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Q1582. Identify the type of sentence: 'Do your duty.'
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Imperative
🧠 Solution:
It gives a command, so it is imperative.
Q1581. Which sentence is correct?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Each of the boys has a pen.
🧠 Solution:
With 'each,' the verb is singular: 'Each of the boys has a pen.'
Q1580. Which of these is a compound–complex sentence?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Though she was ill, she went to school and she completed her work.
🧠 Solution:
It has two independent clauses ('she went to school' + 'she completed her work') and one dependent clause ('Though she was ill').
Q1579. Choose the correct sentence transformation: 'He is too weak to walk.'
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: He is so weak that he cannot walk.
🧠 Solution:
'Too...to' can be transformed into 'so...that': 'He is so weak that he cannot walk.'
Q1578. Identify the exclamatory sentence:
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: How I wish I were rich!
🧠 Solution:
The presence of strong emotion and exclamation mark makes it exclamatory.
Q1577. Which is the correct negative sentence?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: He doesn’t go to school.
🧠 Solution:
Correct negative form is: 'He doesn’t go to school.'
Q1576. Which sentence has a noun clause?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: I know where she lives.
🧠 Solution:
'Where she lives' acts as the object of the verb 'know' and is a noun clause.
Q1575. Choose the correct option: Which sentence shows inversion?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Seldom does she go to the park.
🧠 Solution:
Inversion occurs when the auxiliary verb comes before the subject: 'Seldom does she go...'
Q1574. Which sentence is interrogative?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Will she go tomorrow?
🧠 Solution:
Interrogative sentences ask questions. 'Will she go tomorrow?' is interrogative.
Q1573. Identify the simple sentence among the following:
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: She worked hard to succeed.
🧠 Solution:
'She worked hard to succeed.' has only one independent clause, hence simple.
Q1572. Choose the sentence with correct usage:
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: She suggested that I stay.
🧠 Solution:
The correct structure is: 'She suggested that I stay.'
Q1571. Which is a complex sentence?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: I know that she is honest.
🧠 Solution:
'That she is honest' is a subordinate clause, making the sentence complex.
Q1570. Identify the sentence type: 'He confessed his crime.'
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Declarative
🧠 Solution:
It is a simple statement, so declarative.
Q1569. Which sentence is grammatically correct?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Neither the teacher nor the students were present.
🧠 Solution:
When subjects are joined by 'neither...nor,' the verb agrees with the nearer subject: 'students → were present.'
Q1568. Which of the following sentences is emphatic?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: She does dance well.
🧠 Solution:
The use of 'does' for emphasis makes the sentence emphatic.
Q1567. Choose the correct indirect form: He said, 'I am tired.'
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: He said he was tired.
🧠 Solution:
In indirect speech, present tense becomes past tense: 'He said he was tired.'
Q1566. Which of these is an example of a conditional sentence?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: If it rains, we will stay home.
🧠 Solution:
Conditional sentences use 'if' to express a condition.
Q1565. Identify the kind of sentence: 'Bring me a glass of water.'
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Imperative
🧠 Solution:
It expresses a command/request, so it is imperative.
Q1564. Choose the sentence with correct subject–verb agreement.
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Each of the students is responsible.
🧠 Solution:
With 'each,' the verb should be singular: 'Each of the students is responsible.'
Q1563. Which is the correct imperative sentence?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Please, open the window.
🧠 Solution:
Imperative sentences give commands, requests, or advice. 'Please, open the window.' is imperative.
Q1562. Choose the correct interrogative form of: 'She is a teacher.'
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Is she a teacher?
🧠 Solution:
To form a question, invert the subject and auxiliary: 'Is she a teacher?'
Q1561. Which of these is a simple sentence?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: I like reading books.
🧠 Solution:
A simple sentence has one independent clause. 'I like reading books.' is simple.
Q1560. Which sentence is in the passive voice?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: The ball was kicked by the boy.
🧠 Solution:
In the passive voice, the object becomes the subject: 'The ball was kicked by the boy.'
Q1559. Identify the error: 'He don’t like to play football.'
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Error in verb form
🧠 Solution:
'He' is third person singular, so it should be 'doesn’t' instead of 'don’t'.
Q1558. Which of the following sentences is compound?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: She lost the match, but she did not cry.
🧠 Solution:
A compound sentence has two independent clauses joined by a coordinator (e.g., but).
Q1557. Which of the following is a complex sentence?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Although he was late, he finished the work.
🧠 Solution:
A complex sentence contains one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
Q1556. Choose the correct transformation of the sentence: 'She is not only intelligent but also hardworking.'
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: She is intelligent and hardworking.
🧠 Solution:
'Not only... but also' means both qualities exist. So, she is intelligent and hardworking.
Q1555. Identify the type of sentence: 'How wonderful the show was!'
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: Exclamatory
🧠 Solution:
The sentence expresses strong feeling, so it is exclamatory.
Q1554. Which of the following is a declarative sentence?
Year: 2025
✅ Correct Answer: The sun rises in the east.
🧠 Solution:
A declarative sentence makes a statement. 'The sun rises in the east.' is declarative.