PPSC English MCQs

1. Which of the following is a noun?

A) Run
B) Beautiful
C) Happiness
D) Quickly

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2. Identify the verb in the following sentence: “She sings beautifully.”

A) She
B) Sings
C) Beautifully
D) None of the above

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3. What is the synonym of “happy”?

A) Sad
B) Joyful
C) Angry
D) Tired

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4. What is the antonym of “difficult”?

A) Easy
B) Hard
C) Complicated
D) Challenging

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5. Which sentence is in the passive voice?

A) The cat chased the mouse.
B) The mouse was chased by the cat.
C) The cat is chasing the mouse.
D) The mouse chases the cat.

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6. Identify the preposition in the following sentence: “The book is on the table.”

A) Book
B) Is
C) On
D) Table

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7. What is the correct punctuation for the following sentence? “She said she would come.”

A) She said she would come,
B) She said, she would come.
C) She said, “she would come.”
D) She said she would come.

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8. Choose the correct form of the verb: “He ______ to the store yesterday.”

A) Go
B) Went
C) Goes
D) Going

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9. Which of the following is an example of an idiom?

A) Break a leg
B) Run fast
C) Speak loudly
D) Jump high

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10. Which part of speech is the word “quickly”?

A) Noun
B) Adjective
C) Adverb
D) Verb

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11. What is the plural of “child”?

A) Childs
B) Children
C) Childrens
D) Childer

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12. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

A) He go to the gym.
B) He going to the gym.
C) He goes to the gym.
D) He gone to the gym.

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13. Identify the adjective in the following sentence: “The tall building is impressive.”

A) Building
B) Is
C) Tall
D) Impressive

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14. Which of the following is a compound sentence?

A) I like tea.
B) I like tea, and she likes coffee.
C) Because I like tea.
D) I like tea, but not too much.

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15. What is the correct phrase for “to speak softly”?

A) Speak low
B) Speak quietly
C) Speak down
D) Speak silently

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16. What is the meaning of the idiom “piece of cake”?

A) A type of dessert
B) Something easy
C) A small amount
D) A difficult task

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17. Choose the correct sentence:

A) Each of the players are skilled.
B) Each of the players is skilled.
C) Each players is skilled.
D) Each players are skilled.

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18. Which of the following sentences uses the correct form of “to be”?

A) They is happy.
B) They are happy.
C) They am happy.
D) They be happy.

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19. What is the correct form of the word “run” in the past tense?

A) Runned
B) Runed
C) Ran
D) Running

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20. Which of the following is a synonym for “fast”?

A) Quick
B) Slow
C) Steady
D) Leisurely

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21. What is the meaning of the phrase “under the weather”?

A) Feeling sick
B) Feeling happy
C) Feeling tired
D) Feeling energetic

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22. Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: “I want to go, but I am tired.”

A) Want
B) Go
C) But
D) Tired

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23. Which of the following is a simile?

A) The wind howled.
B) She is a lion.
C) He runs like the wind.
D) Time is a thief.

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24. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: “She is _____ than her brother.”

A) Taller
B) Tall
C) Tallest
D) More tall

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25. Which of the following sentences is in the active voice?

A) The cake was eaten by the children.
B) The children ate the cake.
C) The cake is being eaten.
D) The cake is eaten by children.

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26. What punctuation is used to indicate a question?

A) Period
B) Exclamation mark
C) Comma
D) Question mark

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27. Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

A) Yes I can come.
B) Yes, I can come.
C) Yes I can, come.
D) Yes, I can, come.

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28. What is the antonym of “increase”?

A) Decrease
B) Grow
C) Expand
D) Enhance

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29. Choose the correct preposition: “He is good _____ math.”

A) At
B) In
C) On
D) With

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30. Which of the following is a complete sentence?

A) When he arrives.
B) He arrives when.
C) He arrives.
D) Arrives he.

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31. What is the correct plural form of “tooth”?

A) Tooths
B) Teeth
C) Toothes
D) Toothes

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32. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “She is the _____ student in the class.”

A) Bright
B) Brighter
C) Brightest
D) More bright

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33. What is the meaning of the proverb “A stitch in time saves nine”?

A) Delay causes more problems.
B) Time is precious.
C) Small problems should be fixed quickly.
D) Sewing is an art.

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34. Which of the following words is an adverb?

A) Quickly
B) Quick
C) Quicker
D) Quickest

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35. What is the main purpose of punctuation?

