English mcqs ADP

1. He said to me, “I am ready”.

(a) He told to me that he is ready.
(b) He told me that he was ready.
(c) He told me that I am ready.
(d) He told me that I will ready.
2. How many minutes must last an oral report?
(a) 10 minutes
(b) 7 minutes
(c) 5 minutes
(d) 20 minutes
3. What we need to avoid while delivering an oral?
(a) Movement and gestures
(b) Verbal crutches
(c) Timing
(d) A loud voice
4. What is logic?
(a) Reason or good sense.
(b) Feelings
(c) Facts.
(d) Opinions.
5. What are some resources you can use to ensure that you write error-free sentence?
(a) Dictionary
(b) Grammar handbook
(c) Style manual
(d) All of the above
6. What are some strategies that help with effective prewriting?
(a) Free writing
(b) Clustering
(c) List making
(d) All of the above
7. What tricks can you use for effective proofreading?
(a) Read the paper out loud.
(b) Use a sheet of paper to cover the paragraph and read each line at a time.
(c) Read the paper backwards, from the last sentence to the first.
(d) All of the above
8. They said, “We can not live without oxygen”.
(a) They said that we can not live without oxygen.
(b) They said that they can not live without oxygen.
(c) They said that would not live without oxygen.
(d) They says that they can not live without oxygen.
9. What is an argument?
(a) A claim that has logic and facts.
(b) A claim that has feelings in it.
 (c) A claim that
(d) None of above.
10. Writing a letter with “you-attitude” means writing:
(a) Using the word “you” repeatedly
(b) From the point of view of the writer
(c) From the point of view of the reader
(d) From the point of view of other persons not concerned
11. Good business letters are characterized by the following personal quality of writer:
(a) Seriousness
(b) Sincerity
(c) Formality
(d) Humour
12. What is the topic sentence?
(a) The sentence that tells the main idea of the paragraph.
(b) The sentence that ends the essay.
(c) The sentence that connects the claim.
(d) The sentence that is the rebuttal.
13. Which of the following statements describe a footnote?
(a) Text reference appearing in the footer.
(b) Text reference appearing at the bottom of a page
(c) Text reference appearing at the end of a report
(d) Text reference appearing at the end of paragraph
14. What are the purposes of an oral presentation?
(a) Only for fun.
(b) To entertain and instruct.
(c) To inform, instruct or persuade.
(d) Just to talk and show some images.
15. What you have to do to get prepared for an oral report
(a) Research, research, and more research
(b) Do nothing, just read
(c) Plan the details or your talk and get at least one visual ready
(d) Stand in front of the mirror
16. Which is not a part to a business letter?
(a) Inside address
(b) Indenting
(c) Salutation
(d) Signature
17. How many times will you name appear on the business letter?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 4
18. There are three parts to an essay. Which choice contains all of them?
(a) Thesis, Lead, Hook
(b) Introduction, Body, Conclusion.
 (c) Claim, Counterclaim, Rebuttal
(d) None of these.
19. What is a claim?
(a) The sentence that gets the reader’s attention.
(b) The main idea of an essay.
(c) The counterargument.
(d) Your views on a topic.
20. What is the first sentence of a paragraph called?
(a) The introduction sentence
(b) The exclusive sentence
(c) The topic sentence
(d) The first sentence
21. When do you use supporting details or supporting sentence?
(a) Before the first sentence at the introduction
(b) After the last sentence because it helps you summarize the paragraph
(c) Never use these in paragraph because they are for essays only.
(d) After the topic sentence and before the closing sentence
22. You work for an airline corporation that emits high levels of CO2 each year. You are aware of the latest eco-
friendly technologies. In a presentation, hoe you improve your chance of engaging your CEO?
(a) Use basic facts and figures.
(b) Use stories that can trigger an emotional response.
(c) Have a prize at the end of your presentation.
(d) Dress well.
23. You are in presentation, which of the following is the best way to start a story?
(a) “I have a story that is mind boggling!”
(b) “For centuries, people have wondered”
(c) “Imagine that you are in a beach”
(d) “A guy walks in to a bar”.
24. You’re presenting to your company’s latest recruits. They are all nervous and they don’t know each other. You
sense that they are intimidated by you, a seasoned veteran. Where should you position yourself in a stage?
(a) Beside them.
(b) Hide behind the stage.
(c) Center of stage.
(d) Left of the stage.
25. Justice is blind and at times death
(a) Idiom
(b) Metaphor
(c) Personification
(d) Simile
26. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bus
(a) Idiom
(b) Metaphor
(c) Personification
(d) Simile
27. Money is the only friend that I can count
 (a) Idiom (c) Personification
(b) Metaphor (d) simile
28. Their prayers are like mayflies in June
(a) Idiom
(b) Metaphor
(c) Personification
(d) Simile
29. That car has a mind of its own.
(a) Idiom
(b) Metaphor
(c) Personification
(d) Simile
30. A repition of sentence using the same structure.
(a) Adage
(b) Parallel Structure
(c) Aphorism
(d) Pastoral
31. A statement which can contain two or more meanings.
(a) Ambiguity
(b) Anecdote
(c) Epigraph
(d) Foil
32. Select correct option:
(a) Supersede
(b) Superceed
(c) Superceid
(d) Superseed
33. I. many people visited the religious place during weekend.
II.Few people visited the religious place during the weekend.
(a) If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
(b) If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
(c) If both statement I and II are independent causes
(d) If both statement I and II are effects of independent causes.
(e) If both statement I and II are effects of some common causes.
34. A system will be error free if we remove all systematic error’. Is this statement true or false?
(a) True
(b) False
(c) None of these.
35. Choose the correct sentence. Consider the grammar, spelling, punctuation etc.
(a) Yesterday I promised that I’d never sing of love if it does not exist.
(b) Nobody want to see us together but it don’t matter.
(c) It’s so sad to think she don’t see what I see.
(d) I ain’t never gonna shut you out.
36. Choose the word with correct spelling
(a) Tounge
 (b) Billionaire
(c) Lense (d) Accesories
37. Choose the correct sentence. Consider the grammar, spelling, punctuation etc.
(a) Annie went to get the ball in her backyard, with Andrea.
(b) I does not care about you anymore! You a cheater!
(c) She always prepares breakfast for her husband every morning.
(d) It is consist of 4 cupcakes per box.
38. What is Literary Tools?
(a) Tools that help us sleep better at night.
(b) Literary tools are language devices that help you write better and creatively.
(c) Tools that allows us to have fun.
(d) Tools that help us get in touch with our emotions.
39. Identify whether the sentence below is in the active or passive voice: My leather shoes were repaired by our
trusted neighbor.
(a) Active voice
(b) Passive voice
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
40. Hoe to create an interesting setting?
(a) Chose a scene / Discuss / write everything u discussed.
(b) Chose a scene / think very hard / write what you had thought about.
(c) Chose a scene / Do lots of researches / write what u had researched about.
(d) Chose a scene / Visualise / Write what u had visualized.
41. What is the most important ingredient in creative writing?
(a) Autobiographies
(b) Jokes
(c) Imagination
(d) True stories

