Grammar Rule | MCQs

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"Whom we met on holiday" cannot stand alone as a complete sentence; it depends on the main clause ("Have you seen those people"), so it's a dependent clause.

It provides extra information about "those people" and begins with the relative pronoun "whom".

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"By the hunter" is a prepositional phrase because it begins with the preposition "by" and indicates the doer of the action.

It answers the question "Who killed the lion?" and provides additional information.

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"May" is used to express possibility, indicating that there is a chance of rain.

The sentence suggests uncertainty, and "may" conveys that possibility.

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A compound sentence is a sentence that connects two independent clauses, typically with a coordinating conjunction like and or but.

The sentence has two independent clauses ("I know you don't like him" and "that does not matter") joined by the conjunction "but".

This makes it a compound sentence.

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A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate (verb).

Example: "She reads books" is a clause, where "She" is the subject, and "reads books" is the predicate.

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"The committee is meeting tomorrow."
"Committee" is a collective noun and is treated as singular in American English, so it takes "is".

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The plural of "goose" is "geese."

This is an example of an irregular plural form.

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His father is writing a book. (Present continuous tense)

 If the action is a regular or habitual activity

 Is writing – if it’s happening right now 

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"Or" is used to show a choice or alternative between two options: hardworking or lazy.

The sentence is asking which one applies, not contrasting or adding, so "or" fits best.

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He is, to tell the truth, a fool.

This sentence uses commas to set off the parenthetical phrase "to tell the truth".

This making it clear and grammatically correct.