Sentence Structure | MCQs

Explanation

"Either you or she is responsible for it."

"Either" is a correlative conjunction that is always used with "or", not with "and", "but", or "if".

"یا تو آپ یا وہ اس کے ذمہ دار ہیں۔"

 "یا تو" ایک متعلقہ کنجکشن ہے جو ہمیشہ "یا" کے ساتھ استعمال ہوتا ہے، "اور"، "لیکن" یا "اگر" کے ساتھ نہیں ہوتا ہے۔

Explanation

In the sentence "You did it well," the word "well" functions as an adverb.

It describes how the action of doing was performed, modifying the verb "did."

Explanation

In the sentence "The girl bought a 'beautiful' doll from the shop," the word "beautiful" is an adjective.

Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns to describe or specify their qualities.

Explanation

• In the sentence "He will contact you when he returns from 'abroad'," the word "abroad" functions as an adverb, indicating the direction or location from which he will return.

Explanation

Several words are sometimes used as adverbs or sometimes used as prepositions.

A word is a preposition when it governs a noun or a pronoun, It is an adverb when it does not.

The wheel came off. “Off” is an adverb here

He jumped off the train. “Off” is a preposition here

Explanation

Active Voice (Future Continuous):

Structure: Subject + will be + present participle (V-ing) + object

Example: "Ahsan will be playing cricket."

Passive Voice (Future Continuous):

Structure: Object + will be being + past participle (V3) + by + subject

Example: "Cricket will be being played by Ahsan."

Explanation

Change the voice: "Did he buy mangoes?" Were mangoes bought by him

The sentence is in past simple tense (Did + base verb).

Passive voice becomes: Were + past participle (bought) + by + subject.

Explanation

The homework has been completed by the students.

In passive voice, the focus shifts to the object, and "has been" is used with the past participle to show the homework was completed by the students recently.

Explanation

350 runs were scored by our team in the Inter-college Cricket Tournament.

In passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject, and the verb is in the past participle form, making "were scored" the correct construction.

Explanation

Bala's mother asked Bala if he would lock the door.

This is the correct way to report the original direct speech sentence in indirect speech.

When converting direct speech to indirect speech:

• The question becomes a statement
• The pronoun "you" becomes "he"
• The verb tense remains the same (would)