42. What does compare mean in a compare and contrast essay?

(a) Describe similarities and differences
B: Describe similarities
C: Describe differences
D: Tell the main idea of the essay

43. Which organizational tool will be most helpful for a student writing a compare and contrast essay?

A: Venn diagram

B: Timeline

C: Chronological chart

D: Flowchart
44. Jenny is writing a compare and contrast essay about the health benefits of coffee and tea. She is trying
to determine whether to include the fact that the color of coffee is black, but tea can be colored black or green.
What should she use to make this decision?

A: Accuracy

B: Information

C: Formality

D: Relevance

45. Cinderella is kind, sweet, and charming, while her step sisters are mean and cruel.  How are Cinderella
and her step sisters different?

A: They both want to marry the prince.

B: The step sisters are kind, but Cinderella is not.
C: Cinderella is kind, but her step sisters are not.

46. Kate lived in a large house with many animals. Her best friend, Jill, lived in a small house without pets.
How were the friends' homes different?

A: Kate had a large house, but Jill's was small

B: Kate doesn't have pets, but Jill does.

C: Both Kate and Jill have homes.

47. Sally is having strawberry ice cream and Juan is having chocolate ice cream. If I am comparing Sally and
Juan, what do they have in common?
A: They are eating with a spoon.
B: It is hot outside.
C: I like to eat ice cream.
D: They are eating ice cream.

