SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT
Directions (Q. 1 to 50) : Which of the option (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold and underlined type to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., ‘No Improvement’ as the answer.
1. The customer had scarcely enough money to pay to the cashier at the cash counter :
- (A) scarcely had enough money
- (B) scarcely had any money
- (C) scarcely had no money
- (D) had scarcely any money
- (E) No improvement
2. There is no nation who has not a flag of its own :
- (A) who has not flag
- (B) which have not a flag
- (C) that has not a flag
- (D) but has not a flag
- (E) No improvement
3. The rightist member made a long speech denouncing what he considered to be new fangled ways :
- (A) take a long speech
- (B) gave a long speech
- (C) given a long speech
- (D) took a long speech
- (E) No improvement
4. I hope to convince you that your complaints have no real cause :
- (A) have no genuine cause
- (B) have no real cause
- (C) have not good cause
- (D) have nothing real
- (E) No improvement
5. Is there any further reasons you can give us for your failure to act as per your promises :
- (A) Is there any more
- (B) Is there further any
- (C) Are there any further
- (D) Are further these any
- (E) No improvement
6. Whom did you intend to invite to attend the function besides Ram and Shyam :
- (A) who did you intend
- (B) whom did you intended
- (C) whom do you intended
- (D) who do you intend
- (E) No improvement
7. Ramesh could succeed in catching the ball before it reaches the boundary line :
- (A) before it was reached
- (B) before reaches it
- (C) before it reached
- (D) after it had reached
- (E) No improvement
8. My father has lived here for two weeks but today he has to go to Delhi :
- (A) has been lived here
- (B) has been living here
- (C) had been living here
- (D) had lived here
- (E) No improvement
9. Before going to your house I was waiting for your brother since long :
- (A) I had been waiting for your brother
- (B) I have been waiting for your brother
- (C) I had been waited for your brother
- (D) I waited for your brother
- (E) No improvement
10. Everything we have so for been looked at gives inconclusive evidence about the in living conditions of the masses :
- (A) had looked at giving
- (B) had been looking
- (C) have so for looked at gives
- (D) had so for been looked given
- (E) No improvement
11. Though his actions were severe criticised, he did not lose his temper :
- (A) were sever criticism
- (B) were being of sever criticism
- (C) had sever criticism
- (D) were sever criticism
- (E) No improvement
12. This is one of the most remarkable stories that had ever been told so far :
- (A) that have ever been told
- (B) which has ever been told
- (C) that have ever been tell
- (D) that have ever been said
- (E) No improvement
16. The material packets were so heavy that they could not hardly carry them :
- (A) could have not hardly carried
- (B) could hardly carry
- (C) could not be carried
- (D) should not carry
- (E) No improvement
14. The population question in China has been the subject of heated and frequently changing controversy :
- (A) heating and frequently changing
- (B) heated and frequent changes
- (C) heated and frequent changed
- (D) heat and frequent changes in
- (E) No improvement
15. I shall encourage your so that you will not get nervous :
- (A) you would not get nervous
- (B) you shall not get nervous
- (C) you can not get nervous
- (D) you could not get nervous
- (E) No improvement
