Identifying Sentence Patterns – Exam Based MCQs
1. In sentence pattern analysis, S stands for: (TRB English 2024)
A) Subject
B) Sentence
C) Structure
D) Statement
Ans: A) Subject
2. In sentence pattern analysis, V stands for: (TNTET 2022)
A) Voice
B) Verb
C) Value
D) Variation
Ans: B) Verb
3. In sentence pattern analysis, O stands for: (PGTRB)
A) Object
B) Order
C) Opinion
D) Occurrence
Ans: A) Object
4. In sentence pattern analysis, C stands for: (SET)
A) Clause
B) Case
C) Complement
D) Conjunction
Ans: C) Complement
5. In sentence pattern analysis, A stands for: (UGC NET English)
A) Article
B) Adjunct / Adverbial
C) Action
D) Auxiliary
Ans: B) Adjunct / Adverbial
6. Identify the sentence pattern: “Birds fly.” (TRB English 2024)
A) SVO
B) SVC
C) SV
D) SVA
Ans: C) SV
7. Identify the sentence pattern: “The baby slept.” (TNTET 2022)
A) SVO
B) SV
C) SVC
D) SVA
Ans: B) SV
8. Identify the sentence pattern: “Ravi is a teacher.” (PGTRB)
A) SVO
B) SVA
C) SVC
D) SVOC
Ans: C) SVC
9. Identify the sentence pattern: “The rose smells sweet.” (SET)
A) SVC
B) SVO
C) SV
D) SVOA
Ans: A) SVC
10. Identify the sentence pattern: “She sings songs.” (UGC NET English)
A) SV
B) SVC
C) SVO
D) SVA
Ans: C) SVO
11. Identify the sentence pattern: “The boy kicked the ball.” (TRB English 2024)
A) SVC
B) SVO
C) SV
D) SVOO
Ans: B) SVO
12. Identify the sentence pattern: “She is in the room.” (TNTET 2022)
A) SVC
B) SVO
C) SVA
D) SVOC
Ans: C) SVA
13. Identify the sentence pattern: “The children are in the garden.” (PGTRB)
A) SVA
B) SVO
C) SVC
D) SV
Ans: A) SVA
14. Identify the sentence pattern: “He gave me a pen.” (SET)
A) SVO
B) SVC
C) SVOO
D) SVOA
Ans: C) SVOO
15. Identify the sentence pattern: “The teacher taught us grammar.” (UGC NET English)
A) SVOO
B) SVOA
C) SVOC
D) SVC
Ans: A) SVOO
16. Identify the sentence pattern: “They elected him captain.” (TRB English 2024)
A) SVO
B) SVOC
C) SVC
D) SVA
Ans: B) SVOC
17. Identify the sentence pattern: “We found the room empty.” (TNTET 2022)
A) SVOA
B) SVC
C) SVOC
D) SVOO
Ans: C) SVOC
18. Identify the sentence pattern: “She put the keys on the table.” (PGTRB)
A) SVO
B) SVOA
C) SVC
D) SVA
Ans: B) SVOA
19. Identify the sentence pattern: “He placed the bag on the chair.” (SET)
A) SVOC
B) SVOA
C) SVOO
D) SV
Ans: B) SVOA
20. Which sentence pattern contains only subject and verb? (UGC NET English)
A) SVC
B) SVO
C) SV
D) SVOA
Ans: C) SV
21. Which sentence pattern contains a subject complement? (TRB English 2024)
A) SVC
B) SVO
C) SVOO
D) SV
Ans: A) SVC
22. Which sentence pattern contains two objects? (TNTET 2022)
A) SVA
B) SVC
C) SVOO
D) SVOC
Ans: C) SVOO
23. Which sentence pattern contains an object complement? (PGTRB)
A) SV
B) SVC
C) SVO
D) SVOC
Ans: D) SVOC
24. Which sentence pattern contains an object followed by an adverbial? (SET)
A) SVOA
B) SVA
C) SVC
D) SV
Ans: A) SVOA
25. Identify the sentence pattern: “The sky became dark.” (UGC NET English)
A) SVO
B) SVC
C) SVA
D) SVOC
Ans: B) SVC
26. Identify the sentence pattern: “The guests arrived late.” (TRB English 2024)
A) SV
B) SVA
C) SVO
D) SVC
Ans: B) SVA
27. Identify the sentence pattern: “The train arrived on time.” (TNTET 2022)
A) SVO
B) SVA
C) SVC
D) SVOO
Ans: B) SVA
28. Identify the sentence pattern: “My father bought a car.” (PGTRB)
A) SVO
B) SVC
C) SV
D) SVOA
Ans: A) SVO
29. Identify the sentence pattern: “The principal gave the winner a medal.” (SET)
A) SVO
B) SVOC
C) SVOO
D) SVOA
Ans: C) SVOO
30. Identify the sentence pattern: “They painted the wall blue.” (UGC NET English)
A) SVC
B) SVOO
C) SVOC
D) SVA
Ans: C) SVOC
31. Identify the sentence pattern: “He kept the money in the box.” (TRB English 2024)
A) SV
B) SVOA
C) SVC
D) SVOO
Ans: B) SVOA
32. Which of the following is an example of SVC? (TNTET 2022)
A) She opened the box.