48. Differences and similarities of two or more things are discussed 

A: Cause and Effect
B: Descriptive
C: Compare and Contrast
D: Compare and Contrast

49. I have a pet dog and cat in my house.  My dog, Spot, likes to chew on his bone, while my cat, Stripes,
likes to sleep.  They both love to cuddle with me on the couch.  How are my pets similar? 
A: They both chew on things
B: They both love to cuddle.
C: They both sleep a lot.

50. Identify the key word: This wall is made of brick, while that wall is made of drywall.
A: Wall
 B: Made
C: While
D: Brick

51. Identify the key word: Turtles and frogs have many qualities in common. 
A: Many
B: Qualities
C: In common
D: Dogs

52. The key word ‘different’ is…

A: Contrast
B: Compare

53. Molly and Sara are sisters.  They like to swim during the summer.  Molly is in the school band and Sara is
on the basketball team.  How are these sisters alike?
A: They are both in band
B: They are both on the basketball team.
C: They enjoy swimming.

54. ______ Students were gaining weight in their first year of college, health professionals decided to study
the problem of the "Freshman Five", also called the "Freshman Fifteen"!
A: Since
B: Because
C: Consequently
D: Due to

55. For one month, February to March 2004, Morgan decided to eat a junk-food diet in order he find out
what it would do to his body and mind.
A: Correct
B: Incorrect
56. The hare and tortoise had a race because the hare bragged out being faster. What is the effect in the
sentence?
A: The hare and tortoise had a race
B: the hare bragged out being faster
C: the hare won the race
57. The boy cries wolf because he is bored. What is effect?
A: he is bored
B: The boy
C: The boy cries wolf
58. Identify the cause in the sentence. Alan threw the ball at Fred’s head because Fred threw his apple in
trash.
A: Alan threw the ball at Fred’s head
B: Fred threw his apple in trash
59. Patrick had to sit out at recess because he did not complete his home work. True or False? The effect is
Patrick had to sit out at recess.
 A: True
B: False
60. Molly got an F on her spelling test when she did not study her words. What is cause in the sentence?
A: Molly got an F
B: she did not study
C: the test was to hard
61. The plant died because it did not get enough water. Identify the effect.
A: The plant did not get enough water
B: The plant died
C: The plant is green

62. Identify the CAUSE in the following sentence:

Nancy joined the book club because she loved to read.

 A. Nancy joined the book club

 B. she loved to read
 C. because
 D. Not here

63. Identify the EFFECT in the following sentence:

Jim burned his hand when he took the lid off of the hot pan.

 A. took the lid off the hot pan

 B. Jim burned his hand
 C. when
 D. Not here

64. Identify the clue word or words that indicate a CAUSE/EFFECT relationship.

Dad cooked hamburgers and hot dogs in order to have enough for the picnic.

 A. Dad cooked hamburgers and hot dogs

 B. to have plenty for the picnic
 C. in order
 D. Not here

65. Select the CAUSE for the following EFFECT:

Beautiful flowers

 A. red flowers

 B. in a vase
 C. outside
 D. hard work in the flower garden
66. Select the EFFECT for the following CAUSE:

A stranger came to the door

 A. the dog started barking loudly

 B. because
 C. dark night
 D. Not here

67. Identify the clue word or words that indicate a CAUSE//EFFECT relationship.

Shirley ran out of gas because she forgot to fill up with gas today.

 A. because
 B. Shirley ran out of gas
 C. she forgot to fill up with gas in her car today
 D. Not here

68. Identify the EFFECT in the following sentence:

Maria cut her foot when she ran outside without wearing shoes.

 A. when
 B. Maria cut her foot
 C. ran outside without wearing shoes
 D. Not here

69. Select the CAUSE for the following EFFECT:

Honked the horn

 A. Mrs. Martinez arrived

 B. so
 C. in the afternoon
 D. Not here

70. Identify the CAUSE in the following sentence:

Mom had a lot of laundry to do after the camping trip.

 A. a lot of laundry

 B. after
 C. the camping trip
 D. Not here
71. Select the EFFECT for the following CAUSE:

Messy room

A. As a result of
 B. Donna was punished
 C. Yesterday
 D. Not here

72. What is CAUSE in the sentence below?

[The bees stung me] because [I knocked their hive down]

A: The bees stung me

B: I knocked their hive down

73. What is the CAUSE in the sentence below?

[The women got to the airport late], [so they missed their flight].

