Improvement of Sentences Questions and Answers Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

All the allegations levelled (over) the poor watchman were found to be baseless.

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    upon
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    off
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    against
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    no improvement
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Answer : 3. "against"

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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’.

There were ten children in the class, six of which was crying.

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    whose are
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    who was
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    No substitution required
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    whom were
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Answer : 4. "whom were"
Explanation :

The correct sentence should be:

There were ten children in the class, six of whom were crying.

Explanation: In the original sentence, "which" is incorrect because it refers to things, not people. Instead, "whom" should be used to refer to the children, and the verb "was" should be corrected to "were" to agree with the plural subject "six children."

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

"I am the only man in the world who (can) paint a picture so true to life," he said.

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    will
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    could
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    may
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    no improvement
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Answer : 4. "no improvement"

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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’.

A team of biologists have been discovered four new species of horned frogs in the North Eastern region of India.

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    has been discovered
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    has been discovering
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    has discovered
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    No substitution required
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Answer : 3. "has discovered"
Explanation :

The correct sentence should be:

A team of biologists has discovered four new species of horned frogs in the North Eastern region of India.

Explanation: The subject "team of biologists" is singular, so the verb should be singular as well. "Has discovered" is the correct verb form to use in this case.

Q:

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.

Scientists have predicted that the cultivation of rice will be affected severe.

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    affect severe
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    effecting severely
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    affected severely
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Answer : 4. "affected severely"

Q:

Kalidasa was a greater classical Sanskrit poet of India.

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    was a great classical
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    was the greater classic
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    was a greatest classical
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Answer : 2. "was a great classical"

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