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’.
If somebody attacks you, you needs be able to defend yourself.
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64c3ac4fbd3d254806861dc0- 1No substitution requiredfalse
- 2need to be abletrue
- 3need being ablefalse
- 4need be ablefalse
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Answer : 2. "need to be able"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
If somebody attacks you, you need to be able to defend yourself.
Explanation: The verb "needs" should be changed to "need," and the word "be" should be included for the sentence to be grammatically correct. The corrected sentence indicates the necessity of being able to defend oneself if attacked.
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.
Fellow
A. He seemed like a decent fellow.
B. He's a fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
C. A member of staff was sacked for stealing from fellow employees.
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- 2Only Bfalse
- 3A and Bfalse
- 4A and Cfalse
- 5All of the abovetrue
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Answer : 5. "All of the above"
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
Sumithra 'would have missed' the cab if she had not hurried.
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6331879a1fdfd616ed8d1f33- 1Would have missingfalse
- 2Would has been missingfalse
- 3Missedfalse
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Answer : 4. "No improvement"
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.
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’.
Madhu is only a daughter of her parents.
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643fc4bd1ce944a93eafcf4dMadhu is only a daughter of her parents.
- 1the onlytrue
- 2only onefalse
- 3No substitution requiredfalse
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Answer : 1. "the only "
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
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Answer : 3. "to score"
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
The black sky 'was illuminated' by forked lightning.
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632ae25a4ada076be65cc78e- 1Was illuminatefalse
- 2Illuminatingfalse
- 3Have illuminatedfalse
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Answer : 4. "No improvement"
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
The conference "will been a" celebration of women's achievements.
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632ae0e5751e5310a5c0f3f9- 1Will be anfalse
- 2Would be anfalse
- 3Will be atrue
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