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’.
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:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
Martin Luther 'translated' the Bible into German.
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632b174b751e5310a5c2f3ab- 1Translatefalse
- 2Translatingfalse
- 3Have Translatedfalse
- 4No improvementtrue
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Answer : 4. "No improvement"
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’.
This appears to be the handiwork of someone who to belong to a criminal gang.
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64b778dd2dc867f593fdd10e- 1No substitution requiredfalse
- 2who belongstrue
- 3who is belongingfalse
- 4which belongsfalse
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Answer : 2. "who belongs"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
This appears to be the handiwork of someone who belongs to a criminal gang.
Explanation: The original sentence has a verb tense issue. "To belong" should be replaced with "belongs" to maintain the correct present tense form in this context.
Q:Directions: In each of the questions given below a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then followed by three options. Find the alternative that can replace the given bold part to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as it is then select option (e) as your choice.
Economist Deena Khatkhate, who will pass away at the age of 92 on September 15 in Bethesda, Maryland, in the US, was an unusual man.
(i) who passed away
(ii) who shall passed away
(iii) who has passed away
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64ec84b8d928d8b716227efb(ii) who shall passed away
(iii) who has passed away
- 1Only (ii)false
- 2Both (i) and (iii)true
- 3Both (ii) and (iii)false
- 4Only (iii)false
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "Both (i) and (iii) "
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’. Manoj was living in the city since 1993.
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645cd951f75f230a7a676337- 1has been livingtrue
- 2No substitution requiredfalse
- 3is livingfalse
- 4will be livingfalse
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Answer : 1. "has been living"
Q: Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Who is talking in the phone?
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6458e605f3618908bf6ca9ae- 1forfalse
- 2ontrue
- 3withfalse
- 4atfalse
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Answer : 2. "on"
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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Answer : 3. ""She would have been a great sister if she were just a bit more careful""
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.
It would ensure(A) with local government authorities(B) and healthcare providers to collaborate(C) its service partners(D) are fully vaccinated over the next few months.
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64e4923f60749cb6f2e1d74a- 1B-Cfalse
- 2A-Ctrue
- 3B-Dfalse
- 4A-Dfalse
- 5No rearrangementfalse
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