Improvement of Sentences Questions and Answers Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.
No sooner she had put the baby to sleep when a loud noise woke him up.
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62fdf767e01bb93d5ecff28d- 1No sooner she didfalse
- 2No substitutionfalse
- 3As soon as she hadfalse
- 4Scarcely had shetrue
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Answer : 4. "Scarcely had she"
Q:Directions : A word has been given in each question and has been used in the sentences given below. Identify the statements where the word has been used in a contextually and grammatically correct manner. If the word has been used correctly in all the statements, mark (e), “All of these”, as your answer.
ESCALATE
(i) The pedestrian was jaywalking when he escalate the busy street, walking straight into the path of an oncoming vehicle.
(ii) We've tried to escalate the most likely problems, but it's impossible to be prepared for every eventuality.
(iii)The decision to escalate UN involvement has been made in the hopes of a swift end to the hostilities.
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617f98b99737a63d8afff02d(ii) We've tried to escalate the most likely problems, but it's impossible to be prepared for every eventuality.
(iii)The decision to escalate UN involvement has been made in the hopes of a swift end to the hostilities.
- 1Only (i)false
- 2Both (i) and (ii)false
- 3Both (ii) and (iii)false
- 4Only (iii)true
- 5All of thesefalse
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Answer : 4. "Only (iii) "
Q:Directions: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at ( A ), ( B ) and ( C ) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).
It is time we leave.
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5f28f109a5ce9779bd246135- 1have to leavefalse
- 2would leavefalse
- 3lefttrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "left"
Q: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.
“What a fine piece of workmanship this is!” he exclaimed.
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611e1bd408d7b65efee73216- 1these arefalse
- 2it is thisfalse
- 3No substitutiontrue
- 4is therefalse
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Answer : 3. "No substitution"
Q:Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .
Blood is thicker of water.
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5f55d853d094fa460c064ece- 1thicker to waterfalse
- 2warmer from waterfalse
- 3thicker than watertrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "thicker than water"
Q: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
I made them cleaning the room thoroughly.
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60c098ed3a55aa3a4ad095efI made them cleaning the room thoroughly.
- 1I made them cleantrue
- 2I make them cleaningfalse
- 3I making them cleanfalse
- 4No substitution requiredfalse
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Answer : 1. "I made them clean"
Q:Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .
I started lending books from the library.
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5fa4feb766bdb73670f2341f- 1borrowingtrue
- 2lending offalse
- 3loan offalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 1. "borrowing"
Q:Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-
The medicines made miracles and healed me in two days.
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5fbca26a433ab9498d23c19f- 1The medicines brought miraclesfalse
- 2The medicines worked miraclestrue
- 3The medicines performed miraclesfalse
- 4No Improvementfalse
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