Sentence Improvement

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

Workers who performed the same operation day after day can take no pleasure or pride in their work.

perform
have performed
had performed
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Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

I gave my niece a children’s beautifully illustrated encyclopedia.

beautifully illustrated encyclopedia of children
child’s beautifully illustrated encyclopedia
beautifully illustrated children’s encyclopedia
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Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

The word cancer strikes dread in the average man's heart and once he has diagnosed as suffering from it, he loses all hope.

is diagnosed
was diagnosed
would be diagnosed
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Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

When the Nobel Prize for Peace has announced this year, I experienced a sense of elation.

was announced
had announced
were announced
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Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

The popular theory that modern man came out of Africa has thrown into doubt by the discovery of a 3,50,000 year old skull from China.

have thrown
has been thrown
had been thrown
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Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

The old woman would return with a beaming countenance the next day and reported that her husband had recovered.

returns
returned
has returned
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Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

That all cancers are not incurable and even the terminally ill may be able to live the rest of their lives in peace and relative comfort is seldom understood.

The fact that all cancers
The fact all cancers
The fact every cancer
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Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

She looked askance at the tablet and asked if it has been all that was to be given to a dying man to make him well.

is
was
had been
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Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

Pitching the camp on top of the mountain took five times as long as it would have taken in a place where there was enough air to breathe.

five times as long it would take
five times as long as it takes
five times as long as it would take
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Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

In spite of various attempts to brighten the lives of workers, the average man in a factory is rather to pity than envy.

to be pitied than envied
to be pitied than envy
to be pity than envied
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Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

At night, most climbers took their gloves off, but I prefer to keep them on.

take their gloves off
took their gloves of
had taken their gloved off
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Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

The extraordinary ability of satellites to see, listen and communicate have made them an integral part of the modern warfare.

were made them
has made them
have been made them
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Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

This is the first time in my memory that the river has overflown the banks.

has been over flown
has overflowed
has overflowing
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Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

They decided to arrange a grand party on the eve of her retirement, especially, as she had been working for the firm since almost twenty years.

almost twenty years since
for almost twenty years
almost twenty years ago
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Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

Israel has been turning the search for water into a science so advanced that it has been surpassing even biblical miracles.

it surpasses
it had surpassed
it has been surpassing
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Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

At last the two climbers were getting the tent up and crawled in.

got
has gotten
get
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Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

After his retirement from the Presidency College, Bose founded the great institute which now bear his name.

which now bears his name
which now has born his name
which now has borne his name
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Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

It is an established fact that the consumption of alcohol be discouraged as it has been the cause of ruin in many families.

should discourage
should have discouraged
should be discouraged
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Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

His duties were to teach design to the architectural students and also developing new courses for them.

to develop
to developing
to have developed
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Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

He looked as though he had not a decent meal for over a month.

have not a decent
had not have a decent
had not had a decent
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Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

Thirty eight years before, a handful of Americans declared April 22, 1970 to be the Earth Day.

Thirty eight years from now
Since thirty eight years
Thirty eight years ago
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Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

He pressed with his enquiries until at last he learned the reason for their panic.

He pressed at with his enquiries
He pressed on with his enquiries
He pressed after with his enquiries
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Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

My friend is so rich that he is having four apartments in Mumbai, and six in Pune.

has
have
had
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Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

In the olden days, before the discovery of anesthetics, various methods would have used to keep the patient quiet during an operation.

were used
had used
was used
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Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

The spectre that has haunted our country represents both an opportunity and a challenge.

has haunting
had haunting
has been haunting
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