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’.
She was too startled at first saying something , but finally she blurted out the truth.
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64c0ffaa874e2103e8d8f09a- 1say somethingfalse
- 2No substitution requiredfalse
- 3saying anythingfalse
- 4to say anythingtrue
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Answer : 4. "to say anything"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
She was too startled at first to say anything, but finally, she blurted out the truth.
Explanation: The phrase "to say something" is the appropriate choice here. The verb "startled" is typically followed by an infinitive verb form, so "to say" is used. Additionally, the sentence benefits from proper punctuation, including a comma after "first" and another after "finally."
Q:Direction: In the following questions, some part of the sentence is underlined. Which of the options given below the sentence should replace the part underlined to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given then choose option E ‘No Correction required’ as the answer.
The Prime Minister’s casual remarks about the role of ethnicity in unemployment numbers has predictably put the cat among the pigeons on both sides of the political spectrum
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62f0d9ca06679c6dabc5bbe8- 1Put the dog among horsesfalse
- 2Put the cat among micefalse
- 3Put the cat among pigeonstrue
- 4Put the pigeons among catfalse
- 5No Correction Requiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "Put the cat among pigeons"
Q: Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
I knew very little Spanish when I came here, but I have been learning and can now make myself understood.
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64198b645bff3d098df612acI knew very little Spanish when I came here, but I have been learning and can now make myself understood.
- 1when I come here, howeverfalse
- 2upon arriving here, sincefalse
- 3No improvement requiredtrue
- 4as soon as I came here, butfalse
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Answer : 3. "No improvement required "
Q:Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with four words marked as (A), (B), (C) and (D). These words may or may not be placed in the correct order. Four options with different arrangements of these words have been provided. Mark the option with the correct arrangement as the answer. If no rearrangement is required, mark option (E) as your answer.
My mother is very enough(A) of her voluminous(B) kitchen pantry(C) in which she keeps proud(D) goods to feed the city.
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64e49176d928d8b716098330- 1A-Cfalse
- 2B-Dfalse
- 3B-Cfalse
- 4D-Atrue
- 5No rearrangementfalse
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Answer : 4. "D-A"
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’.
A team of biologists have been discovered four new species of horned frogs in the North Eastern region of India.
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64b64ef988d5e4f52dd5bc87- 1has been discoveredfalse
- 2has been discoveringfalse
- 3has discoveredtrue
- 4No substitution requiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "has discovered"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
A team of biologists has discovered four new species of horned frogs in the North Eastern region of India.
Explanation: The subject "team of biologists" is singular, so the verb should be singular as well. "Has discovered" is the correct verb form to use in this case.
Q:Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-
Men of skill and brain should be India’s most valuable treasures.
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5f3626c6efa02861bb1bea28- 1Propertyfalse
- 2geniusfalse
- 3exportfalse
- 4No improvementtrue
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Answer : 4. "No improvement"
Q:Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
All the allegations levelled (over) the poor watchman were found to be baseless.
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62dfa966cbf2ed2bdbe04d7e- 1uponfalse
- 2offfalse
- 3againsttrue
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Answer : 3. "against"
Q: Select the option that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’.
Dad said that, “She would have been a great sister if she was just a bit more careful”.
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644b94fb6842c5ce47ce0db7- 1No improvementfalse
- 2that, "She would have been a great sister if she were just a bit more careful"false
- 3"She would have been a great sister if she were just a bit more careful"true
- 4“She would have been a greatest sister if she was just a bit more careful"false
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