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CSS (Pakistan) English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the Central Superior Services Examination: 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.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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Q2.Choose the correct conditional: If it rains tomorrow, we ___ the match.
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Answer: B — will cancel
First conditional (real future possibility): if + present, will + base verb.
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Q3.Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
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Answer: C — It’s a lovely day.
“It’s” is the contraction of “it is”; “its” is possessive.
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Q4.Choose the correct option: If I ___ you, I would accept the offer.
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Answer: D — were
The subjunctive “were” is used in hypothetical conditions: “If I were you…”.
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Q5.Choose the correct option: She is senior ___ me by two years.
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Answer: A — to
Latin comparatives (senior, junior, superior, inferior) take “to”, not “than”.
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Q6.Choose the correct option: Neither the manager nor the clerks ___ present.
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Answer: B — were
With neither…nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject (“clerks”, plural) → were.
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Q7.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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Q8.Choose the correct comparative: This road is ___ than that one.
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Answer: D — narrower
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -ow usually take -er: “narrower”.
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Q9.Choose the correct option: Scarcely ___ the room when the lights went out.
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Answer: D — had I entered
Negative adverbs at the start (scarcely, hardly) cause inversion: “had I entered”.
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Q10.Choose the correct preposition: She is good ___ mathematics.
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Answer: D — at
The idiom is “good at” a subject or skill.
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 CSS (Pakistan)
Central Superior Services Examination — conducted by Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC). Recruits officers for Pakistan’s federal civil services; begins with the MPT screening test.
Original practice questions written for this site in the style and difficulty of each exam’s syllabus. They are not past papers and the site is not affiliated with any exam body. Exam patterns, marking schemes and syllabi change — always check the latest official notification.
CSS (Pakistan) practice topics
| Topic | Section | Question source |
|---|---|---|
| World General Knowledge | General awareness | Question bank |
| English Grammar | English | Question bank |
| Vocabulary & Idioms | English | Question bank |
| Economy & Banking Awareness | General awareness | Question bank |
| Logical Reasoning | Reasoning | Calculated (new numbers every set) |