’t say like that
D. none of the above
Question 107
Find out the correctly punctuated sentences from the given
A. then will you pay for him. rahul asked
B. “then will you pay for him?” rahul asked
C. “then will you pay for him?” rahul asked
D. “then will you pay for him” rahul asked
Question 108
Find out the correctly punctuated sentences from the given
A. “what happened to you my boy?” he enquired.
B. what happened to you my boy? he enquired
C. “what happened to you, my boy? he enquired
D. what happened to you, my boy? he enquired
Question 109
Find out the correctly punctuated sentences from the given
A. hai! jungle king, jungle king, let me read this.
B. “hai! jungle king! jungle king! let me read this”
C. “hai! jungle king! let me read this
D. “hai; jungle king! let me read this”.
Question 110
To have an axe to grind
A. to take revenge
B. to make unreasonable demands
C. pinpointing faults of others
D. to have selfish interest to serve
Question 111
The Alpha and Omega
A. beginning and end
B. to be accurate and precise
C. to make all efforts to win
D. none of the above
Question 112
To go with the tide
A. unrecognized danger
B. reverse the natural order
C. to do as other do
D. just in time
Question 113
To enjoy the lions share
A. to take another’s space
B. to make most of a bad bargain
C. to be prejudiced
D. to enjoy the major part
Question 114
Then fold in the rest of the sugar and flavouring
A. make
B. carry
C. mix with
D. none of the above
Question 115
Don’t forget to reckon in the money spent on petrol
A. find the sum
B. include as part of a bill
C. consider
D. include as one of
Question 116
The police set off in hot pursuit
A. attack
B. start to move
C. perceive
D. none of the above
Question 117
It’s good trying to put off the evil day
A. postpone
B. discourage
C. place
D. lay aside
Question 118
Let the grass grow under one’s feet
A. to accept responsibility
B. to engage in useless talk
C. to be trifled with
D. to remain idle
Question 119
He was murdered in cold blood
A. cheerless
B. deliberately
C. unfeelingly
D. thoughtlessly
Question 120
To keep one’s temper
A. to become angry
B. to be in a good mood
C. to destroy something
D. none of the above
Question 121
A cock and bull story
A. an unbelievable gossip
B. children’s fable
C. competition between unequals
D. quarrelsome dialogue
Question 122
‘She is a good dancer’. This is an example of
A. assertive sentence
B. imperative sentence
C. exclamatory sentence
D. interrogative sentence
Question 123
The acid gives off a hot smell
A. show signs of
B. emit
C. arouse
D. reach
Question 124
Someone opened the door and the lamp blew out
A. extinguished
B. release
C. excite
D. bursting
Question 125
They still like to keep up the old Christmas custom.
A. prevent from
B. go away
C. continue to practice
D. now of the above
Question 126
What did you make of the old lady?
A. understand
B. helped
C. investigate
D. consider
Question 127
Rakesh has turned out to be a false friend of Nehru
A. to appear
B. to prove
C. to agree
D. to involve
Question 128
She can no longer bear with her husband
A. to bring into
B. to burst out
C. to forgive
D. to sustain
Question 129
She has another pair of shoes
A. reverse situations
B. something useful
C. special portion
D. different matter