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CSS English chapter 4: Sentence correction MCQs with answers By Team Megalecture · Updated 4 Nov 2026
44 exam-style questions on Sentence correction, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.
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What chapter 4 covers Spotting the error in a sentence 15 questions Parallelism, modifiers and word order 15 questions Sentence structure and punctuation 14 questions Ten Sentence correction questions with answers Try each one, then open the answer. These ten stay the same; the test draws new ones every time.
1. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.A The plan is risky, however it is cheap.
B The plan is risky however, it is cheap.
C The plan is risky; however, it is cheap.
D The plan is risky; however it is, cheap.
Show answer Answer: C. However is a connecting adverb, not a conjunction. It needs a semicolon before it and a comma after it.
2. The ____ hostel is near the main gate. (A hostel for many girls.)A girls'
B girl's
C girls
D girls's
Show answer Answer: A. The plural noun girls ends in s, so the apostrophe follows the s.
3. Choose the sentence with correct parallel structure.A He told us to work hard, that we should be honest, and to respect our elders.
B He told us to work hard, being honest and respect our elders.
C He told us to work hard, to be honest and to respect our elders.
D He told us to work hard, be honest, and that we respect our elders.
Show answer Answer: C. The three instructions must all be infinitive phrases: to work, to be and to respect.
4. Find the part of the sentence that contains an error.A One of my friends
B recently
C returned from Dubai.
D have
Show answer Answer: D. The subject is one, which is singular, so the verb should be has.
5. Which of the following is a comma splice?A The rain stopped, and we went out to play.
B When the rain stopped, we went out to play.
C The rain stopped; we went out to play.
D The rain stopped, we went out to play.
Show answer Answer: D. A comma splice joins two independent clauses with only a comma. The others use a conjunction, a subordinate clause or a semicolon.
6. Choose the sentence that has no dangling modifier.A Reading the newspaper, the tea went cold.
B Having read the newspaper, the cold tea was left.
C The tea went cold reading the newspaper.
D While I was reading the newspaper, the tea went cold.
Show answer Answer: D. In the other sentences the tea appears to be doing the reading. Adding the subject I removes the problem.
7. Choose the sentence in which the meaning is clear.A She wore a necklace around her neck made of pearls.
B She wore a necklace made of pearls around her neck.
C Made of pearls, her neck had a necklace around it.
D She wore around a necklace her neck made of pearls.
Show answer Answer: B. Made of pearls must stand next to necklace. In the other versions it seems to describe the neck.
8. Find the part of the sentence that contains an error.A She is
B very good
C in
D playing the sitar.
Show answer Answer: C. The standard adjective-preposition pairing is good at.
9. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.A He said. "I will come tomorrow."
B He said, "I will come tomorrow."
C He said "I will come, tomorrow".
D He said, I will come tomorrow.
Show answer Answer: B. The words actually spoken go inside inverted commas, introduced by a comma after said.
10. Find the part of the sentence that contains an error.A If I would have
B known
C the truth, I would
D have told you.
Show answer Answer: A. In an unreal past condition the if-clause takes the past perfect: If I had known.
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Read the notes for this chapter Ways to practise this chapter Chapter test. Ten questions from Sentence correction, drawn fresh each time, about ten minutes.Practice mode. The right answer and the explanation after every question, with no clock. Exam mode keeps the marks until the end and runs a timer.Hints. One tap for a nudge, a second to remove two wrong options.My mistakes. Every question you get wrong is kept, and leaves the list once you get it right.Formula sheet. All CSS English rules on one page .Sentence correction: questions students ask How many Sentence correction MCQs are there? 44, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 3 topics: Spotting the error in a sentence, Parallelism, modifiers and word order, Sentence structure and punctuation. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.
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