English Grammar Questions for SSC Exam

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

(D) personalities

(C) principles

(A) principals

(B) principalities

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

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

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

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

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

#3. He has _______ experience than his brother.

(B) more

(D) some

(C) much

(A) many

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

(D) are

(A) has

(B) have

(C) is

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

(C) whose

(B) which

(A) who

(D) whom

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

(D) meter

(A) liter

(B) kilogram

(C) kilometer

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

(A) may

(D) shall

(C) would

(B) will

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

(A) so

(C) either

(B) neither

(D) not

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

(A) A little

(B) A few

(D) Most of

(C) Much

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

(A) Do, get

(C) Did, get

(D) Did, got

(B) Will, get

#11. 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?

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

(B) at the

(A) at

(C) on

(D) on the

#13. He was admitted _______ the hospital.

(D) to

(A) with

(C) in

(B) at

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

(D) at

(A) on

(B) over

(C) with

#15. I wish she ______ reach here soon.

(A) should

(D) shall

(C) will

(B) would

#16. The package _______ to be carried carefully.

(A) is

(B) are

(D) were

(C) have

#17. The date is worth _________

(C) remembered

(A) remember

(D) remembering

(B) to remember

#18. Sana! Please ______ tea.

(D) PUT

(C) have

(A) taken

(B) drank

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

(D) in

(B) of

(C) to

(A) at

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

(C) employ

(A) unemploy

(B) employed

(D) will not change

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

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

(B) The king has punishing the thief.

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

(A) I forgave him his fault.

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

(C) dwell

(B) duel

(A) dual

(D) doll

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

(B) Do

(A) May

(C) Should

(D) Would

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

(B) talks

(C) talked

(D) talking

(A) talk

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

(A) a

(B) the

(D) some

(C) any

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

(D) dis

(B) pre

(A) re

(C) un

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

(C) is

(A) are

(B) were

(D) was

#28. 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.

(B) The telephone wires has been cut.

(A) The telephone wires were cut.

(D) The telephone wires were found cut.

#29. Rohan ______ in Jaipur tomorrow.

(C) were

(A) is

(B) will be

(D) was

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

(C) was already

(D) were all ready

(A) ready

(B) all ready

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

(C) reached

(A) reach

(B) reaches

(D) reaching

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

(C) Can she drive a car?

(A) A car can be driven by her.

(B) A car could be driven by her.

(D) Could she drive a car?

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

(D) a piece

(C) piece

(A) an

(B) some

#34. I _______ this book since morning.

(C) have had read

(D) shall be reading

(B) had been reading

(A) has been reading

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

(B) them

(C) whose

(A) whom

(D) which

#36. My brother ______ play me every evening.

(D) with

(C) at

(B) from

(A) beside

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

(B) has

(C) are

(A) is

(D) was

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

(C) more

(D) some

(B) a lot

(A) much

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

(D) such, that

(B) that, since

(A) that, that

(C) such, so

#40. I did not _______ TV last night.

(D) watching

(A) not watched

(C) watch

(B) watched

Results

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

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

#3. He has _______ experience than his brother.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#13. He was admitted _______ the hospital.

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

#15. I wish she ______ reach here soon.

#16. The package _______ to be carried carefully.

#17. The date is worth _________

#18. Sana! Please ______ tea.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#29. Rohan ______ in Jaipur tomorrow.

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

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

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

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

#34. I _______ this book since morning.

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

#36. My brother ______ play me every evening.

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

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

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

#40. I did not _______ TV last night.

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

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