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. I along with my family had been reached the station after the train had already left :
- (A) had reached
- (B) was reached
- (C) reached
- (D) reaches
- (E) No improvement
2. If you have been carefully, you could have avoided the accident :
- (A) Had you been
- (B) If you are
- (C) Have you had been
- (D) Had you have been
- (E) No improvement
3. People who suffer from backache often sleeps on the ground :
- (A) sleep on ground
- (B) sleeping on ground
- (C) sleep to ground
- (D) sleep on floor
- (E) No improvement
4. If the Prime Minister laid stress and said that the plan should be a great success :
- (A) should succeed
- (B) should be succeed
- (C) should be succeeded
- (D) ought to be a great success
- (E) No improvement
5. When we had rose to leave, the hosts requested us to spend some more time with them :
- (A) had risen
- (B) had been rising
- (C) had bee risen
- (D) had rose
- (E) No improvement
6. The office was anger with the watchman for being detained :
- (A) at being detained
- (B) for detaining
- (C) because of detaining
- (D) owing to be detained
- (E) No improvement
7. People, who are indecisive can be readily persuading to change their mind again :
- (A) can be ready persuading
- (B) can be readily persuaded
- (C) should be ready to persuade
- (D) can get ready to persuade
- (E) No improvement
8. He was six years older than Shyam and had known him since he had been fifteen :
- (A) for he had been fifteen
- (B) since he was fifteen
- (C) for he was fifteen
- (D) since he had fifteen
- (E) No improvement
9. He will be late because of he does not leave now :
- (A) because he does not leave now
- (B) if he does not leave now
- (C) if he left now
- (D) if he will not leave now
- (E) No improvement
10. There is absolutely not worry even if the train reaches its destination during odd hours in the night :
- (A) absolutely no worry
- (B) absolutely not worry
- (C) absolutely no worry
- (D) no absolute worried
- (E) No improvement
11. Moreover, the gusts of wind seemed to be plucking them from their stamps :
- (A) seemed to pluck
- (B) seems to pluck
- (C) seems to plucking
- (D) seemed to plucking
- (E) No improvement
12. We are still standing near the gate of cinema hall when the film began :
- (A) when the film had began
- (B) while the film began
- (C) when the beginning of the film was over
- (D) when the film was running
- (E) No improvement
13. We must be aware of a fact that we enjoy a distinct advantage over foreigner :
- (A) aware about a fact
- (B) aware about the fact
- (C) aware from the fact
- (D) aware of the fact
- (E) No improvement
14. India has none of the advantages possess by the rich countries during industrialisation :
- (A) from the advantages possess
- (B) with advantages possess by
- (C) of the advantages possess with
- (D) of the advantage possessed by
- (E) No improvement
15. We do not forget Gandhi’s dedication who led our nation movement :
- (A) the Gandhi’s dedication
- (B) a Gandhi’s dedication
- (C) the dedication of Gandhi
- (D) dedication of Gandhi
- (E) No improvement
