ESL Knowledge 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence uses the correct article?
- She is an honest person. (Correct answer)
- She is a honest person.
- She is the honest person.
- She is honest a person.
Correct answer: She is an honest person.
Use 'an' before words that begin with a vowel sound; 'honest' starts with a silent 'h', making its first sound a vowel.
Question 2: Which preposition correctly completes the sentence: 'The meeting is ___ Monday morning'?
- on (Correct answer)
- in
- at
- by
Correct answer: on
Use 'on' with specific days of the week and dates.
Question 3: Choose the correct form: 'Neither the students nor the teacher ___ ready.'
- was (Correct answer)
- were
- are
- be
Correct answer: was
When 'neither/nor' joins two subjects, the verb agrees with the subject closest to it; 'teacher' is singular, so use 'was'.
Question 4: Which sentence expresses a past ability?
- She could swim when she was five. (Correct answer)
- She can swim when she was five.
- She should swim when she was five.
- She would swim when she is five.
Correct answer: She could swim when she was five.
'Could' is the past tense of 'can' and is used to express ability in the past.
Question 5: Which is the correct comparative form of 'good'?
- better (Correct answer)
- gooder
- more good
- best
Correct answer: better
'Good' is an irregular adjective; its comparative form is 'better', not 'gooder' or 'more good'.
Question 6: What is the past tense of the irregular verb 'write'?
- wrote (Correct answer)
- writed
- written
- writ
Correct answer: wrote
'Write' is an irregular verb whose simple past tense is 'wrote'.
Question 7: Which sentence is a correct second conditional?
- If I had more time, I would travel. (Correct answer)
- If I have more time, I will travel.
- If I had more time, I will travel.
- If I would have more time, I travel.
Correct answer: If I had more time, I would travel.
The second conditional uses 'if + past simple' in the condition clause and 'would + base verb' in the result clause.
ESL Knowledge 2
Which sentence uses the correct article?