NUST NET English — Grammar and Usage
Grammar and Usage is part of the FSc English course that NUST NET-Engineering draws on (English is 40 of the 200 MCQs). It breaks into 2 subtopics, and we hold 189 NET-pattern practice MCQs on it, each with a written explanation. Tap a subtopic below to practise just that.
Subtopics (2)
How Grammar and Usage is tested
Across the 8 NET-pattern papers on ParhaiKrlo, Grammar and Usage accounts for 64 questions. It appears in all 8, about 8 questions a paper. The heaviest was NUST NET Past Paper 07, with 8 questions.
| Paper | Questions |
|---|---|
| NUST NET Past Paper 07 | 8 |
| NUST NET Past Paper 08 | 8 |
| NUST NET Past Paper 05 | 8 |
| NUST NET Past Paper 06 | 8 |
| NUST NET Past Paper 03 | 8 |
| NUST NET Past Paper 04 | 8 |
| NUST NET Past Paper 01 | 8 |
| NUST NET Past Paper 02 | 8 |
Grammar and Usage MCQs from the NET-pattern papers
Try each one before opening the answer. Each comes with a short explanation.
- Q1 · NUST NET Past Paper 07 · Grammar and Usage
Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: "Neither of the candidates (A) / have submitted (B) / the form (C) / before the deadline (D)."
- A.Neither of the candidates
- B.have submitted
- C.the form
- D.before the deadline
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Answer: B. have submitted — 'Neither of the candidates' is singular, so it takes HAS submitted, not have.
- Q2 · NUST NET Past Paper 08 · Grammar and Usage
Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: "The teacher, along with her students, (A) / were (B) / visiting the museum (C) / on Friday (D)."
- A.The teacher, along with her students,
- B.were
- C.visiting the museum
- D.on Friday
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Answer: B. were — The subject is 'the teacher' (singular), so the verb should be 'was'.
- Q3 · NUST NET Past Paper 05 · Grammar and Usage
Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: "One of my friends (A) / are going (B) / to study (C) / at NUST (D)."
- A.One of my friends
- B.are going
- C.to study
- D.at NUST
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Answer: B. are going — 'One of my friends' is singular: 'is going', not 'are going'.