Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer
8 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.
Students’ interests should be promoted and they should be reassured that there feelings and emotions are being taken into account.
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64e3406d640c09b72f8d1fe2- 1reassuring that their feelingfalse
- 2reassured that there feelingfalse
- 3reassured that their feelingstrue
- 4reassuring that their feelingsfalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "reassured that their feelings"
Q:Directions: In each of the questions given below four words are given in bold. These four words may or may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it then select option (e) as your choice.
In 2016, rising (A) violence in Pathankot (B) by Islamic militants culminated (C) in attacks on Indian forces at Uri and Kashmir (D).
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64ec8d8013af0928f84f8716- 1Both A-C and B-Dfalse
- 2Both A-D and B-Cfalse
- 3Only B-Dtrue
- 4C-Dfalse
- 5The sentence is correct.false
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Answer : 3. "Only B-D"
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 given sentence.
One’s family plays a very major role to continue the trends and age-old traditions.
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645b83cccdae930acb669c99One’s family plays a very major role to continue the trends and age-old traditions.
- 1passive role in making the trendsfalse
- 2futile part in making trendsfalse
- 3significant role in enduring the trendstrue
- 4docile part in enduring trendsfalse
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Answer : 3. "significant role in enduring the trends"
Q:Direction: In the given question, a word has been printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the emboldened word have been given as (A), (B), (C) and (D), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the five given options. In case the given sentence is correct as it is, your answer will be option (E), i.e., "No replacement required".
The modern publishing industry is dominated by a small number of large companies that have abandoned on more or less the same business model for decades
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64d9ce69462ecdc3adab83b5- 1frownedfalse
- 2reliedtrue
- 3caughtfalse
- 4influencedfalse
- 5No replacement requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "relied"
Q:Select the option that will substitute the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no substitution is needed, select ‘No substitution required’.
When I met the couple yesterday I noticed that the wife was more taller than her husband.
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64900fdebf323e479ac49ada- 1much tallfalse
- 2tallertrue
- 3much tallestfalse
- 4No substitution requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "taller"
Q:Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Mr. Pramod couldn’t wait to trying out his new recipe.
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64635042c899b466f44b8864- 1waited to try outfalse
- 2wait for try outfalse
- 3waited to tryfalse
- 4wait to try outtrue
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Answer : 4. "wait to try out"
Q:Direction: In the given question, a word has been printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the emboldened word have been given as (A), (B), (C) and (D), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the five given options. In case the given sentence is correct as it is, your answer will be option (E), i.e., "No replacement required".
E-learning has a considerable talent to improve the quality and effectiveness of traditional education.
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64d9cee14e4237f6c9817b1e- 1potentialtrue
- 2futurefalse
- 3impactfalse
- 4degreefalse
- 5No replacement requiredfalse
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