Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer
8 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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644b93216842c5ce47ce0747- 1affect severefalse
- 2No improvementfalse
- 3effecting severelyfalse
- 4affected severelytrue
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Answer : 4. "affected severely"
Q: Given below is a word, followed by three sentences that consist of that word. Identify the sentences(s) that best express(es) the meaning of the word. Choose option 5 ‘None of the above’ if the word is not suitable in any of the sentences.
Ascent
A. She made her first successful ascent of Everest last year.
B. She nodded her ascent to the proposal.
C. His ascent to power was rapid and unexpected.
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64d4ccafbd50dd8e2e11c645- 1Only Cfalse
- 2Only Afalse
- 3A and Ctrue
- 4B and Cfalse
- 5None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 3. "A and C"
Q: Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
Peter is studying hard to have score in the exams.
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645229c656b58a42369718d9Peter is studying hard to have score in the exams.
- 1to scoringfalse
- 2to have scoredfalse
- 3to scoretrue
- 4to scoresfalse
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Answer : 3. "to score"
Q: Given below is a word, followed by three sentences that consist of that word. Identify the sentences(s) that best express(es) the meaning of the word.
Wind
A. That noise you can hear is the tape winding back.
B. The blow to my stomach knocked the wind out of me.
C. The sails flapped in the wind.
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64d4caf1e0ce5574968b469f- 1Only Bfalse
- 2A and Cfalse
- 3B and Cfalse
- 4Only Cfalse
- 5All of the abovetrue
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Answer : 5. "All of the above"
Q: Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
Suspend all the employees which has been coming late.
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642ac2afdcb650c14576f394- 1who have been comingtrue
- 2who had camefalse
- 3that was been comingfalse
- 4No improvement requiredfalse
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Answer : 1. "who have been coming "
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
The gas 'is being seeping' out of the rocks.
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632ae06c751e5310a5c0f1f9- 1Is seepingtrue
- 2Is seepfalse
- 3Was being seepingfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 1. "Is seeping "
Q:Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline segment in the given sentence.
A dishonest employee plays fast with his boss.
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645a27a3131c83edd3e75935- 1plays stop and runfalse
- 2plays quick and slowfalse
- 3plays run and stopfalse
- 4plays fast and loosetrue
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Answer : 4. "plays fast and loose"
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’.
He couldn’t believe it at first, so the most he thought about it, the more he decided it must be true.
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64b69226e2108a72392c67b8- 1but a mostfalse
- 2but the moretrue
- 3although the morefalse
- 4No substitution requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "but the more"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
He couldn’t believe it at first, so the more he thought about it, the more he decided it must be true.
Explanation: The phrase "the most he thought about it" should be replaced with "the more he thought about it" for the sentence to be grammatically correct. The phrase "the more" is used to indicate an increase in intensity or degree, which is appropriate in this context.

