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SNAP English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the Symbiosis National 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 correct option: I would rather you ___ now.
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Answer: A — left
“Would rather + subject” is followed by the past tense for present/future meaning: “left”.
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Q2.Choose the correct option: Hardly had he left ___ it started raining.
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Answer: C — when
The correlative pair is “hardly … when” (also “no sooner … than”).
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Q3.Choose the correct option: He prefers tea ___ coffee.
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Answer: B — to
“Prefer X to Y” is the correct pattern.
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Q4.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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Q5.Choose the correct option: The train ___ by the time we reach the station.
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Answer: B — 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: He insisted ___ paying the bill.
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Answer: D — on
“Insist” takes the preposition “on” + gerund.
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Q7.Identify the error: “Each of the students have submitted their assignment.”
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Answer: C — have submitted
“Each” is singular, so the verb should be “has submitted”.
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Q8.Choose the correct option: I look forward to ___ from you.
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Answer: A — hearing
In “look forward to”, “to” is a preposition, so it takes a gerund: “hearing”.
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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 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”.
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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