HSLC Mock Test â 50 MCQs : Topics: Articles, Determiners, Question Tags
1. She is very kind, ___? āϤāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻžāϞā§, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) is she b) isn’t she c) doesn’t she d) wasn’t she
Ans: b) isn’t she
Explanation: Positive sentence → Negative tag. The sentence is affirmative, so the tag must be negative.
2. They haven’t finished the work, ___? āϤā§āĻāĻāϞā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻā§ āĻļā§āώ āĻā§°āĻž āύāĻžāĻ, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) have they b) haven’t they c) do they d) did they
Ans: a) have they
Explanation: Negative sentence → Positive tag. “haven’t” is negative, so tag must be positive using same auxiliary.
3. He plays football every day, ___? āϏā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻšāĻāύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧠āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāϞ āĻā§āϞā§, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) isn’t he b) doesn’t he c) didn’t he d) won’t he
Ans: b) doesn’t he
Explanation: No auxiliary verb “plays” → use “does” in tag. Positive sentence → negative tag → “doesn’t he?”
4. Let’s go for a walk, ___? āĻāĻšāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāĻ, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) will we b) won’t we c) shall we d) do we
Ans: c) shall we
Explanation: Sentences with “Let’s” always take “shall we?” as tag.
5. I am your friend, ___? āĻŽāĻ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻŦāύā§āϧā§, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) am I not b) don’t I c) aren’t I d) didn’t I
Ans: c) aren’t I
Explanation: Special rule: “I am” takes “aren’t I?” in question tag.
6. She didn’t call you, ___? āϤāĻžāĻ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĢā§āύ āĻā§°āĻž āύāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) did she b) didn’t she c) does she d) isn’t she
Ans: a) did she
Explanation: Negative sentence → Positive tag. Past tense of main verb without auxiliary → use “did”.
7. Open the window, ___? āĻāĻžāύā§āϞāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻā§āύ, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) do you b) will you c) did you d) are you
Ans: b) will you
Explanation: Imperative sentence → tag uses “will you / won’t you”.
8. We have completed the task, ___? āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) have we b) haven’t we c) do we d) did we
Ans: b) haven’t we
Explanation: Present perfect tense → same auxiliary in tag. Positive → negative → “haven’t we?”
9. He never tells a lie, ___? āϏā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻšāĻāύ⧠āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§āĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āύāĻā§, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) does he b) doesn’t he c) is he d) isn’t he
Ans: a) does he
Explanation: Negative meaning word “never” → Positive tag → use “does he?”.
10. Let’s revise the lesson, ___? āĻāĻšāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻā§ āĻĒā§āύ⧰āĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĻ, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) will we b) won’t we c) shall we d) do we
Ans: c) shall we
Explanation: “Let’s” → “shall we?”
11. She is a teacher, ___? āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) is she b) isn’t she c) doesn’t she d) did she
Ans: b) isn’t she
Explanation: Positive sentence → negative tag.
12. This is ___ apple. āĻāĻāĻā§ ___ āĻāĻĒā§āϞāĨ¤
a) a b) an c) the d) no article
Ans: b) an
Explanation: Apple starts with vowel sound → use “an”.
13. I saw ___ elephant in the zoo. āĻŽāĻ āĻā§°āĻžāĻāĻā§°āϤ⧠___ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻāĨ¤
a) a b) an c) the d) no article
Ans: b) an
Explanation: Elephant begins with vowel sound → “an” is correct.
14. We went to ___ Ganga last year. āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϝā§ā§ąāĻž āĻŦāĻā§°ā§ ___ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻāĨ¤
a) a b) an c) the d) no articl
Ans: c) the
Explanation: Unique river → always use “the”.
15. She has ___ orange and ___ apple. āϤāĻžā§° āĻāĻžāώāϤ ___ āĻāĻŽāϞāĻž āĻā§°ā§ ___ āĻāĻĒā§āϞ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
a) a, a b) an, an c) a, an d) an, a
Ans: c) a, an
Explanation: Orange → consonant sound → a, Apple → vowel sound → an
16. I have ___ book on the table. āĻŽā§ā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻā§āĻŦā§āϞ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
a) a b) an c) the d) no article
Ans: a) a
Explanation: Singular countable noun, consonant sound → “a”
17. He doesn’t like coffee, ___? āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻĢāĻŋ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āύāĻā§°ā§, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) does he b) doesn’t he c) is he d) isn’t he
Ans: a) does he
Explanation: Negative sentence → Positive tag → “does he”
18. This is ___ best day of my life. āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻŽā§ā§° āĻā§ā§ąāύ⧰ ___ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤
a) a b) an c) the d) no article
Ans: c) the
Explanation: Superlative → always use “the”
19. They are ___ honest people. āϏā§āĻāϞā§āĻāϏāĻāϞ ___ āϏāϤ⧠āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻšāĨ¤
a) a b) an c) the d) no article
Ans: b) an
Explanation: Honest → silent “h” → vowel sound → use “an”
20. You can speak English, ___? āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻž, āύāĻšā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
a) can you b) can’t you c) do you d) don’t you
Ans: b) can’t you
Explanation: Positive sentence with modal verb → Negative tag → “can’t you?”