A) To confuse the reader
B) To give meaning to sentences
C) To add color to writing
D) To replace words

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36. Which of the following is a correct analogy?

A) Hot is to cold as up is to down.
B) Dog is to cat as car is to bike.
C) Sun is to night as moon is to day.
D) Fish is to swim as bird is to fly.

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37. Which of the following sentences uses the correct form of “to have”?

A) She has a car.
B) She have a car.
C) She haves a car.
D) She having a car.

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38. What is the past participle of “go”?

A) Went
B) Gone
C) Going
D) Goes

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39. Identify the direct object in the sentence: “He threw the ball.”

A) He
B) Threw
C) The
D) Ball

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40. Choose the sentence that is correctly constructed:

A) She enjoy swimming.
B) She enjoys swim.
C) She enjoying swim.
D) She enjoys swimming.

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41. Which of the following sentences contains an error?

A) He don’t like chocolate.
B) She likes chocolate.
C) They don’t like chocolate.
D) I like chocolate.

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42. What is the term for words that have opposite meanings?

A) Synonyms
B) Antonyms
C) Homonyms
D) Homographs

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43. What is the correct usage of “their,” “there,” and “they’re”?

A) Their going to the park.
B) There is a cat.
C) They’re favorite game is soccer.
D) All are correct.

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44. Choose the correct idiom that means “to make a decision”:

A) Cut to the chase
B) Make a mountain out of a molehill
C) Bite the bullet
D) Pulling your leg

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45. What is the correct form of the verb in this sentence? “They _____ a movie last night.”

A) Watched
B) Watch
C) Watching
D) Watches

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46. Identify the adverb in the sentence: “He runs very fast.”

A) He
B) Runs
C) Very
D) Fast

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47. Which of the following is an example of a compound-complex sentence?

A) I like tea.
B) I like tea, and she likes coffee, because it’s healthy.
C) I like tea because it’s healthy.
D) Tea is good.

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48. What is the correct form of “to be” for the pronoun “I”?

A) Am
B) Is
C) Are
D) Be

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49. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “He is _____ than his sister.”

A) More tall
B) Taller
C) Tall
D) Tallest

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50. What is the correct way to write the plural form of “mouse”?

A) Mouses
B) Mice
C) Mices
D) Mouse

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51. Which of the following sentences is in the present perfect tense?

A) He has finished his homework.
B) He finished his homework.
C) He is finishing his homework.
D) He will finish his homework.

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52. What is the term for the subject of a sentence?

A) The doer of the action
B) The receiver of the action
C) The action itself
D) The object of the sentence

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53. What is the synonym of “difficult”?

A) Easy
B) Hard
C) Simple
D) Clear

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54. Identify the indirect object in the sentence: “She gave him a gift.”

A) She
B) Gave
C) Him
D) Gift

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55. What does the idiom “let the cat out of the bag” mean?

A) To keep a secret
B) To reveal a secret
C) To find a cat
D) To hide something

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56. Which of the following is a correct sentence?

A) She don’t have a car.
B) She doesn’t have a car.
C) She doesn’t has a car.
D) She has not a car.

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57. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: “The cat is _____ the tree.”

A) In
B) On
C) At
D) With

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58. What is the past tense of “swim”?

A) Swimmed
B) Swam
C) Swum
D) Swimming

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59. Which of the following sentences uses the correct form of “to do”?

A) They does not like pizza.
B) They do not like pizza.
C) They done not like pizza.
D) They not like pizza.

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60. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “She sings _____ than her sister.”

A) Better
B) Good
C) Best
D) More good

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61. What is the meaning of the proverb “Actions speak louder than words”?

A) Words are important.
B) What you do is more important than what you say.
C) Words can be deceiving.
D) Actions should be avoided.

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62. Identify the conjunction in this sentence: “She likes tea and coffee.”

A) Likes
B) And
C) Coffee
D) Tea

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63. Which of the following is an example of a declarative sentence?

A) What a beautiful day!
B) Are you coming?
C) I love to read.
D) Can you help me?

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64. What is the correct way to write the possessive form of “dog”?

A) Dogs
B) Dog’s
C) Dogs’
D) Doges

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65. Choose the correct verb form: “He _____ to the party.”

A) Want
B) Wants
C) Wanting
D) Wanted

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66. What is the term for words that sound the same but have different meanings?

A) Homophones
B) Synonyms
C) Antonyms
D) Homographs

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67. Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

A) I like reading, writing and swimming.
B) I like reading writing and swimming.
C) I like reading; writing and swimming.
D) I like reading, writing, and swimming.

