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Sentence Improvement Part-I

📆 November 1, 2024

Total Questions: 50

11. Sherpas have prospered and come along the way from being just porters to becoming mountaineers. [SSC CPO Tier II (08/01/2024)]

Correct Answer: (d) come a long way
Solution:The phrase 'come a long way' means to make significant progress or improvement.
  • The given sentence states that Sherpas have prospered and made significant progress from being just porters to becoming mountaineers.
  • Hence, 'come a long way' is the most appropriate answer.

12. You have a lot of coconut trees in your village, do you? [SSC CPO Tier II (08/01/2024)]

Correct Answer: (b) don't you?
Solution:According to the "Question Tag rule", if the statement is positive, the question tag will be negative & Vice-versa.
  • However, the sentence and the question tag must be in the same tense.
  • Similarly, the given sentence is positive so the question tag will be negative(don't).
  • Hence, 'don't you?' is the most appropriate answer.

13. By next summer, I will have completed my internship and will have returned to school. [SSC CPO Tier II (08/01/2024)]

Correct Answer: (d) returned to school.
Solution:If two or more verbs are of the same tense then the helping verb is written only once before the first verb.
  • In the given sentence, 'will have' is a helping verb of future perfect tense and has been used for both verbs ('completed' and 'returned').
  • Hence, 'returned to school' is the most appropriate answer.

14. Tomorrow, they will be take a flight to their dream vacation destination. [SSC CPO Tier II (08/01/2024)]

Correct Answer: (d) will be taking a flight
Solution:'Will be / shall be + Ving' is the correct grammatical structure of Future continuous tense.
  • Hence, 'will be taking (Ving) a flight' is the most appropriate answer.

15. As bombs keep falling on Gaza, hundreds of thousands of children have been order to flee their homes. [SSC CPO Tier II (08/01/2024)]

Correct Answer: (a) have been ordered to flee
Solution:'Subject + has/have + been + V3' is the correct grammatical structure for passive voice of Present perfect tense.
  • 'Ordered' is the correct third form of 'order'.
  • Hence, 'have been ordered (V3) to flee' is the most appropriate answer.

16. The pollution level ought to keep under control. [SSC CPO Tier II (08/01/2024)]

Correct Answer: (c) ought to be kept
Solution:Passive voice is used when the action is performed upon the subject, not by the subject.
  • 'Ought to + be + V3' is the correct passive form.
  • Hence, 'ought to be kept (V3) under' is the most appropriate answer.

17. This is the challenge task I have ever encountered. [SSC CGL Tier II (26/10/2023)]

Correct Answer: (b) most challenging
Solution:Definite article 'the' is used for a specific or particular thing and before a superlative degree adjective.
  • 'Most challenging' is the correct superlative degree of 'challenging'.
  • Hence, 'most challenging' is the most appropriate answer.

18. Ashoka was not only a great warrior but also a very wiser ruler. [SSC CGL Tier II (26/10/2023)]

Correct Answer: (d) wise
Solution:'Very' is a positive adverb and takes a positive degree adjective after it.
  • Hence, 'wise' is the most appropriate answer.

19. Cinema provides the most universal entertainment. [SSC CGL Tier II (26/10/2023)]

Correct Answer: (b) a universal
Solution:There are some adjectives that can not be written in comparative or superlative degree.
  • These adjectives are called absolute or non-gradable adjectives.
  • Some examples are universal, absolute, complete, perfect, empty, full, etc.
  • Hence, 'a universal' is the most appropriate answer.

20. He is taller and most handsome than his friend. [SSC CGL Tier II (26/10/2023)]

Correct Answer: (b) more
Solution:If two or more adjectives are joined with a conjunction, these adjectives are written in the same degree.
  • In the given sentence, 'and' joins two adjectives, out of which one is comparative degree(taller).
  • Therefore, the second adjective will also be written in comparative degree.
  • 'More handsome' is the correct comparative degree of 'handsome'.
  • Hence, 'more' is the most appropriate answer.
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