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CLAT English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the Common Law Admission 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 option: There is no ___ in crying over spilt milk.
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Answer: C — use
Fixed expression: “There is no use (in) doing something”.
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Q2.Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
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Answer: D — It’s a lovely day.
“It’s” is the contraction of “it is”; “its” is possessive.
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Q3.Choose the passive voice of: “The chef cooked a delicious meal.”
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Answer: A — A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.
Simple past active → “was/were + past participle” in the passive.
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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: This is the best book I ___.
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Answer: C — have ever read
A superlative + experience up to now uses the present perfect: “have ever read”.
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Q6.Choose the correct option: I would rather you ___ now.
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Answer: C — left
“Would rather + subject” is followed by the past tense for present/future meaning: “left”.
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Q7.Choose the correct preposition: She is good ___ mathematics.
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Answer: B — at
The idiom is “good at” a subject or skill.
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Q8.Choose the correct option: If I ___ you, I would accept the offer.
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Answer: B — were
The subjunctive “were” is used in hypothetical conditions: “If I were you…”.
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Q9.Identify the error: “One of my friend is a doctor.”
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Answer: C — my friend
After “one of” use a plural noun: “one of my friends”.
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Q10.Choose the correct comparative: This road is ___ than that one.
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Answer: B — narrower
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -ow usually take -er: “narrower”.
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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Common Law Admission Test — conducted by Consortium of National Law Universities. Admission to National Law Universities, with passage-based English, legal, logical and quantitative sections.
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CLAT practice topics
| Topic | Section | Question source |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Reasoning | Legal aptitude | Question bank |
| English Grammar | English | Question bank |
| Vocabulary & Idioms | English | Question bank |
| Indian Polity, History & Geography | General awareness | Question bank |
| Logical Reasoning | Reasoning | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Percentages | Quantitative aptitude | Calculated (new numbers every set) |