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IPMAT English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the Integrated Programme in Management Aptitude 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 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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Q2.Identify the error: “One of my friend is a doctor.”
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Answer: A — my friend
After “one of” use a plural noun: “one of my friends”.
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Q3.Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
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Answer: A — It’s a lovely day.
“It’s” is the contraction of “it is”; “its” is possessive.
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Q4.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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Q5.Choose the correct option: Let’s discuss ___ the matter tomorrow.
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Answer: A — no preposition
“Discuss” is transitive: we discuss the matter (no “about”).
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Q6.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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Q7.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.
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Q8.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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Q9.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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Q10.Identify the error: “Each of the students have submitted their assignment.”
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Answer: B — have submitted
“Each” is singular, so the verb should be “has submitted”.
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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Integrated Programme in Management Aptitude Test — conducted by IIM Indore. Entrance for the five-year integrated management programme after Class 12.
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