A: The women got to the airport late.

B: They missed their flight.

74. The boy hit the dog with a stick and _______.

A: The dog bit him.

B: The dog was happy.
C: The dog licked his hand.

75. The music at my neighbor's party was so loud that _________.

A: I could not hear my TV

B: I wished it was louder
C: I went to sleep

76. If you eat too much food and don't exercise, __________.

A: You will be hungry.

B: You will gain weight.

C: You will only want to drink water.

77. What is the EFFECT in the sentence below? 

[Kayah got an A] because [she studied for her test].

A: Kayah got an A
B: She studied for her test.

78. Since it was raining, ____________.

 A: the soccer game was cancelled.

B: We went to the playground.

C: I lost my umbrella.

79. An anecdote is a form of narration.

a. True
b. False
80. A narrative essay should describe events in strict chronological order, with careful attention to accuracy.
a. True
b. False
81. A flashback is a more specialized and stylistic technique used in narrative essays.
a. True
b. False
82. Transitions are simple words like “first” and “meanwhile” used to smooth the flow of ideas in a
paragraph.
a. True
b. False
83. For a short essay, you should always break your paragraphs after about 150 words or 7 lines.
a. True
b. False
84. A flash-forward, used to eliminate “dead time” or the waiting time between key events, …
a. Is a writing technique originally borrowed from film scripts.
b. Should always begin a new paragraph.
c. Is a writing technique first introduced in France, in the 19th century, as part of research into dreams.
d. Should never be used more than once in a short essay.
85. Dialogue is a useful tool in narrative writing because it can …
a. Provide necessary background information, without breaking the flow of the story
b. Give insight into a character’s motivations or thoughts
c. give information about the story’s setting (time and place)
d. All of the above
86. Because narrative essays often focus on universal human truths (such as love, death, renewal, etc.), …
a. It’s especially important to be original in the writing, to avoid using clichés or boring the reader with
obvious statements.
b. Much can be left to the reader’s imagination. Less is more, in a narrative essay, as readers will anticipate
the story endings, having experienced the same things.
c. They should follow the standard chronological narrative format, which readers can better identify with.
d. They are often translated into many languages.
87. Prewriting, a traditional step in essay writing …
a. Is much more important for a narrative essay, since the story is personal and the writer may have
trouble being objective about how to write the story.
b. Allows the writer to distinguish between key events, which should be emphasized and less important
events, which might be eliminated from the story.
 c. Can eliminate the need for editing later, if it’s done properly.
d. Is not necessary for a narrative essay, since personal stories can be told from memory.
88. The introduction of a narrative essay should include
a. A “hook” or engaging opening line, to capture the reader’s interest
b. Brief explanatory or background information to provide context for the main story
c. A thesis statement (in one or two sentences)
d. All of the above
89. Jenny ________ tried.
(a) Be
(b) Is
(c) Has
(d) Have
90. “_________is she?” “she’s my friend from London”
(a) Who
(b) Why
(c) Which
(d) What
91. ________lots of animal in the zoo.
(a) There
(b) There is
(c) There are
(d) There aren’t
92. How many people ________in your family?
(a) Are there
(b) Is there
(c) There are
(d) There
93. __________to London on the train yesterday?
(a) Did Mary went
(b) Did Mary go
(c) Mary go
(d) Mary goes
94. Jack __________English, Spanish and a bit of French
(a) Speaks
(b) Speak
(c) Speaking
(d) Is speaking
95. We will be staying____Mumbai__next Sunday.
(a) On, from
(b) For, from
(c) By, by
(d) In, till
96. The court_______him five years in prison.
(a) Ordered
(b) Sent
 (c) Sentenced
97. I don’t know if I can do it but I’ll ________ a go.
(a) Have
(b) Make
(c) Give
98. Did you remember ________ the parcels?
(a) To post
(b) Posting
(c) Post
99. I must get ________ - I can’t use the internet at all.
(a) My computer fixed
(b) Fixed my computer
(c) My computer fixed
100. This fish is _______ delicious
(a) Very
(b) Really
(c) Completely