B) He became angry.
C) They gave me tea.
D) The children played outside.
Ans: B) He became angry.
33. Which of the following is an example of SVO? (PGTRB)
A) The dog barked loudly.
B) She looked happy.
C) They cleaned the room.
D) He was in the hall.
Ans: C) They cleaned the room.
34. Which of the following is an example of SVOO? (SET)
A) I sent him a message.
B) I found him tired.
C) I sat quietly.
D) I am a student.
Ans: A) I sent him a message.
35. Which of the following is an example of SVOC? (UGC NET English)
A) She put the flowers in a vase.
B) We elected him leader.
C) He ran fast.
D) They are teachers.
Ans: B) We elected him leader.
36. Which of the following is an example of SVOA? (TRB English 2024)
A) She made me happy.
B) He gave her money.
C) They kept the books on the shelf.
D) The sky is clear.
Ans: C) They kept the books on the shelf.
37. Which of the following is an example of SVA? (TNTET 2022)
A) She was at home.
B) She wrote a letter.
C) She became famous.
D) She called me foolish.
Ans: A) She was at home.
38. Which sentence pattern is found in “The boys made him captain”? (PGTRB)
A) SVOA
B) SVOO
C) SVOC
D) SVC
Ans: C) SVOC
39. Which sentence pattern is found in “She sent her friend a gift”? (SET)
A) SVO
B) SVOO
C) SVC
D) SV
Ans: B) SVOO
40. Which sentence pattern is found in “The cat sat on the mat”? (UGC NET English)
A) SVA
B) SVO
C) SVC
D) SVOA
Ans: A) SVA
41. A linking verb commonly appears in which sentence pattern? (TRB English 2024)
A) SVC
B) SVOO
C) SVOA
D) SVOC
Ans: A) SVC
42. In the sentence “He gave me a book,” “me” is the: (TNTET 2022)
A) subject complement
B) direct object
C) indirect object
D) adverbial
Ans: C) indirect object
43. In the sentence “He gave me a book,” “a book” is the: (PGTRB)
A) direct object
B) indirect object
C) complement
D) adjunct
Ans: A) direct object
44. In the sentence “They made him king,” “king” is the: (SET)
A) adverbial
B) object complement
C) indirect object
D) subject complement
Ans: B) object complement
45. In the sentence “She is happy,” “happy” is the: (UGC NET English)
A) object complement
B) indirect object
C) subject complement
D) direct object
Ans: C) subject complement
46. In the sentence “He lives in Chennai,” “in Chennai” functions as: (TRB English 2024)
A) object complement
B) adverbial
C) indirect object
D) subject complement
Ans: B) adverbial
47. Which of the following best describes sentence patterns? (TNTET 2022)
A) They show only tense changes.
B) They classify sentences by arrangement of elements like subject, verb, object, complement, and adverbial.
C) They show only punctuation marks.
D) They classify only clauses.
Ans: B) They classify sentences by arrangement of elements like subject, verb, object, complement, and adverbial.
48. Which pattern best matches “The old man sat quietly”? (PGTRB)
A) SVO
B) SVOC
C) SVA
D) SVC
Ans: C) SVA
49. Which pattern best matches “My sister is a doctor”? (SET)
A) SVC
B) SVO
C) SV
D) SVOA
Ans: A) SVC
50. The best summary is that sentence pattern analysis helps us identify the grammatical ______ of a sentence. (UGC NET English)
A) spelling
B) structure
C) handwriting
D) pronunciation
Ans: B) structure
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