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’.
Four people were injured after a car suddenly came for a halt in outer Delhi.
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64be7330874e2103e8cfe465- 1came to a halttrue
- 2came for the haltfalse
- 3come to a haltfalse
- 4No substitution requiredfalse
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Answer : 1. "came to a halt"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
Four people were injured after a car suddenly came to a halt in outer Delhi.
Explanation: The phrase "came to a halt" is the correct idiom, indicating the action of stopping suddenly. The original sentence, "came for a halt," is incorrect.
Q:Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement'.
The teacher advised the children to not went near the lake.
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64901e8cbf323e479ac4d29e- 1don't gofalse
- 2No improvementfalse
- 3not to gotrue
- 4not to be goingfalse
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Answer : 3. "not to go"
Q:Direction: Which of the following phrases (I), (II), and (III) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.
Southeast Asian countries today are far more integrated than they have ever been in the modern history of the region, but ASEAN has some way to go before it can call itself a real community.
(I) though ASEAN has something to do
(II) as ASEAN has some places to go
(III) while ASEAN has to go some other way
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64f5cd81aeb516456853b86a(II) as ASEAN has some places to go
(III) while ASEAN has to go some other way
- 1Only (I) is correctfalse
- 2Both (I) and (II) are correctfalse
- 3Both (II) and (III) are correctfalse
- 4All are correctfalse
- 5No correction requiredtrue
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Answer : 5. "No correction required"
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’.
It was him who encouraged I when I was feeling low.
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64be7504c3da05b2214aa335- 1No substitution requiredfalse
- 2he who encouraged metrue
- 3he who encouraged Ifalse
- 4him who encourages mefalse
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Answer : 2. "he who encouraged me"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
It was he who encouraged me when I was feeling low.
Explanation: In formal English, the pronoun "he" is used after the verb "was" to function as the subject complement in this sentence. Additionally, the objective form of the pronoun "me" should be used, and the verb "encouraged" should be followed by the object pronoun "me."
Q:Directions: Which of the following phrases given below in the options should replace the phrase that is underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct and does not require any correction mark 'No correction required' as your answer.
Students’ interests should be promoted and they should be reassured that there feelings and emotions are being taken into account.
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64e3406d640c09b72f8d1fe2- 1reassuring that their feelingfalse
- 2reassured that there feelingfalse
- 3reassured that their feelingstrue
- 4reassuring that their feelingsfalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "reassured that their feelings"
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
Some children are much more 'aggressive then' others.
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632ae12e5c208a6bf7e34ba3- 1Aggressively thanfalse
- 2Aggressive thantrue
- 3Aggressively thenfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "Aggressive than"
Q: Choose the most appropriate meaning of the underlined word in the given sentence.
Even though Margaret had already eaten a large meal, she could not resist eating two slices of the delectable pie.
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6478819b272940f010e51d50Even though Margaret had already eaten a large meal, she could not resist eating two slices of the delectable pie.
- 1Stalefalse
- 2Delicioustrue
- 3Nutritiousfalse
- 4Rottenfalse
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Answer : 2. "Delicious"
Q: Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.
We are coping the problems with the best of our ability.
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64cce4099e9013486a97a62a- 1coping in the problems byfalse
- 2No improvementfalse
- 3coping with the problems totrue
- 4coping the problems atfalse
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Answer : 3. "coping with the problems to"
Explanation :
The correct sentence is:
We are coping with the problems to the best of our ability.
Explanation: The verb "coping" should be followed by the preposition "with," and the definite article "the" is necessary before the noun "problems." Additionally, the phrase "to the best of our ability" is a common idiomatic expression used to indicate doing something as well as one can.