Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
I look forward to ___ you.
A. meet
B. meeting
C. to meet
D. met
Correct Answer: B
In 'look forward to', 'to' is a preposition and is followed by a gerund.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
She decided ___ abroad.
A. studying
B. to study
C. study
D. to studying
Correct Answer: B
'Decide' is followed by the infinitive with 'to'.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
He enjoys ___ books.
A. to read
B. reading
C. read
D. to reading
Correct Answer: B
The verb 'enjoy' is followed by a gerund.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
The train arrived ___ than expected.
A. more early
B. earliest
C. earlier
D. early than
Correct Answer: C
The comparative form of 'early' is 'earlier'.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
I feel ___ today.
A. badly
B. bad
C. more badly
D. worst
Correct Answer: B
After the linking verb 'feel', an adjective describes the subject: 'bad'.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
He works ___ than before.
A. more efficiently
B. more efficient
C. most efficiently
D. efficient
Correct Answer: A
An adverb is needed to modify 'works', and the comparative is 'more efficiently'.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
She is one of the ___ students in the class.
A. intelligent
B. more intelligent
C. most intelligent
D. intelligently
Correct Answer: C
'One of the' is followed by a superlative adjective and a plural noun.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
This plan is superior ___ the previous one.
A. than
B. from
C. to
D. over
Correct Answer: C
'Superior' takes the preposition 'to'.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
He is senior ___ me.
A. than
B. to
C. from
D. with
Correct Answer: B
Adjectives such as 'senior', 'junior', 'superior', and 'inferior' are followed by 'to', not 'than'.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
The more you practice, ___ you become.
A. the better
B. better
C. the best
D. more better
Correct Answer: A
The correlative comparative structure is 'The more..., the better...'.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Karachi is larger than ___ city in Pakistan.
A. any
B. any other
C. all other
D. every
Correct Answer: B
When comparing one member with the rest of the same group, use 'any other'.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
No other city in Pakistan is ___ Karachi.
A. as large as
B. so larger as
C. larger than
D. largest than
Correct Answer: A
The structure 'No other...is as + adjective + as' is a standard comparison pattern.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
This is the ___ book I have ever read.
A. more interesting
B. most interesting
C. interesting
D. interestingly
Correct Answer: B
A superlative is required after 'the' when comparing with all books in the speaker's experience.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
He is ___ than his brother.
A. more taller
B. tallest
C. taller
D. most tall
Correct Answer: C
The comparative form of 'tall' is 'taller'; double comparatives are incorrect.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Choose the correct sentence.
A. She sings beautiful.
B. She sings beautifully.
C. She beautifully sings good.
D. She sings more beautiful.
Correct Answer: B
An adverb is needed to modify the verb 'sings': 'beautifully'.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Neither of the two answers is correct, ___?
A. are they
B. is it
C. isn't it
D. aren't they
Correct Answer: A
In modern English, a negative indefinite subject such as 'neither' commonly takes the plural pronoun 'they' in the tag: 'are they?'.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
Who do you think ___ responsible for the error?
A. are
B. is
C. be
D. were
Correct Answer: B
'Who' is the subject of the embedded clause and refers to one unidentified person here, so 'is' is appropriate.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
The manager asked Ali and ___ to stay.
A. I
B. me
C. myself
D. mine
Correct Answer: B
The pronouns are objects of 'asked', so 'me' is correct.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
It was ___ who solved the problem.
A. him
B. he
C. his
D. himself
Correct Answer: B
In very formal traditional grammar after a linking verb, the subject form 'he' is preferred: 'It was he'.
Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
The student ___ book was lost reported it to the teacher.
A. who
B. whom
C. whose
D. which
Correct Answer: C
'Whose' is the possessive relative pronoun.