Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
My uncle is doing business in Hyderabad for the last 10 years.
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6462148b4f2cce9843373a0aMy uncle is doing business in Hyderabad for the last 10 years.
- 1has been doingtrue
- 2No substitution requiredfalse
- 3didfalse
- 4doingfalse
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Answer : 1. "has been doing"
Q: Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
He dreams big than his friends.
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645b85e845f1450a80b5b49cHe dreams big than his friends.
- 1biggertrue
- 2more bigfalse
- 3biggestfalse
- 4most bigfalse
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Answer : 1. "bigger"
Q:Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
I find playing chess to be difficult than playing poker.
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6462275bc899b466f448beaa- 1to be more difficulttrue
- 2to be lesser difficultfalse
- 3to be most difficultfalse
- 4to be same difficultfalse
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Answer : 1. "to be more difficult"
Q:Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
I don’t get on with the new boss, so I have asked to transferring to another branch of the company.
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645a1a84b6bd2dee1c926586- 1will have ask to be transferfalse
- 2have asked to be transferredtrue
- 3having ask to be transferredfalse
- 4have been ask to be transferringfalse
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Answer : 2. "have asked to be transferred"
Q: Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
Mary doesn’t like cartoons because they are loud, so she doesn’t watched them.
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644b993f244f7ecdff5eef7d- 1do not watched thisfalse
- 2doesn’t watch themtrue
- 3No improvementfalse
- 4does watching themfalse
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Answer : 2. "doesn’t watch them"
Q: Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.
The smell of this flower make me felt dizzy.
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642ac11aed76c064b863b50f- 1making I feelfalse
- 2makes me feeltrue
- 3make me feelingfalse
- 4No improvement requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "makes me feel "
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’.
Ariel was convinced that something fishy is going up behind his back.
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64c8e2e13fde307e3f4f67a8- 1No substitution requiredfalse
- 2was going ontrue
- 3goes onfalse
- 4was going upfalse
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Answer : 2. "was going on"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
Ariel was convinced that something fishy was going on behind his back.
Explanation: The verb tense in the reported speech should be consistent, so "is going" should be changed to "was going." Additionally, the preposition "on" should be replaced with "behind" for the sentence to convey the intended meaning.
Q:Direction: In the given question, a word has been printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the emboldened word have been given as (A), (B), (C) and (D), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the five given options. In case the given sentence is correct as it is, your answer will be option (E), i.e., "No replacement required".
The wedding received extensive welcoming in the newspapers.
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64d9cdf4ebd5c374728a018e- 1accountsfalse
- 2criticfalse
- 3coveragetrue
- 4huntfalse
- 5No replacement requiredfalse
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