SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT (GENERAL ENGLISH)

Total Questions: 40

11. In the following questions, a part of the sentence or the whole sentence is bold or underlined. Below are given alternatives to the bold or underlined part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is ‘No improvement’.

He has for good left India.

Correct Answer: (b) He has left India for good.
Solution:‘He has left India for good’ is the correct structure.

12. Choose the correct alternative.

 We are credibly informed that the murderer has given himself up.

Correct Answer: (d) No improvement
Solution:‘Give yourself up to somebody’ means : to offer yourself to be captured.

13. Choose the correct alternative.

We generally select one of the most intelligent student of the school for this award.

Correct Answer: (a) one of the most intelligent students of the school
Solution:It implies only one from many

14. Choose the correct alternative.

My friend lives in a nearby street whose name I have forgotten.

Correct Answer: (a) the name of which
Solution:‘the name of which I have’ is the correct structure

15. Choose the correct alternative.

He both won a medal and a scholarship.

Correct Answer: (c) He won both a medal and a scholarship.
Solution:‘both a medal and a scolarship’ is the correct structure.

16. Choose the correct alternative.

What do you for go to school?

Correct Answer: (c) What do you go to school for?
Solution:‘What do you go to school for?’ Is the correct structure of an interrogative sentence.

17. Choose the correct alternative.

He pleased the directors and this completed his report in good time.

Correct Answer: (b) He completed his report in good time and this pleased the directors.
Solution:‘He completed his report in good time and this pleased the directors’ is the correct sentence.

18. Choose the correct alternative.

The courtiers used to tell the King how efficient an administrator he was all day long.

Correct Answer: (d) No improvement
Solution:The courtiers used to tell the King all day long how efficient an administrator he was.

19. Choose the correct alternative.

Every Saturday I go out for shopping.

Correct Answer: (d) No improvement
Solution:No improvement

20. Choose the correct alternative.

We had a grand party and we enjoyed very much.

Correct Answer: (c) We had a grand party and we enjoyed ourselves very much.
Solution:‘We had a grand party and we enjoyed ourselves very much’ is the correct structure.