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The paper on English language often includes questions that require students to improve the quality of a sentence. Here is a collection of such questions.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

She was driving her car at eighty miles each hour.

  1. an hour
  2. every hour
  3. hourly
  4. No improvement needed
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

I hope it will not rain when they have started their journey.

  1. they will have started their journey
  2. they will start their journey
  3. they start their journey
  4. No improvement needed
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

The train will leave before we have reached the station.

  1. we reach the station
  2. we had reached the station
  3. we would reach the station
  4. No improvement needed
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

Inflation affects nearly everyone.

  1. everyone nearly
  2. nearly all
  3. nearly each one
  4. No improvement needed
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

If you asked them, they would have solved your problem.

  1. had asked
  2. would asked
  3. were asking
  4. No improvement needed
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

Can't you never understand what has been said.

  1. ever understand
  2. rather understand
  3. at all understand
  4. No improvement needed
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

This is the sixth time you asked the same question.

  1. ask the same question
  2. have asked the same question
  3. were asking the same question
  4. No improvement needed
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

Suddenly she became conscious regarding the presence of a stranger in the room.

  1. about
  2. of
  3. over
  4. No improvement needed
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

Jane's boyfriend walked her.

  1. walked out on her
  2. walked out her
  3. walked on her
  4. No improvement needed
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

No football team can' t win no championship without defenders.

  1. can' t win a championship
  2. can win a championship
  3. can' t win championship
  4. No improvement needed
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (1) as your answer as it contains the original statement..

Having understood that there is a vacancy of an assistant in the firm, an application was submitted by me.

  1. an application was submitted by me
  2. an application by me was submitted
  3. I submitted an application
  4. an application can be submitted by me
  5. an application has been submitted by myself
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

The Turks captured Constantinople in 1453 and that was the end of the Byzantine Empire.

  1. have captured
  2. had captured
  3. captures
  4. No improvement needed
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

How many players are there in a baseball team?

  1. there are in a
  2. is there in a
  3. was there
  4. No improvement needed
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

She is working since morning.

  1. was working
  2. has been working
  3. works
  4. No improvement needed
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

Be sure to contact with as many teachers as possible.

  1. contact
  2. contact on
  3. contact to
  4. No improvement needed
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

He asked me where was I going.

  1. am I going
  2. I was going
  3. were I going
  4. No improvement needed
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

Although it was raining for days, the cricket pitch was in perfect condition.

  1. it had been raining
  2. it is raining
  3. it had raining
  4. No improvement needed
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

Driving down the road when a deer leapt out in front of me.

  1. While I was driving down the road
  2. While driving down the road
  3. I was driving down the road
  4. No improvement needed
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

His latest film has been less successful than his other films were.

  1. have been
  2. had been
  3. was
  4. No improvement needed
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (1) as your answer as it contains the original statement.

Thinking that he finally found someone with similar interests, the scholar tried to strike up a conversation.

  1. he finally found
  2. he had finally found
  3. he finds
  4. he has finally found
  5. he hadn't found
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

The report that Ted is sending poison pen letters are surprising.

  1. is surprising
  2. was surprising
  3. were surprising
  4. No improvement needed
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

The report that mobile phones cause memory loss has been challenged.

  1. is challenging
  2. had been challenged
  3. is challenged
  4. No improvement needed
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (1) as your answer as it contains the original statement.

Even though Susie speaks fluent Italian, but she could not understand the Genoese dialect.

  1. Even though Susie speaks fluent Italian
  2. Though Susie speaks fluent Italian
  3. As Susie speaks fluent Italian
  4. Susie speaks fluent Italian
  5. Although Susie speaks fluent Italian
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

Can you tell me where can I find the lost and found office?

  1. where I can find
  2. where I found
  3. where can I found
  4. No improvement needed
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

What I learned was that freedom is really the result of how you will remove obstacles.

  1. you would remove
  2. you can remove
  3. you remove
  4. No improvement needed

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