CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence.
A. So quickly he ran that nobody could catch him.
B. So quickly did he run that nobody could catch him.
C. So quickly he did ran that nobody could catch him.
D. So quick did he ran that nobody could catch him.
Correct Answer: B
Fronted 'so + adverb' can trigger inversion: 'So quickly did he run...'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence.
A. Were I knowing the answer, I would tell you.
B. Were I to know the answer, I would tell you.
C. Was I know the answer, I tell you.
D. Were I knew the answer, I would tell you.
Correct Answer: B
'Were I to know...' is a formal inverted conditional construction.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence.
A. Not only he lost his wallet, but also his phone.
B. Not only did he lose his wallet, but he also lost his phone.
C. Not only did he lost his wallet, but also lost phone.
D. He not only did lost his wallet but phone also.
Correct Answer: B
Fronted 'not only' requires inversion, and after 'did' the base verb 'lose' is used.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence.
A. Had he worked harder, he would succeed.
B. Had he worked harder, he would have succeeded.
C. Had he worked harder, he will have succeeded.
D. Had he worked harder, he succeeded would.
Correct Answer: B
This is an inverted third conditional: 'Had + past participle' with 'would have + past participle'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Nobody called, ___?
A. did they
B. didn't they
C. was he
D. has nobody
Correct Answer: A
'Nobody' is negative in meaning, so the tag is positive; singular 'they' is standard: 'did they?'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
I am late, ___?
A. am I not
B. aren't I
C. isn't I
D. don't I
Correct Answer: B
The standard conversational tag for 'I am' is 'aren't I?'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Open the door, ___?
A. shall you
B. will you
C. do you
D. aren't you
Correct Answer: B
An imperative commonly takes 'will you?' as a tag/request.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Let's go for a walk, ___?
A. will we
B. shall we
C. do we
D. aren't we
Correct Answer: B
The conventional question tag after 'Let's...' is 'shall we?'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
They did not come, ___?
A. did they
B. didn't they
C. do they
D. were they
Correct Answer: A
A negative statement takes a positive tag with the same auxiliary: 'did they?'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
He is a doctor, ___?
A. is he
B. isn't he
C. doesn't he
D. wasn't he
Correct Answer: B
A positive statement takes a negative tag using the same auxiliary: 'isn't he?'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
There isn't ___ sugar left.
A. many
B. much
C. a few
D. several
Correct Answer: B
'Sugar' is uncountable, and 'much' is common in negatives.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Each of the two proposals has ___ advantages.
A. its
B. their
C. our
D. his
Correct Answer: A
In traditional agreement, singular 'each' takes singular possessive 'its' when referring to a proposal.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
We have ___ time than we expected.
A. fewer
B. less
C. few
D. many
Correct Answer: B
Use 'less' with uncountable nouns such as 'time'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
There are ___ people here than yesterday.
A. less
B. fewer
C. little
D. few
Correct Answer: B
Use 'fewer' with plural countable nouns such as 'people'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Only ___ students passed the test.
A. a little
B. much
C. a few
D. less
Correct Answer: C
'Students' is plural countable, so 'a few' is correct.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
We have ___ information about the case.
A. many
B. few
C. little
D. a few
Correct Answer: C
'Information' is uncountable; 'little' means not much.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
There are ___ books on the shelf.
A. much
B. many
C. little
D. less
Correct Answer: B
'Books' is a plural countable noun, so 'many' is correct.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
There is ___ milk in the bottle.
A. many
B. a few
C. some
D. several
Correct Answer: C
'Milk' is uncountable, so 'some' is appropriate.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence.
A. He is the only one of the students who have passed.
B. He is the only one of the students who has passed.
C. He is only one of the students who has pass.
D. He is the only one students who have passed.
Correct Answer: B
With 'the only one of...who', the relative clause refers to singular 'one', so 'has passed' is correct.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence.
A. He is one of those students who works hard.
B. He is one of those students who work hard.
C. He is one of that students who work hard.
D. He is one of those student who works hard.
Correct Answer: B
In 'one of those students who...', the relative pronoun 'who' refers to plural 'students', so 'work' is correct.