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Basic English Facts and Usage

Test your basic English skills with 15 easy questions and answers on grammar, spelling and everyday usage.

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1. How many vowels are in the English alphabet?

  • A. 4
  • B. 5 ✓
  • C. 6
  • D. 7

💡 There are 5 vowels in English: A, E, I, O, and U.

2. What is a word that names a person, place, or thing?

  • A. Verb
  • B. Noun ✓
  • C. Adjective
  • D. Adverb

💡 A 'noun' is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

3. How many letters are in the English alphabet?

  • A. 24
  • B. 25
  • C. 26 ✓
  • D. 27

💡 The English alphabet has 26 letters, from A to Z.

4. Which word means 'many'?

  • A. Few
  • B. Several ✓
  • C. One
  • D. Single

💡 'Several' means more than two but not a huge number, indicating 'many'.

5. Which of these is a vowel?

  • A. B
  • B. C
  • C. E ✓
  • D. D

💡 'E' is one of the five vowels in the English alphabet.

6. Which word describes an action?

  • A. Table
  • B. Run ✓
  • C. Blue
  • D. Happy

💡 'Run' is a verb, describing an action.

7. Which of these words is spelled correctly?

  • A. Freind
  • B. Friend ✓
  • C. Frend
  • D. Freand

💡 'Friend' is the correctly spelled word.

8. Which sentence type asks something?

  • A. Statement
  • B. Question ✓
  • C. Command
  • D. Exclamation

💡 A 'question' sentence is used to ask for information.

9. Which word is a question word?

  • A. And
  • B. But
  • C. Why ✓
  • D. So

💡 'Why' is used to ask a question about a reason.

10. What is the correct plural of 'book'?

  • A. Bookes
  • B. Books ✓
  • C. Bookies
  • D. Bookss

💡 'Books' is the correct plural form, formed by simply adding 's'.

11. What is the correct way to start a sentence?

  • A. Lowercase letter
  • B. Capital letter ✓
  • C. Number
  • D. Symbol

💡 Sentences should always begin with a capital letter.

12. What is the correct way to end a statement?

  • A. Question mark
  • B. Exclamation mark
  • C. Period ✓
  • D. Comma

💡 A statement typically ends with a period.

13. What is the correct contraction for 'do not'?

  • A. Dont
  • B. Don't ✓
  • C. Do'nt
  • D. Do'not

💡 'Don't' is the correct contraction, with the apostrophe replacing the missing 'o'.

14. Which word comes first alphabetically?

  • A. Cat
  • B. Apple ✓
  • C. Dog
  • D. Ball

💡 'Apple' begins with 'A', which comes before the other words' starting letters.

15. What is the opposite of 'yes'?

  • A. Maybe
  • B. No ✓
  • C. Perhaps
  • D. Sure

💡 'No' is the direct opposite of 'yes'.

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