English Language: Sentence Improvement

Sentence Improvement
Which of the phrases (a), (b) and (c) given below each sentence should replace the word/phrase

printed in bold & Italic type to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is

correct as it is, mark (d) i.e., "No improvement" or “No Correction Required” as the answer.

1. Can you tell me why did you not speak the truth?

1) why did not you speak 2) that why did you not speak

3) why you did not speak 4) why did you not spoke

5) No improvement

2. If the room had been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before bed time?

1) If the room was brighter 2) If the room are brighter

3) Had the room been brighter 4) No improvement

3. The function of education is to create such human beings which are integrated and therefore

Intelligent

1) who 2) that 3) as 4) No improvement

4. He sent a word to me that he would be coming late?

1) sent word 2) had sent a word 3) sent words 4) No improvement

5. The boy which came to see me this morning had come from Agra

1) that 2) whom 3) who 4) No improvement

6. The partners swore from fighting again.

1) not fighting again 2) by not to fight again 3) that they wouldn’t fight again

4) No improvement

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7. The Chief Minister, as well as his advisers, have agreed to address the rally.

1) have been agreed at 2) has agreed to 3) have been agreed for

4) are agreeable to 5) No correction Required

8. He has a house for letting.

1) for letting out 2) to let 3) to rent out 4) No improvement

9. Please remind me of posting these letters of my relatives.

1) for posting 2) to post 3) by posting 4) No improvement

10. In her own political constituency - just about 600 km away from New Delhi – the two

newly passed bills seems Latin or Greek to the people.

1) seem Greek and Latin 2) seem Latin 3) seem Greek

4) seems Greeks and Latin 5) No correction required

11. A boy has been sunk in this river.

1) drowned 2) immersed 3) submerged 4) No improvement

12. His manners indicate that he has no other intention than to steal his money.

1) rather 2) except 3) but 4) No improvement

13. He cannot succeed in business because he works by fits and starts.

1) With fits and starts 2) Fits and starts 3) Into fits and starts

4) No improvement

14. Not till he got home he did realise that he had lost his keys in the theatre.

1) did he realise 2) he did not realise 3) he realised

4) No improvement

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15. No king in that period was so intensely involved in the welfare of his people as king

Ashoka.

1) Neither king 2) No other king 3) None of the kings

4) No improvement

16. A high performer is four hundred times much productivity that the average performer.

1) more produce 2) productive more 3) more productive

4) much products

17. when we saw him last, he ran to catch a bus.

1) was running 2) has run 3) had run 4) No improvement

18. The officer whom I went reported that my case was pending.

1) whom I went to 2) who I went 3) that I went to 4) No improvement

19. I love the literature, the music, the art.

1) literature, music and art 2) The literature, music and art

3) Literature, music and the art 4) The literature, the music and the art.

5) No improvement

20. He killed the enemy by his sword.

1) by sword 2) by a sword 3) through his sword 4) with his sword

4) No improvement

21. He enthusiastically stated that his suggestions should be accepted without delay.

1) eagerly 2) emphatically 3) promptly 4) No improvement

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22. He has said so out of affection, do not take it to heart.

1) In heart 2) It in the heart 3) By the heart 4) No improvement

23. She had no difficulty to settle down to her new life in the city.

1) in settling down 2) for settling down 3) to settling down

4) No improvement

24. Do inform me of your well being after you reach Bombay.

1) will reach 2) will have reached 3) Shall reach 4) No improvement

25. Whether people change or not is largely determines by ‘why’ they change.

1) large determinant of 2) largely determined by 3) large determinations by

4) large determinant for 5) No correction required

26. If I were a millionaire, I would have helped the poor.

1) can help 2) could have helped 3) would help 4) No improvement

27. They continued to work in the field despite of the heavy rains.

1) inspite the heavy rains 2) although heavily rains

3) even though it rained heavily 4) even though there is heavy rain

5) No improvement

28. The record for the biggest tiger hunt has not been met since 1911 when Lord Hardinge,

then Viceroy of India, shot a tiger that measured 11 feet and 6 inches?

1) improved 2) broken 3) bettered 4) No improvement

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29. The walls of this house need to be painted again as soon as possible.

1) need to have been painted 2) should be painted

3) ought to have been painted 4) No improvement

30. The workers are hell bent at getting what is due to them?

1) hell bent on getting 2) hell bent for getting

3) hell bent upon getting 4) No improvement

Answers

1-3 2-3 3-3 4-1 5-3 6-3 7-1 8–2 9-2 10 - 1

11 - 1 12 - 3 13 - 4 14 - 1 15 - 2 16 - 3 17 - 1 18 – 1 19 - 1 20 - 4

21 - 2 22 - 4 23 - 1 24 - 4 25 - 2 26 - 3 27 - 3 28 – 2 29 - 4 30 - 1

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