Grammar | MCQs

Explanation

• The sentence that correctly uses an elliptical clause to avoid repetition is: "She likes to ski in winter, and swim in summer."
• In this sentence, "swim" is used instead of "swimming," creating an elliptical clause to avoid repeating the gerund form after "and."

Explanation

In this case, the cleft sentence is structured as follows:

• "It was" introduces the cleft construction, emphasizing that something specific will be highlighted.
• "the wind" is the emphasized element, the focus of the sentence.
• "that broke the window" provides additional information about what the wind did.

Explanation

• The sentence "If he were taller, he would join the basketball team" correctly uses the subjunctive mood.
• In this construction, "were" is the subjunctive form of the verb "to be."
• The subjunctive mood is often used to express hypothetical or unreal situations, wishes, suggestions, or conditions that are contrary to fact.
• In this case, the speaker is presenting a hypothetical condition (if he were taller) and its potential result (he would join the basketball team).
• The use of "were" in the if-clause reflects the unreal or hypothetical nature of the statement, making it an appropriate application of the subjunctive mood.

Explanation

• The sentence with correct parallel structure is: "She bought a pen, a notebook, and a bottle of ink."
• In this sentence, each item in the list (pen, notebook, bottle of ink) is structured in the same way, maintaining parallelism.
  

Explanation

• Please bring the following items: a pencil, a notebook, and a calculator. This sentence is correctly punctuated because it uses a colon to introduce a list of items.
• The colon is placed before the list, and the items are separated by commas.

Explanation

I can share my loaf bread with you.

میں آپ کے ساتھ اپنی روٹی بانٹ سکتا ہوں۔

Explanation

Take care, won't you Farah look after Yourself?

خیال رکھنا، کیا تم فرح اپنا خیال نہیں رکھو گی؟

Explanation

The correct preposition to use in this context is "with", as it indicates a connection or association between the subject ("what is wrong") and the person ("him").

"What is wrong with him?"

This means: What is the problem affecting him?

Explanation

If I see him, then I will give him your message.

This is a Type 1 conditional (real possibility in the future): If + present simple, will + base verb.

"Will give" is the correct future tense; the subject is "I" and the object is "him".

Explanation

"The dog was barking at the beggar."

The correct preposition to use with "barking" when referring to targeting someone is "at".