CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence.
A. The list of items are on the table.
B. The list of items is on the table.
C. The list of items were on the table.
D. The list of items have been on the table.
Correct Answer: B
The subject is 'list', which is singular; the phrase 'of items' does not change the number of the subject.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
A. He go to college every day.
B. He goes to college every day.
C. He going to college every day.
D. He gone to college every day.
Correct Answer: B
A singular third-person subject in the simple present takes a verb ending in -s/-es: 'He goes'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct word: There are ___ people in the room today.
A. less
B. fewer
C. little
D. much
Correct Answer: B
A: Wrong because 'less' is used for uncountable quantity in standard usage. B: Correct because 'people' is countable, so 'fewer' is preferred. C: Wrong because 'little' is used for uncountable nouns. D: Wrong because 'much' is used for uncountable nouns.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the grammatically correct sentence about knowing the answer.
A. He does not knows the answer.
B. He do not know the answer.
C. He does not know the answer.
D. He does not knew the answer.
Correct Answer: C
A: Wrong because after 'does not' the base verb 'know' is required. B: Wrong because 'he' takes 'does', not 'do'. C: Correct because 'does not know' is the proper structure. D: Wrong because 'knew' is past form and cannot follow 'does not'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct tense: I ___ here since 2020.
A. live
B. lived
C. have lived
D. will live
Correct Answer: C
A: Wrong because 'since 2020' needs a tense showing continuation from past to present. B: Wrong because simple past does not show continuation to now. C: Correct because present perfect fits an action continuing from 2020 to now. D: Wrong because future tense does not fit 'since 2020'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence.
A. Neither he nor his friends is ready.
B. Neither he nor his friends are ready.
C. Neither he or his friends are ready.
D. Neither he nor his friends was ready yesterday are.
Correct Answer: B
A: Wrong because the nearer subject 'friends' is plural, so 'are' is preferred. B: Correct because with 'neither...nor', the verb agrees with the nearer subject 'friends'. C: Wrong because the correct correlative pair is 'neither...nor'. D: Wrong because the sentence is grammatically confused.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence:
A. Neither of the boys are present.
B. Neither of the boys is present.
C. Neither of the boys were present.
D. Neither of the boys have present.
Correct Answer: B
"Neither" is treated as singular.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Fill in the blank: If I _____ rich, I would help the poor.
A. am
B. was
C. were
D. be
Correct Answer: C
In conditional sentences, "were" is preferred.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Identify the correct sentence:
A. I have seen him yesterday.
B. I saw him yesterday.
C. I had saw him yesterday.
D. I seeing him yesterday.
Correct Answer: B
Specific past time requires simple past tense.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Fill in the blank: They _____ playing cricket.
A. is
B. am
C. are
D. was
Correct Answer: C
"They" requires the plural helping verb "are".
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Fill in the blank: Ali is ____ honest man.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. no article
Correct Answer: B
"Honest" begins with a vowel sound, so "an" is used.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence:
A. She do her work.
B. She does her work.
C. She doing her work.
D. She done her work.
Correct Answer: B
Singular third-person subjects take "does".
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence:
A. He go to school daily.
B. He goes to school daily.
C. He going to school daily.
D. He gone to school daily.
Correct Answer: B
Singular subject "He" takes "goes".