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AILET English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the All India Law Entrance Test: 10 multiple-choice questions, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Click an option to check it, or “New questions” for another set.
English Grammar practice
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Q1.Choose the correct form: By the time we arrived, the film ___.
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Answer: C — had already started
An action completed before another past action takes the past perfect: “had already started”.
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Q2.Choose the correct conditional: If it rains tomorrow, we ___ the match.
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Answer: A — will cancel
First conditional (real future possibility): if + present, will + base verb.
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Q3.Choose the correct article: He is ___ honest man.
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Answer: A — an
“Honest” begins with a vowel sound (silent h), so “an”.
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Q4.Choose the correct option: Scarcely ___ the room when the lights went out.
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Answer: B — had I entered
Negative adverbs at the start (scarcely, hardly) cause inversion: “had I entered”.
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Q5.Choose the correct option: The train ___ by the time we reach the station.
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Answer: C — will have left
An action completed before a future point takes the future perfect: “will have left”.
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Q6.Choose the correct option: She is senior ___ me by two years.
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Answer: B — to
Latin comparatives (senior, junior, superior, inferior) take “to”, not “than”.
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Q7.Choose the correct option: The committee ___ divided in their opinions.
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Answer: C — were
When members of a collective noun act individually (divided opinions), a plural verb is used: “were”.
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Q8.Choose the word that fits: The news ___ surprising.
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Answer: B — is
“News” is an uncountable noun and takes a singular verb.
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Q9.Choose the correct option: Neither the manager nor the clerks ___ present.
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Answer: C — were
With neither…nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject (“clerks”, plural) → were.
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Q10.Choose the correct option: There is no ___ in crying over spilt milk.
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Answer: B — use
Fixed expression: “There is no use (in) doing something”.
How to approach english grammar questions
Find the subject first and make the verb agree with it, ignoring phrases in between. Watch fixed prepositions (good at, insist on, prefer to) and tense sequence in reported speech.
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AILET practice topics
| Topic | Section | Question source |
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| Legal Reasoning | Legal aptitude | Question bank |
| English Grammar | English | Question bank |
| Logical Reasoning | Reasoning | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Indian Polity, History & Geography | General awareness | Question bank |