Improvement of Sentences Questions and Answers Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.

With magnifying glass, we can observe how minute insects like ants behave.

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    By a magnifying glass
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    Using magnifying glass
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    No substitution
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    With a magnifying glass
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Answer : 4. "With a magnifying glass"

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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’.

The doctor bade me taking the medicine immediately after breakfast.

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    bid me to taking
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    bade me to take
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    bade me take
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    No substitution required
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Answer : 2. "bade me to take"
Explanation :

The correct sentence should be:

The doctor bade me take the medicine immediately after breakfast.

Explanation: In this sentence, the base form of the verb "take" should be used after the verb "bade." The construction "bade me taking" is incorrect; it should be "bade me take" to convey the intended meaning.

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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’.

There was an argument about if we shall move to another city.

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    about if we should move
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    on if we shall be moving
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    about whether we should move
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    No improvement
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Answer : 3. "about whether we should move"
Explanation :

The correct sentence is:

There was an argument about whether we should move to another city.

Explanation: In this sentence, "if" should be replaced with "whether" to introduce a indirect yes-no question. Additionally, "shall" should be replaced with "should" to form a correct conditional statement.

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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    will have ask to be transfer
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    have asked to be transferred
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    having ask to be transferred
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    have been ask to be transferring
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Answer : 2. "have asked to be transferred"

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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
 Our guests arrived; they are sitting in the garden.

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    shall arrive
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    have arrived
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    are arriving
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    might arrive
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Answer : 2. "have arrived"

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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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    bigger
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    more big
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    biggest
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    most big
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Answer : 1. "bigger"

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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’.

On winter evenings, a haze of smog hang in Delhi.

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    hangs over
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    is hanging over
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    hangs up
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    No substitution required
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Answer : 1. "hangs over"
Explanation :

The correct sentence should be:

On winter evenings, a haze of smog hangs in Delhi.

Explanation: The verb "hangs" agrees with the singular subject "haze." In the original sentence, "hang" is incorrect in this context.

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