Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer
8 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’.
A hole is in my pocket.
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64cba4e7b6a5e472e27bdb55- 1A hole are therefalse
- 2A hole there isfalse
- 3There is a holetrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "There is a hole"
Explanation :
An adverb is a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, etc. The adverb 'there' is used to introduce the subject of a sentence, especially before the verbs be, seem, and appear. Example: There seemed to be a problem with finding a date for the meeting. Hence in the given underlined part of the sentence, the correct choice will be the 1st option i.e. There is a hole.
Q:Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement'.
The teacher advised the children to not went near the lake.
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64901e8cbf323e479ac4d29e- 1don't gofalse
- 2No improvementfalse
- 3not to gotrue
- 4not to be goingfalse
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Answer : 3. "not to go"
Q:Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
Fifty litres of milk are donated by the committee to the orphanage every week.
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649166fdc7d7c7e0670bfad7- 1are donated by a committeefalse
- 2are being donated by the committeefalse
- 3No substitutionfalse
- 4is donated by the committeetrue
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Answer : 4. "is donated by the committee"
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. Choose option 5 ‘None of the above’ if the word is not suitable in any of the sentences.
Ascent
A. She made her first successful ascent of Everest last year.
B. She nodded her ascent to the proposal.
C. His ascent to power was rapid and unexpected.
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64d4ccafbd50dd8e2e11c645- 1Only Cfalse
- 2Only Afalse
- 3A and Ctrue
- 4B and Cfalse
- 5None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 3. "A and C"
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’.
It was him who encouraged I when I was feeling low.
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64be7504c3da05b2214aa335- 1No substitution requiredfalse
- 2he who encouraged metrue
- 3he who encouraged Ifalse
- 4him who encourages mefalse
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Answer : 2. "he who encouraged me"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
It was he who encouraged me when I was feeling low.
Explanation: In formal English, the pronoun "he" is used after the verb "was" to function as the subject complement in this sentence. Additionally, the objective form of the pronoun "me" should be used, and the verb "encouraged" should be followed by the object pronoun "me."
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:Directions: Which of the following phrases given below in the options should replace the phrase that is underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct and does not require any correction mark 'No correction required' as your answer.
Amazon Inc.'s self-driving vehicle unit, Zoox, has successful testing a robotaxi with employees as passengers on a public road.
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64e340f1979251c280973d9d- 1has been testingfalse
- 2have success testedfalse
- 3has successfully testedtrue
- 4was testing successfulfalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "has successfully tested"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom that can be substituted in the following sentence.
He was murdered in cold blood.
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646c77e54f2cce984352004aHe was murdered in cold blood.
- 1in cold weatherfalse
- 2deliberatelytrue
- 3when blood was coldfalse
- 4regretfullyfalse
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