Improvement of Sentences Questions and Answers Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The tribunal noted that the driver of the (offend) truck did not lead any evidence in rebuttal of the claims.

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    offending
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    offence
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    offencing
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    No improvement
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Answer : 1. "offending"

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Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
 In order to win the competition, one has to be creative.

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    most creative
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    more creative
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    creativest
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    creativer
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Answer : 2. "more creative"

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Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.

Martin Luther 'translated' the Bible into German.

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    Translate
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    Translating
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    Have Translated
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    No improvement
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Answer : 4. "No improvement"

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Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
 He was looking into his book for the last two hours but couldn’t find it.

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    looking down on his book
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    looking above his book
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    looking for his book
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    looking after his book
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Answer : 3. "looking for his book"

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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’.

Hardly had we stepped out of the building then we get drenched.

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    that we are getting
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    than we got
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    when we got
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Answer : 4. "when we got"
Explanation :

The correct sentence should be:

Hardly had we stepped out of the building when we got drenched.

Explanation: The phrase "then we get drenched" should be replaced with "when we got drenched" to maintain the correct verb tense. "When" is the appropriate subordinating conjunction to use in this context.

Q:

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
 I keep telling myself how I am lucky to have such wonderful sisters.

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    how lucky I am to have
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    how lucky I am to having
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    how I am lucky for
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    how I am lucky for having
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Answer : 1. "how lucky I am to have"

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Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.

Both Santhosh and Rohit have 167 English papers due 'in' Tuesday.

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    About
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    At
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    On
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Answer : 3. "On "

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