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Grammar and Structure Revision MCQ Test With Answers - Odd One Out Exercise 1
Question 1 |
Choose the sentence that is grammatically or structurally incorrect.
A | Last year, tens of thousands of people claimed that they had sighted a UFO in the region. |
B | Houses have roofs. All sorts of roof construction are possible to the carpenter who is able and willing. |
C | These peoples are not indigenous Europeans. They are the descendants of several migrant tribes who settled in these parts in the tenth century. |
D | A dog is good friend to a man. |
E | I come from northern Turkland. She comes from the South. This summer, I will be travelling south; and she will be travelling north. |
Question 2 |
Choose the sentence that is grammatically or structurally incorrect.
A | I can write in ink or with a pencil. |
B | Fruit is very good for the brain. Apples and other fresh fruits are indispensable for your health and work wonders for your teeth. |
C | Most later breeds of these sheep now give us some really superior quality wool. |
D | Coffee is a drink. Tea is another drink. |
E | Put a lemon in your soup instead of salt. |
Question 3 |
Choose the sentence that is grammatically or structurally incorrect.
A | What a pity your friend couldn't come! |
B | What thoughtless of him! |
C | What a clever boy you are! |
D | Oh, God! There's no limit to how stupid one can get! |
E | How gracefully she walks! |
Question 4 |
Choose the sentence that is grammatically or structurally incorrect.
A | He took up swimming as a sport last year. |
B | I should like a house in a country. |
C | "May I walk you home?" was the next question he asked. |
D | The bodies of most animals (all except sponges) are made up of cells organized into tissues. |
E | I am fatuously fond of raw kangaroo meat sprinkled with parmesan cheese. |
Question 5 |
Choose the sentence that is grammatically or structurally incorrect.
A | Just between you and me, it's her I'm afraid of, not him. |
B | Do you really believe him – now that you know he is the root cause of all that trouble – is more suitable for the job than I am? |
C | What! Me accept a present from him! I never even speak to him! |
D | Surely, it's him you mean, not me! |
E | I think you're far prettier than them all. |
Question 6 |
Choose the sentence that is grammatically or structurally incorrect.
A | A club for women = A womens' club |
B | The parents of all the other boys = All the other boys' parents |
C | The glass of someone else = Someone else's glass |
D | The name of my sister-in-law = My sister-in-law's name |
E | The son of Pharaoh's daughter was the daughter of Pharaoh's son. |
Question 7 |
Choose the sentence that is grammatically or structurally incorrect.
A | That's too much money for a simple toy like that! |
B | The wind proved strong enough to blow the roof off. |
C | This soup is too hot for me to drink it. |
D | I don't have enough money on me to pay the bill. |
E | He is too unpopular to win the elections. |
Question 8 |
Choose the sentence that is grammatically or structurally incorrect.
A | You may come and see me any day, but you must come some day. |
B | "Please give me some more." "I'm sorry, but there isn't some left." |
C | Didn't you do some work yesterday? I feel certain you did. |
D | You aren't expecting anyone to call, are you? |
E | These aren't my books. Did I take some of yours by mistake? |
Question 9 |
Choose the sentence that is grammatically or structurally incorrect.
A | What were you two talking about out there in the garden? |
B | Can you tell us how many of those aren't yours? |
C | Who phoned this morning? You hear me? I'm asking you who phoned this morning. |
D | Sergen is a great player. One never knows which feet he is going to kick the ball with? |
E | Who told you not to do it? Why should they do such a thing? |
Question 10 |
Choose the sentence that is grammatically or structurally incorrect.
A | He is much less cooperative than we had expected he would be. |
B | She's not so ugly as you said she was. |
C | She is so stupid as I thought she would be. |
D | You'd be less well-off if you were married and had children. |
E | It is safer to tease a lion than scorn a woman. |
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