Pride and Prejudice Comprehension and Grammar Practice Exercises

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Reading Comprehension and Plot Questions

Here are the reading comprehension questions and answers regarding key plot points:

Why do the Gardiners decide to go and stay in Lambton? Because Mrs Gardiner has friends there.
What is Pemberley and why do they go to visit it? Pemberley is Mr Darcy's estate. They go there because Mrs Gardiner wants to see it.
Who does Elizabeth speak to about the news? What is his reaction? Darcy arrives at that moment and she tells him the bad news. He is very shocked and concerned.
What do the Gardiners do? They immediately return to Longbourn.

Match the following words with their corresponding antonyms or related terms:

Review the following sentence completions based on the novel:

Mrs Bennet was very sorry that... b. Mrs Lucas's daughter...
Jane wanted to go to London, but she hoped that... b. Jane wanted to go.
Elizabeth's aunt did not think Mr Wickham was a good match for Elizabeth because... c. He was not wealthy.
Jane finally understood that Caroline Bingley did not want to see her because... d. Her last visit was...

Complete or evaluate the third conditional structures related to the story:

i. If Elizabeth had accepted Mr Collins's marriage proposal, Mr Bennet would have been very disappointed in her.
g. If Mr Bennet had had a son, his estate would have remained in the family after his death.
h. If Elizabeth had not spoken with Colonel Fitzwilliam, she would have continued to blame Miss Bingley for her sister's suffering.
d. If Fitzwilliam had been the eldest son, he would have had enough money to marry whoever he wanted.
f. If Jane had had a wealthier and better-connected family, Bingley's sister would not have objected to her marrying their brother.
a. If Mr Collins had not had a good house and living, he would not have asked Elizabeth to marry him.
b. If Jane had taken the carriage to go to Netherfield, she would not have caught a cold.
e. If she had not caught a cold, she would not have stayed at Netherfield for so many days.
c. If Charlotte had been a romantic young woman, she would not have married Mr Collins.

Determine whether the following statements about the novel are true or false and read the corrections:

a. Elizabeth did not say anything when Mr Darcy first declared his love... False. She did not speak because she was so surprised.
b. Mr Darcy was very sad when Elizabeth did not... False. He was angry and hurt in his pride.
c. Elizabeth thought that Mr Darcy was not polite because he had made his marriage proposal without... False. She did not think he was polite because he told her that it would be a degradation to marry her.
d. Mr Darcy was glad that he had broken up the relationship between... True.
e. Mr Darcy apologised for speaking badly of Eli... False. He did not apologise because he could not apologise for being honest.
f. Elizabeth was disgusted that she had caused Mr... False. She was pleased that she had caused such a fine gentleman to fall in love with her.
g. Mr Darcy thought that Mr Bingley was in love with Jane, but he... True.
h. Mr Darcy did not approve of the way Eli... True.
i. After the death of his father, Mr Darcy tried to... True.
j. Mr Wickham wanted to elope with Mr Darcy's... True.
k. Elizabeth had a difficult time understanding Mr Darcy's... True.
l. Elizabeth realised that she had judged Mr Darcy wrongly.... False. She realised she had judged him wrongly because of vanity.