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CUET UG English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the Common University Entrance Test (UG): 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 tag question: She can swim, ___?
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Answer: A — can’t she
A positive statement takes a negative tag with the same auxiliary: “can’t she?”.
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Q2.Choose the correct option: Scarcely ___ the room when the lights went out.
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Answer: C — had I entered
Negative adverbs at the start (scarcely, hardly) cause inversion: “had I entered”.
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Q3.Choose the correct option: Let’s discuss ___ the matter tomorrow.
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Answer: D — no preposition
“Discuss” is transitive: we discuss the matter (no “about”).
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Q4.Choose the passive voice of: “The chef cooked a delicious meal.”
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Answer: D — A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.
Simple past active → “was/were + past participle” in the passive.
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Q5.Choose the correct option: This is the best book I ___.
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Answer: A — 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: She is senior ___ me by two years.
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Answer: C — to
Latin comparatives (senior, junior, superior, inferior) take “to”, not “than”.
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Q7.Choose the correct preposition: She is good ___ mathematics.
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Answer: A — at
The idiom is “good at” a subject or skill.
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Q8.Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, “I am tired.”
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Answer: D — He said that he was tired.
With a past reporting verb, the present tense shifts back: “am” → “was”.
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Q9.Choose the correct option: He insisted ___ paying the bill.
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Answer: D — on
“Insist” takes the preposition “on” + gerund.
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Q10.Identify the correct sentence.
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Answer: A — He and I went to the market.
Subject pronouns (he, I) are needed for the subject of the verb.
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.
About CUET UG
Common University Entrance Test (UG) — conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). Admission to undergraduate programmes at central and participating universities, with language, domain and general tests.
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CUET UG practice topics
| Topic | Section | Question source |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |