Paragraph-based tasks MCQs – Sentence Structuring (English)

1. Which sentence correctly summarizes the paragraph?
Paragraph:
The city park was crowded with people on Sunday. Children were playing, and adults were jogging or sitting on benches. Vendors sold ice cream and snacks to visitors.
(A) The park was empty on Sunday.
(B) The city park was busy with activities and visitors.
(C) Children were alone in the park.
(D) The park was closed for maintenance.

2. Which sentence correctly identifies the main idea?
Paragraph:
The city park was crowded with people on Sunday. Children were playing, and adults were jogging or sitting on benches. Vendors sold ice cream and snacks to visitors.
(A) People enjoyed different activities in the city park.
(B) Ice cream is sold everywhere.
(C) Adults do not like jogging.
(D) The park is always crowded.

3. Choose the correct sentence structure to combine ideas: “Children were playing. Adults were jogging.”
Paragraph:
The city park was crowded with people on Sunday. Children were playing, and adults were jogging or sitting on benches. Vendors sold ice cream and snacks to visitors.
(A) Playing children, adults jogging.
(B) Children were playing adults were jogging.
(C) Children were playing, and adults were jogging.
(D) Children adults were playing jogging.

4. Which sentence adds coherence to the paragraph?
Paragraph:
The city park was crowded with people on Sunday. Children were playing, and adults were jogging or sitting on benches. Vendors sold ice cream and snacks to visitors.
(A) Ice cream and snacks were sold by vendors.
(B) The park is very old.
(C) Many birds live there.
(D) It rained yesterday.

5. Which sentence is grammatically correct?
Paragraph:
The city park was crowded with people on Sunday. Children were playing, and adults were jogging or sitting on benches. Vendors sold ice cream and snacks to visitors.
(A) Children plays in the park.
(B) Children were playing in the park.
(C) Children is playing in park.
(D) Children playing in park were.

6. What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Paragraph:
Ali wanted to improve his English. He read books, watched educational videos, and practiced writing daily. Slowly, he noticed improvement in his vocabulary and grammar.
(A) Ali only watched videos.
(B) Ali dislikes reading books.
(C) English is difficult to learn.
(D) Ali improved his English by practicing regularly.

7. Choose the correct passive transformation: “Ali read books.”
Paragraph:
Ali wanted to improve his English. He read books, watched educational videos, and practiced writing daily. Slowly, he noticed improvement in his vocabulary and grammar.
(A) Read books Ali was.
(B) Ali was read by books.
(C) Books were read by Ali.
(D) Books read Ali.

8. Which sentence correctly combines the first two sentences?
Paragraph:
Ali wanted to improve his English. He read books, watched educational videos, and practiced writing daily. Slowly, he noticed improvement in his vocabulary and grammar.
(A) Ali wanted to improve his English, so he read books and watched videos.
(B) Ali wanted English, he read books.
(C) English improvement Ali wanted books read.
(D) Ali read books, English he wanted.

9. Identify the sentence that uses correct inversion:
Paragraph:
Ali wanted to improve his English. He read books, watched educational videos, and practiced writing daily. Slowly, he noticed improvement in his vocabulary and grammar.
(A) Never did Ali neglect his daily practice.
(B) Ali never did neglect daily practice.
(C) Neglect Ali never did practice daily.
(D) Never Ali did neglect practice daily.

10. Which sentence correctly reduces a clause?
Ali wanted to improve his English. He read books, watched educational videos, and practiced writing daily. Slowly, he noticed improvement in his vocabulary and grammar.
(A) Watching videos and books, improved Ali his English.
(B) Ali reading books and videos improved his English.
(C) Books read Ali improved English watching videos.
(D) Reading books and watching videos, Ali improved his English.

11. What is the main idea?
Paragraph:
The weather forecast predicted heavy rain. People carried umbrellas and wore raincoats. Despite the rain, traffic moved slowly, and shops remained open.
(A) People ignored the weather forecast.
(B) Rain affected daily activities but life continued.
(C) Shops were closed due to rain.
(D) Traffic stopped completely.

12. Choose the sentence that correctly combines ideas: “People carried umbrellas. They wore raincoats.”
Paragraph:
The weather forecast predicted heavy rain. People carried umbrellas and wore raincoats. Despite the rain, traffic moved slowly, and shops remained open.
(A) Umbrellas wore people raincoats.
(B) Carried people umbrellas wore raincoats.
(C) People carried umbrellas and wore raincoats.
(D) People raincoats carried and wore umbrellas.

13. Identify the sentence that uses correct emphasis:
Paragraph:
The weather forecast predicted heavy rain. People carried umbrellas and wore raincoats. Despite the rain, traffic moved slowly, and shops remained open.
(A) It was despite the rain that traffic moved slowly.
(B) Traffic moved slowly despite the rain it was.
(C) Slowly traffic moved despite the rain it was.
(D) The rain it was, traffic moved slowly despite.

14. Choose the correct passive sentence: “People carried umbrellas.”
Paragraph:
The weather forecast predicted heavy rain. People carried umbrellas and wore raincoats. Despite the rain, traffic moved slowly, and shops remained open.
(A) People were carried by umbrellas.
(B) Carried by people were umbrellas.
(C) Umbrellas were carried by people.
(D) Umbrellas carried people.

15. Which sentence correctly reduces clauses?
Paragraph:
The weather forecast predicted heavy rain. People carried umbrellas and wore raincoats. Despite the rain, traffic moved slowly, and shops remained open.
(A) Carrying and umbrellas raincoats people moved carefully.
(B) People carrying umbrellas wearing raincoats moved carefully.
(C) Carrying umbrellas and wearing raincoats, people moved carefully.
(D) Wearing umbrellas and carrying raincoats, people carefully moved.

16. What is the main idea?
Paragraph:
Sara enjoys gardening in her backyard. She plants flowers, waters them regularly, and removes weeds. Her garden looks beautiful, and her neighbors often praise her efforts.
(A) Sara neglects her garden.
(B) Her neighbors dislike her garden.
(C) Sara dislikes gardening.
(D) Sara maintains a beautiful garden through consistent care.

17. Choose the sentence that correctly combines ideas: “She plants flowers. She waters them regularly.”
Paragraph:
Sara enjoys gardening in her backyard. She plants flowers, waters them regularly, and removes weeds. Her garden looks beautiful, and her neighbors often praise her efforts.
(A) She flowers plants waters them regularly.
(B) Planting flowers she waters them.
(C) She plants flowers and waters them regularly.
(D) She regularly waters and plants flowers.

18. Choose the correct reduced clause:
Paragraph:
Sara enjoys gardening in her backyard. She plants flowers, waters them regularly, and removes weeds. Her garden looks beautiful, and her neighbors often praise her efforts.
(A) Planting flowers and watering them, Sara keeps her garden beautiful.
(B) Flowers planted and watered Sara beautiful garden.
(C) Sara planting flowers and watering them beautiful garden keeps.
(D) Watering and planting flowers, beautiful garden Sara keeps.

19. Which sentence correctly uses inversion?
Paragraph:
Sara enjoys gardening in her backyard. She plants flowers, waters them regularly, and removes weeds. Her garden looks beautiful, and her neighbors often praise her efforts.
(A) Rarely does Sara miss a day of gardening.
(B) Sara rarely misses gardening a day.
(C) Misses Sara rarely gardening.
(D) Rarely Sara does gardening miss a day.

20. Choose the correct passive form: “She removes weeds.”
Paragraph:
Sara enjoys gardening in her backyard. She plants flowers, waters them regularly, and removes weeds. Her garden looks beautiful, and her neighbors often praise her efforts.
(A) Weeds are removed by her.
(B) Removed by her weeds.
(C) She is removed weeds.
(D) Weeds removed she.

21. What is the main idea?
Paragraph:
The students prepared for the science fair with great enthusiasm. They made models, conducted experiments, and created posters. Their hard work paid off when they won several awards.
(A) Students failed in the science fair.
(B) Students prepared thoroughly and achieved success in the science fair.
(C) Students ignored the science fair.
(D) The science fair was canceled.

22. Combine: “They made models. They conducted experiments.”
Paragraph:
The students prepared for the science fair with great enthusiasm. They made models, conducted experiments, and created posters. Their hard work paid off when they won several awards.
(A) They models made experiments conducted.
(B) Made models they experiments conducted.
(C) Experiments and models they made conducted.
(D) They made models and conducted experiments.

23. Choose the correct reduced clause:
Paragraph:
The students prepared for the science fair with great enthusiasm. They made models, conducted experiments, and created posters. Their hard work paid off when they won several awards.
(A) Preparing models and conducting experiments, the students worked hard.
(B) Models preparing experiments conducting students hard worked.
(C) Students models prepared experiments conducted hard.
(D) Working hard, models and experiments the students prepared.

24. Choose the correct passive sentence: “They won several awards.”
Paragraph:
The students prepared for the science fair with great enthusiasm. They made models, conducted experiments, and created posters. Their hard work paid off when they won several awards.
(A) Several awards were won by them.
(B) Won several awards they were.
(C) Awards were several won by them.
(D) By them won several awards.

25. Which sentence correctly emphasizes their hard work?
Paragraph:
The students prepared for the science fair with great enthusiasm. They made models, conducted experiments, and created posters. Their hard work paid off when they won several awards.
(A) Hard work it was earned awards their.
(B) Their hard work earned it awards.
(C) Awards earned their hard work it.
(D) It was their hard work that earned them awards.