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68. Identify the adverbial clause in the following sentence: “She sang beautifully because she was happy.”

A) She sang
B) Beautifully
C) Because she was happy
D) Was happy

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69. What is the correct plural form of “cactus”?

A) Cactuses
B) Cacti
C) Cactii
D) Cactuseses

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70. Choose the correct form of the verb: “They _____ to the park every Saturday.”

A) Go
B) Goes
C) Going
D) Gone

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71. What is the meaning of the phrase “to hit the nail on the head”?

A) To miss the point
B) To get it exactly right
C) To be inaccurate
D) To be off track

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72. Which of the following is a complex sentence?

A) I like tea, and she likes coffee.
B) Although I like tea, she likes coffee.
C) I like tea.
D) I like tea but not coffee.

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73. Identify the object in the sentence: “She gave him a book.”

A) She
B) Gave
C) Him
D) Book

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74. What does the idiom “to throw in the towel” mean?

A) To give up
B) To try harder
C) To continue
D) To relax

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75. What is the correct form of the verb: “He _____ playing the piano.”

A) Enjoy
B) Enjoys
C) Enjoyed
D) Enjoying

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76. Which of the following sentences is in the future tense?

A) She is walking to the store.
B) She walked to the store.
C) She will walk to the store.
D) She walks to the store.

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77. What is the synonym of “angry”?

A) Happy
B) Mad
C) Calm
D) Excited

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78. Choose the correct form of “to be” for the pronoun “they”:

A) Is
B) Am
C) Are
D) Be

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79. Identify the interjection in the sentence: “Wow! That was amazing!”

A) Wow
B) That
C) Was
D) Amazing

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80. What is the past tense of “write”?

A) Wrote
B) Written
C) Writed
D) Writing

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81. Which of the following is a correctly formed question?

A) Where you are going?
B) Where are you going?
C) Where is you going?
D) Where you going?

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82. What is the plural form of “foot”?

A) Foots
B) Feet
C) Footes
D) Feets

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83. Choose the correct sentence: “Neither of the answers _____ correct.”

A) Are
B) Is
C) Were
D) Be

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84. What is the meaning of the idiom “spill the beans”?

A) To make a mess
B) To tell a secret
C) To cook something
D) To be careless

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85. Identify the gerund in the sentence: “Swimming is fun.”

A) Swim
B) Swimming
C) Fun
D) Is

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86. Which of the following sentences uses the correct form of “to have”?

A) She have a cat.
B) She has a cat.
C) She having a cat.
D) She haves a cat.

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87. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “The movie was _____ interesting.”

A) Very
B) Too
C) Much
D) Many

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88. What is the correct way to write the contraction for “they are”?

A) Theyre
B) They’r
C) They’re
D) They are

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89. Identify the main clause in the sentence: “Although it was raining, we went for a walk.”

A) Although it was raining
B) We went for a walk
C) It was raining
D) For a walk

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90. What does the phrase “kick the bucket” mean?

A) To be successful
B) To die
C) To travel
D) To run fast

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91. Which of the following sentences is in the conditional tense?

A) If it rains, I will stay home.
B) It rained yesterday.
C) It is raining now.
D) It will rain tomorrow.

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92. What is the correct plural form of “leaf”?

A) Leafs
B) Leaves
C) Leafes
D) Leavs

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93. Identify the predicate in the sentence: “The cat chased the mouse.”

A) The cat
B) Chased
C) The mouse
D) Chased the mouse

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94. Choose the correct form of the verb: “They _____ to the concert.”

A) Go
B) Goes
C) Gone
D) Going

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95. What is the synonym of “start”?

A) Finish
B) Begin
C) End
D) Stop

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96. What does the idiom “the ball is in your court” mean?

A) It’s your turn to make a decision.
B) You are losing.
C) The game is over.
D) You are winning.

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97. Which of the following sentences is a fragment?

A) She enjoys reading.
B) Because she loves stories.
C) Reading is fun.
D) He likes to read.

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98. What is the correct verb form: “He _____ breakfast every morning.”

A) Make
B) Makes
C) Making
D) Made

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99. Choose the correct sentence:

A) I have saw that movie.
B) I have seen that movie.
C) I seen that movie.
D) I seen that movie.

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100. What is the meaning of the phrase “to beat around the bush”?

A) To get to the point
B) To avoid talking about the main issue
C) To be direct
D) To be vague

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