Improvement of Sentences 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 required’.
Hardly had we stepped out of the building then we get drenched.
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64b6503b568e7ff594b41542- 1that we are gettingfalse
- 2No substitution requiredfalse
- 3than we gotfalse
- 4when we gottrue
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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.
She is educated than her sister.
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64621a234d91510a5db51791She is educated than her sister.
- 1far educatedfalse
- 2more educatedtrue
- 3best educatedfalse
- 4good educatedfalse
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Answer : 2. "more educated"
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’.
She was too startled at first saying something , but finally she blurted out the truth.
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64c0ffaa874e2103e8d8f09a- 1say somethingfalse
- 2No substitution requiredfalse
- 3saying anythingfalse
- 4to say anythingtrue
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Answer : 4. "to say anything"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
She was too startled at first to say anything, but finally, she blurted out the truth.
Explanation: The phrase "to say something" is the appropriate choice here. The verb "startled" is typically followed by an infinitive verb form, so "to say" is used. Additionally, the sentence benefits from proper punctuation, including a comma after "first" and another after "finally."
Q: Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
I am trying to finding an investor from abroad.
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64198d2b67ad957a97897d0dI am trying to finding an investor from abroad.
- 1trying too findfalse
- 2trying to findtrue
- 3No improvement requiredfalse
- 4try to findfalse
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Answer : 2. "trying to find "
Q:Direction : which of the phrase (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (e) as the answer.
They had registered a complaint against her as she have violated the contract.
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5e6b432ac34ec57f0d128b98- 1had violencefalse
- 2had violatedtrue
- 3has violatefalse
- 4have violatefalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "had violated"
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 couldn’t sleep in case of being very tired.
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64b65b1ce2108a72392b3ac9- 1No substitution requiredfalse
- 2even thoughfalse
- 3in spite oftrue
- 4in order offalse
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Answer : 3. "in spite of"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
I couldn't sleep because I was very tired.
Explanation: The phrase "in case of being very tired" is awkward and not commonly used in English. Instead, you can use the phrase "because I was very tired" to clearly express the reason for not being able to sleep.
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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60195f806d6bae40a637a2d8- 1offendingtrue
- 2offencefalse
- 3offencingfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 1. "offending"
Q:Directions: In each of the questions given below a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then followed by three options. Find the alternative that can replace the given bold part to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as it is then select option (e) as your choice.
There are two novels on the table which needs to be read before the exams, but neither one are interesting.
(i) neither one has interested
(ii) neither one is interesting
(iii) neither one were interesting
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64ec859e2bbb242750d18442(i) neither one has interested
(ii) neither one is interesting
(iii) neither one were interesting
- 1Only (i)false
- 2Both (i) and (ii)false
- 3Only (ii)true
- 4Both (i) and (iii)false
- 5No correction is requiredfalse
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