Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer

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Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E), i.e., 'No correction required' as the answer.

We went to the famous restaurant to eat and were served piped hot food.

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    served piping hotter
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    serving pipe hot
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    served piping hot
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    serve pipe hotten
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    No correction required
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Answer : 3. "served piping hot"

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

They didn't see you, is it?

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    wasn't it
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    did they
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    no improvement
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    have they
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Answer : 2. "did they"

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Which of the phrase (A), (B), (C), and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in the following sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer.
The actor has been keeping lower profile for some time now.

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    lowering the profile
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    profile low
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    a lowest profile
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    a low profile
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    No correction required
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Answer : 4. "a low profile"

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Answer : 5. " No error"

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Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternative to the bold part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D).
Q.7. Not only they went to see a film, they had dinner out as well

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    did they go
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    they didno’t go
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    didn’t they go
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    No improvement
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Answer : 1. "did they go"

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Answer : 2. "had planned"

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Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .

In the absence of your support, he would have lost the election. 

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    Lacking your support, he would have lost the election.
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    But for your support, he would have lost the election.
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    He would have lost the election, if you had not supported him.
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    No improvement
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Answer : 3. "He would have lost the election, if you had not supported him."

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Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-

I think you can have a piece of this cake but not all of it . I have to save some for my mother.

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    or not most of it
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    but never all of those
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    no improvement
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    but not some of that
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Answer : 3. "no improvement"

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