CMAT Grammar and Sentence Correction Questions

Pick the appropriate category for the following sentence:
"A horse! a horse! My kingdom for a horse!"

Pick the correct option to complete the following sentences :-
I. Gold and silver ______ precious metals.
II. The ship with its crew ______ lost.
III. No nook or corner ______ left unexplored.
IV. Neither my friend nor I ______ to blame.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :-

Pick the most appropriate auxiliary verb to fill in the blank:
CCTV _______ been used for many years for the surveillance of public areas associated with obvious risk.

Identify the appropriate direct speech form of the following sentence:
He greeted me and asked where I was going.
1. He asks, "Hello, where are you going?"
2. He asked, "Hello, where you are going?"
3. He said, "Hello, where you are going.."
4. He said, "Hello! Where are you going?"

Choose the appropriate question to follow for the statement given below:
Statement given below:
Yes, it does.

Pick the correct sentence :-

Choose the most appropriate option to correct the given sentence:
Ghana is a seaport in gulf at Guinea.

Choose the most appropriate option to correct the given sentence:
Radha is as cleverer as Sudha.

Replace the phrase in italics in the given sentence from the options given below to make a grammatically correct sentence :-
I don't think you need to explain the situation, your conduct is speaking itself.

Read the sentences given below :-
I. I do not know whether he will come or not.
II. I do not know that he will come or not.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :-

Find out which part of the sentence has an error, if there is no error, mark option 4

Find out which part of the following sentence has an error :-

The earth moves round the sun, Isn't it?"

Choose the correct option of Active Voice sentence for the given sentence of Passive Voice :-
The child was looked after by the maid.

The expression "well done!" means:
A That was well done
B. You would have done well
C. You have done well
D. You will do well

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Complete the sentence in List I by choosing the appropriate phrase from List II

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Identify which of the sentence are correct :
A. She was pouring water in the jug.
B. My father was angry with my brother.
C. Rama has been living in Delhi for 1975.
D. The children laughed at the beggar.
E. The patient was crying on pain.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :-

Identify the correct passive voice form of the following sentence :-
My mother cooks Italian food every Sunday.

Find out which part of the following sentence has an error :-

"Neither he nor I are wrong"

Please fill the blanks with the help of correct word from pairs given below and complete the sentence:
(elicit / illicit; council / counsel; hoard / horde; dependents / defendants)
(a) He was charged with _______ sale of narcotics.
(b) The Chief Minister was given a ________ to keep off the epidemic.
(c) A _________ of terrorists have attacked the army base.
(d) The _________ of the university employees are granted full free-fellowship.

Pick the appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence:
“The lease of our premises has run out.”