English Grammar Questions for SSC Exam
Identify the correct form of sentence in the Active Voice:
(A) I forgave him his fault.
(B) The king has punishing the thief.
(C) I kept your book lest you may not lose it.
(D) It can be seen that the sun rose in the east.
Correct Answer : A
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?
(B) By whom given you the permission to write?
(C) By whom you were been given the permission?
(D) By whom was you given permission to write?
Correct Answer : A
Which sentence given below correctly changes the active voice into the passive?
Some one has cut the telephone wires.
(A) The telephone wires were cut.
(B) The telephone wires has been cut.
(C) The telephone wires have been cut.
(D) The telephone wires were found cut.
Correct Answer : C
Choose the correct Active voice of the following sentence from the options given below:
Can a car be driven by her?
(A) A car can be driven by her.
(B) A car could be driven by her.
(C) Can she drive a car?
(D) Could she drive a car?
Correct Answer : C
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.
(B) He says that they are in the class.
(C) He said that they had been in class.
(D) He says that they are in the class.
Correct Answer : A
If you take away the prefix and the suffix, what word is left of the word 'unemployed'?
(A) unemploy
(B) employed
(C) employ
(D) will not change
Correct Answer : C
What prefix would you add to the root word 'view' to indicate that you see something before other people do?
(A) re
(B) pre
(C) un
(D) dis
Correct Answer : D
Use the correct word in the following:
Before the bell rang, the class was _____ to go home.
(A) ready
(B) all ready
(C) was already
(D) were all ready
Correct Answer : B
Use the correct word in the following:
Not everybody shares my _______.
(A) principals
(B) principalities
(C) principles
(D) personalities
Correct Answer : B
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
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
(A) dual - "I don't like his dual policy of pleasing people."