English Grammar Questions for SSC Exam

#1. The price of kerosene oil ______ two rupees a litre?

(A) has

(C) is

(D) are

(B) have

#2. Rohan ______ in Jaipur tomorrow.

(B) will be

(A) is

(C) were

(D) was

#3. In English, voice expresses the relationship ______ the subject to the verb.

(A) at

(C) to

(D) in

(B) of

#4. ______ I use your cell phone as I have forgotten mine?

(C) Should

(A) May

(B) Do

(D) Would

#5. I’d like _______ information, please.

(A) an

(D) a piece

(B) some

(C) piece

#6. you _ ‘English in Ten days’ in the morning?

(A) Do, get

(C) Did, get

(B) Will, get

(D) Did, got

#7. Sana! Please ______ tea.

(D) PUT

(B) drank

(A) taken

(C) have

#8. He has _______ experience than his brother.

(C) much

(D) some

(B) more

(A) many

#9. I _______ this book since morning.

(C) have had read

(A) has been reading

(D) shall be reading

(B) had been reading

#10. Which sentence given below correctly changes the active voice into the passive? Some one has cut the telephone wires.

(C) The telephone wires have been cut.

(D) The telephone wires were found cut.

(A) The telephone wires were cut.

(B) The telephone wires has been cut.

#11. If you take away the prefix and the suffix, what word is left of the word ‘unemployed’?

(B) employed

(C) employ

(D) will not change

(A) unemploy

#12. She ______ her office by 9 a.m. daily.

(B) reaches

(A) reach

(C) reached

(D) reaching

#13. My brother ______ play me every evening.

(A) beside

(D) with

(B) from

(C) at

#14. We need to do ______ of work before the event starts.

(B) a lot

(A) much

(C) more

(D) some

#15. Neither you nor your sister should ______ to them.

(D) talking

(C) talked

(A) talk

(B) talks

#16. Identify the correct form of sentence in the Active Voice:

(D) It can be seen that the sun rose in the east.

(B) The king has punishing the thief.

(C) I kept your book lest you may not lose it.

(A) I forgave him his fault.

#17. Cannon had unique qualities it was used widely in ancient times.

(C) such, so

(B) that, since

(A) that, that

(D) such, that

#18. I wish she ______ reach here soon.

(D) shall

(A) should

(B) would

(C) will

#19. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word from the options given below: I don’t like his _______ policy of pleasing people.

(A) dual

(B) duel

(C) dwell

(D) doll

#20. Choose the correct form of Passive Transformation of the sentence given: Who gave you the permission to write?

(A) By whom were you given the permission to write?

(C) By whom you were been given the permission?

(D) By whom was you given permission to write?

(B) By whom given you the permission to write?

#21. Qadri informed me that all of the PAT members _______ soon take back their nomination forms.

(A) may

(C) would

(B) will

(D) shall

#22. Bananas are selling _______ Rs. 250 per dozen?

(B) over

(C) with

(A) on

(D) at

#23. __________ work has been done yet. What about the remaining work?

(D) Most of

(C) Much

(A) A little

(B) A few

#24. I did not _______ TV last night.

(D) watching

(C) watch

(B) watched

(A) not watched

#25. Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence from the given options: He said, “They are in the class.”

(A) He said that they were in the class.

(D) He says that they are in the class.

(B) He says that they are in the class.

(C) He said that they had been in class.

#26. Use the correct word in the following: Before the bell rang, the class was _____ to go home.

(D) were all ready

(A) ready

(C) was already

(B) all ready

#27. Javed two of _______ brothers attend primary school wishes to be a school teacher after his graduation form the University.

(C) whose

(D) which

(A) whom

(B) them

#28. The package _______ to be carried carefully.

(D) were

(C) have

(B) are

(A) is

#29. Write your name and roll number _____ top of the page.at

(B) at the

(D) on the

(A) at

(C) on

#30. Pooja or her brothers ______ to be blamed.

(C) are

(A) is

(B) has

(D) was

#31. What prefix would you add to the root word ‘view’ to indicate that you see something before other people do?

(D) dis

(A) re

(B) pre

(C) un

#32. My house is there _______ from the railway station?

(A) liter

(C) kilometer

(B) kilogram

(D) meter

#33. “I do not like tea.” “_______ do I.”

(A) so

(C) either

(B) neither

(D) not

#34. Neither money nor power _______ needed to get selected for the Olympics.

(B) were

(D) was

(A) are

(C) is

#35. The thief, _______ they caught, was sent to the prison.

(B) which

(A) who

(D) whom

(C) whose

#36. The date is worth _________

(B) to remember

(A) remember

(C) remembered

(D) remembering

#37. Use the correct word in the following: Not everybody shares my _______.

(A) principals

(B) principalities

(C) principles

(D) personalities

#38. He was admitted _______ the hospital.

(B) at

(A) with

(D) to

(C) in

#39. Charles Babbage is known as ________ father of computers.

(C) any

(B) the

(D) some

(A) a

#40. Choose the correct Active voice of the following sentence from the options given below: Can a car be driven by her?

(D) Could she drive a car?

(A) A car can be driven by her.

(B) A car could be driven by her.

(C) Can she drive a car?

Results

#1. The price of kerosene oil ______ two rupees a litre?

#2. Rohan ______ in Jaipur tomorrow.

#3. In English, voice expresses the relationship ______ the subject to the verb.

#4. ______ I use your cell phone as I have forgotten mine?

#5. I’d like _______ information, please.

#6. ______ you _______ ‘English in Ten days’ in the morning?

#7. Sana! Please ______ tea.

#8. He has _______ experience than his brother.

#9. I _______ this book since morning.

#10. Which sentence given below correctly changes the active voice into the passive? Some one has cut the telephone wires.

#11. If you take away the prefix and the suffix, what word is left of the word ‘unemployed’?

#12. She ______ her office by 9 a.m. daily.

#13. My brother ______ play me every evening.

#14. We need to do ______ of work before the event starts.

#15. Neither you nor your sister should ______ to them.

#16. Identify the correct form of sentence in the Active Voice:

#17. Cannon had ______ unique qualities ______ it was used widely in ancient times.

#18. I wish she ______ reach here soon.

#19. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word from the options given below: I don’t like his _______ policy of pleasing people.

#20. Choose the correct form of Passive Transformation of the sentence given: Who gave you the permission to write?

#21. Qadri informed me that all of the PAT members _______ soon take back their nomination forms.

#22. Bananas are selling _______ Rs. 250 per dozen?

#23. __________ work has been done yet. What about the remaining work?

#24. I did not _______ TV last night.

#25. Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence from the given options: He said, “They are in the class.”

#26. Use the correct word in the following: Before the bell rang, the class was _____ to go home.

#27. Javed two of _______ brothers attend primary school wishes to be a school teacher after his graduation form the University.

#28. The package _______ to be carried carefully.

#29. Write your name and roll number _____ top of the page.at

#30. Pooja or her brothers ______ to be blamed.

#31. What prefix would you add to the root word ‘view’ to indicate that you see something before other people do?

#32. My house is there _______ from the railway station?

#33. “I do not like tea.” “_______ do I.”

#34. Neither money nor power _______ needed to get selected for the Olympics.

#35. The thief, _______ they caught, was sent to the prison.

#36. The date is worth _________

#37. Use the correct word in the following: Not everybody shares my _______.

#38. He was admitted _______ the hospital.

#39. Charles Babbage is known as ________ father of computers.

#40. Choose the correct Active voice of the following sentence from the options given below: Can a car be driven by her?

#6. you _ ‘English in Ten days’ in the morning?

#17. Cannon had unique qualities it was used widely in ancient times.