Sentence | MCQs

Explanation

The day before yesterday" refers to two days before today.

Therefore, if the statement indicates that an event occurred "the day before yesterday," it means that the event happened two days ago.

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In this sentence, "lying" is the correct form of the verb to use

because it is the present participle that describes the continuous action of the cat being 

"laying" is the present participle of "lay," which means to place something down.

Explanation

The sentence is an example of "inversion."

It places the auxiliary verb "do" before the subject "the managers" to emphasize the rarity of the managers' responses.

Explanation

The correct sentence is: "Health is preferable to wealth."

The phrase "preferable to" is the proper way to compare two things in terms of preference.

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The correct sentence is: "My whole family is worried because one of our cats seems to have disappeared."

"Cats" agrees with "one of" and "seems" matches the singular subject "one of our cats."

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The correct sentence is:."Khalid is afraid of snakes."

"Afraid of" is the correct prepositional phrase used to express fear of something.

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The correct sentence is: "The students have finished their homework early today."

Have" is used with the plural subject "students," and the present perfect tense ("have finished") indicates a completed action with relevance to the present.

Explanation

This house is large, but it is quite old-fashioned."

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The conjunction "but" is used to contrast the two ideas — the house being large and old-fashioned at the same time.

Explanation

 Declarative sentences, which make a statement, typically end with a full stop (.)

The period (.) is placed at the end of declarative sentences, statements thought to be complete, and after many abbreviations.

Explanation

An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks a question.

Interrogative sentences can be direct or indirect, begin with or without pronouns, and feature yes/no interrogatives, alternative questions, or tag questions.