Sentence Structuring MCQs : English MCQs
1. Identify the subject and predicate in the following sentence:
“The students studied diligently for the exam.”
a) Subject – The students; Predicate – diligently for the exam.
b) Subject – The students; Predicate – studied diligently.
c) Subject – The; Predicate – students studied diligently.
d) Subject – The students studied; Predicate – diligently for the exam.
Answer: b) Subject – The students; Predicate – studied diligently.
2. What is the object in this sentence?
“She gave him a gift.”
a) She
b) gift
c) him
d) gave
Answer: b) gift
3. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct sentence:
“quickly / the / ran / fox.”
a) Quickly ran the fox.
b) The fox ran quickly.
c) The fox quickly ran.
d) Ran quickly the fox.
Answer: b) The fox ran quickly.
4. What is the direct object in this sentence?
“The chef prepared a delicious meal.”
a) prepared
b) chef
c) meal
d) The chef prepared
Answer: c) meal
5. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word:
“The tall building stands on the corner.”
a) Verb
b) Noun
c) Adjective
d) Adverb
Answer: c) Adjective
6. What is the correct verb form for the subject “she”?
“He _______ to the store.”
a) went
b) goes
c) go
d) gone
Answer: b) goes
7. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct question:
“often / you / Do / movies / watch?”
a) You often watch movies do?
b) Do often you watch movies?
c) Do you watch movies often?
d) You do often watch movies?
Answer: c) Do you watch movies often?
8. Identify the compound subject in the following sentence:
“John and Mary are best friends.”
a) John
b) Mary
c) John and Mary
d) best friends
Answer: c) John and Mary
9. Which sentence uses the correct punctuation?
a) I like pizza, and burgers.
b) I like pizza and burgers.
c) I like pizza and, burgers.
d) I like pizza, and burgers.
Answer: b) I like pizza and burgers.
10. What is the correct verb form for the subject “he”?
“They _______ soccer every weekend.”
a) play
b) playing
c) plays
d) played
Answer: c) plays
11. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct sentence:
“outside / played / children / happily / the.”
a) The children played outside happily.
b) The children happily played outside.
c) Happily the children played outside.
d) The outside children played happily.
Answer: b) The children happily played outside.
12. What is the antecedent of the pronoun “it” in this sentence?
“The book is heavy, so put it on the table.”
a) heavy
b) book
c) table
d) put
Answer: b) book
13. Identify the phrase in the following sentence:
“After finishing her work, Sarah went for a walk.”
a) After finishing her work
b) Sarah went
c) for a walk
d) her work
Answer: a) After finishing her work
14. What is the correct verb form for the subject “I”?
“He _______ his keys yesterday.”
a) lose
b) losing
c) lost
d) loses
Answer: c) lost
15. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct question:
“you / Can / me / the time / tell?”
a) Can tell me the time you?
b) Can you tell me the time?
c) You can tell me the time?
d) Can you the time tell me?
Answer: b) Can you tell me the time?
16. What is the indirect object in this sentence?
“She gave her friend a birthday present.”
a) friend
b) gave
c) present
d) her friend
Answer: d) her friend
17. Identify the adverb in the following sentence:
“He sings beautifully.”
a) He
b) beautifully
c) sings
d) sings beautifully
Answer: b) beautifully
18. What is the correct verb form for the subject “I”?
“They _______ for the bus.”
a) waited
b) wait
c) waits
d) waiting
Answer: a) waited
19. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct sentence:
“their / the children / played / games / happily.”
a) The children played games happily their.
b) Happily the children played their games.
c) The children played their games happily.
d) Their played games happily the children.
Answer: c) The children played their games happily.
20. What is the predicate nominative in this sentence?
“She became a doctor.”
a) She
b) became
c) a doctor
d) doctor
Answer: c) a doctor
21. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word:
“She reads books.”
a) Noun
b) Verb
c) Adjective
d) Adverb
Answer: b) Verb
22. What is the correct verb form for the subject “we”?
“She _______ to the party last night.”
a) goes
b) went
c) going
d) go
Answer: b) went
23. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct question:
“is / in the park / the picnic / today / happening?”
a) The picnic is happening in the park today?
b) Is the picnic happening in the park today?
c) Is happening the picnic in the park today?
d) The picnic happening is in the park today?
Answer: b) Is the picnic happening in the park today?
