NBT Sentence Construction and Grammar 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- Me and him went to the shop.
- Him and I went to the shop.
- He and I went to the shop. (Correct answer)
- Me and he went to the shop.
Correct answer: He and I went to the shop.
When using compound subjects, each pronoun should be in the subjective case. 'He' and 'I' are both subject pronouns. Test by using each pronoun alone: 'He went' and 'I went' are both correct.
Question 2: Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement:
- The group of students are studying.
- Every one of the books are interesting.
- Neither of the options is suitable. (Correct answer)
- The data shows a clear pattern.
Correct answer: Neither of the options is suitable.
'Neither' is a singular indefinite pronoun and takes a singular verb 'is.' While 'data' is technically plural, modern usage accepts both singular and plural verbs with it.
Question 3: Which sentence correctly uses the apostrophe?
- The dog wagged it's tail.
- Its a beautiful day.
- The children's toys were scattered. (Correct answer)
- The boy's played in the park.
Correct answer: The children's toys were scattered.
'Children's' correctly shows possession with an irregular plural (children). 'It's' means 'it is' (not possessive), 'its' is the possessive form, and 'boy's' here incorrectly uses an apostrophe with a plural.
Question 4: What type of sentence is this: 'Although she studied hard, she did not pass the exam'?
- Simple sentence
- Compound sentence
- Complex sentence (Correct answer)
- Compound-complex sentence
Correct answer: Complex sentence
This is a complex sentence because it contains one independent clause ('she did not pass the exam') and one dependent clause ('Although she studied hard'). The subordinating conjunction 'although' makes the first clause dependent.
Question 5: Which of the following is a run-on sentence?
- The sun set, and the stars appeared.
- The learners finished their work. They went home.
- She was tired she went to bed early. (Correct answer)
- Because it rained, the match was cancelled.
Correct answer: She was tired she went to bed early.
'She was tired she went to bed early' is a run-on sentence because two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or a conjunction. It needs a comma and conjunction, semicolon, or period.
Question 6: Choose the sentence that uses the correct tense consistently:
- She walked to school and sees her friend.
- He opens the door and walked inside.
- They studied for the test and passed with distinction. (Correct answer)
- I am eating breakfast and went to work.
Correct answer: They studied for the test and passed with distinction.
Both verbs 'studied' and 'passed' are in the past tense, maintaining tense consistency. The other sentences mix present and past tense incorrectly.
NBT Sentence Construction and Grammar 1
Which sentence is grammatically correct?