Grammar and Correct Option

15 MCQs • Important grammar rules and correct-option practice based on Unit 7, Time by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

MCQs

15 questions · 15 min · 15 marks

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Sample questions

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  1. Question 1

    Choose the correct verb: Time ___ like an unfathomable sea.

    • Aseem
    • Bseems
    • Cseeming
    • Dhave seemed
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    Answer: B

    The singular subject 'Time' takes the verb 'seems'.

  2. Question 2

    Choose the correct form: The waves ___ the passing years.

    • Arepresents
    • Brepresent
    • Crepresenting
    • Dhas represented
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    Answer: B

    The plural subject 'waves' takes the base verb 'represent'.

  3. Question 3

    Choose the correct article: Shelley was ___ English poet.

    • Aa
    • Ban
    • Cthe
    • Dno article
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    Answer: B

    Use 'an' before a word beginning with a vowel sound.

  4. Question 4

    Choose the correct preposition: The poem is ___ time and human suffering.

    • Aabout
    • Bat
    • Cby
    • Dfrom
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    Answer: A

    'About' correctly indicates the subject of the poem.

  5. Question 5

    Choose the correct tense: Shelley ___ the poem's image of time through the sea.

    • Adevelop
    • Bdevelops
    • Cdeveloping
    • Dhave develop
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    Answer: B

    The simple present is used to discuss a literary text.

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