24. What is the complement in this sentence?
“The pie smells delicious.”
a) smells
b) The pie
c) delicious
d) The pie smells
Answer: c) delicious
25. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:
“Running a marathon requires training.”
a) Running a marathon
b) requires training
c) a marathon requires
d) Running
Answer: a) Running a marathon
26. What is the correct verb form for the subject “they”?
“She _______ the concert last night.”
a) enjoys
b) enjoyed
c) enjoying
d) enjoy
Answer: b) enjoyed
27. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct sentence:
“quickly / the / ate / dog / the / bone.”
a) The dog quickly ate the bone.
b) Quickly ate the dog the bone.
c) The bone quickly ate the dog.
d) The quickly dog ate the bone.
Answer: a) The dog quickly ate the bone.
28. What is the predicate adjective in this sentence?
“The flowers smell sweet.”
a) flowers
b) The
c) smell
d) sweet
Answer: d) sweet
29. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:
“He came to help his friend.”
a) came to help
b) He came
c) help his friend
d) to help his friend
Answer: d) to help his friend
30. What is the correct verb form for the subject “they”?
“He _______ the party last night.”
a) attends
b) attended
c) attending
d) attend
Answer: b) attended
31. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct question:
“visited / last summer / you / did / Europe?”
a) Did you visited Europe last summer?
b) Did you Europe last summer visited?
c) Did you visit Europe last summer?
d) You did visit Europe last summer?
Answer: c) Did you visit Europe last summer?
32. Which sentence uses the correct punctuation?
a) She is tired; and she needs rest.
b) She is tired, and she needs rest.
c) She is tired and; she needs rest.
d) She is tired and she needs rest.
Answer: b) She is tired, and she needs rest.
33. What is the appositive in this sentence?
“My friend, a talented musician, plays the guitar.”
a) My friend
b) a talented musician
c) plays
d) the guitar
Answer: b) a talented musician
34. What is the correct verb form for the subject “they”?
“He _______ in the garden every day.”
a) works
b) worked
c) working
d) work
Answer: a) works
35. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct sentence:
“played / children / happily / the / outside.”
a) The outside played children happily.
b) The children played outside happily.
c) Happily played the children outside.
d) The children happily played outside.
Answer: d) The children happily played outside.
36. What is the indirect object in this sentence?
“He sent his sister a postcard.”
a) postcard
b) sent
c) sister
d) He sent
Answer: c) sister
37. Identify the adverb in the following sentence:
“She sings beautifully.”
a) She
b) beautifully
c) sings
d) sings beautifully
Answer: b) beautifully
38. What is the correct verb form for the subject “they”?
“She _______ at the party last night.”
a) danced
b) dance
c) dancing
d) dances
Answer: a) danced
39. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct question:
“you / at / How / the concert / did / enjoy?”
a) How did you enjoy at the concert?
b) You at the concert did how enjoy?
c) How did you enjoy the concert?
d) How you did enjoy at the concert?
Answer: c) How did you enjoy the concert?
40. What is the complement in this sentence?
“The cake tastes delicious.”
a) tastes
b) delicious
c) The cake
d) The cake tastes
Answer: b) delicious
41. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:
“Writing a novel requires creativity.”
a) requires creativity
b) a novel requires
c) Writing a novel
d) Writing
Answer: c) Writing a novel
42. What is the correct verb form for the subject “I”?
“They _______ to the beach last weekend.”
a) goes
b) went
c) going
d) go
Answer: b) went
43. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct sentence:
“bike / rode / quickly / He / his.”
a) He rode his bike quickly.
b) Quickly he rode his bike.
c) He rode quickly his bike.
d) He rode his quickly bike.
Answer: a) He rode his bike quickly.
44. What is the predicate adjective in this sentence?
“The movie seems exciting.”
a) movie
b) seems
c) exciting
d) The movie
Answer: c) exciting
45. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word:
“He writes with a pen.”
a) Noun
b) Verb
c) Adjective
d) Adverb
Answer: b) Verb
46. What is the correct verb form for the subject “they”?
“She _______ the report yesterday.”
a) wrote
b) writing
c) writes
d) write
Answer: a) wrote
47. Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct question:
“today / Do / the game / at / they / plan to / play?”
a) Do they plan to play the game at today?
b) Do they plan the game to play at today?
c) Do they plan to play the game today at?
d) Do they plan to play the game at today?
Answer: d) Do they plan to play the game at today?
48. Which sentence uses the correct punctuation?
a) The class was engaging; it was also informative.
b) The class was engaging it was also informative.
c) The class was engaging, it was also informative.
d) The class was engaging, it was also, informative.
Answer: a) The class was engaging; it was also informative.
49. What is the appositive in this sentence?
“The author, a renowned scientist, presented his findings.”
a) The author
b) a renowned scientist
c) his findings
d) presented
Answer: b) a renowned scientist