English Sentence Correction Practice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Neither the students nor their teacher or the school came forward to tender an apology.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

During the Miss Universe contest, it was a difficult moment for judges to decide whether Miss India or Miss Greece is the most beautiful.

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:" small;=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times" new="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa="">Directions:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times" new="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa=""> This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The colonists developed their own social affairs and managed their own civil affairs according to the exigencies of the case and democracy's principles.

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:" small;=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times" new="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa="">Directions:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times" new="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa=""> This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The winding roads of the hill town were less in number than the nearby town in the plains.

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:" small;=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times" new="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa="">Directions:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times" new="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa=""> This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

In the last three hundred years, man has created a magnificent industrial society, produced machines that do much of the work for him and has gathered an ever-increasing knowledge of the universe.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Although, I and my brother are twins but I never got over with my brother but with time we turned buddies.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

I have adopted in this work the method which I think most suitable, proceeding analytically from common knowledge to the determination of its ultimate principle.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

According to the police reports, some unidentified persons broke in the house last night and stole the jewellery, damaged the paintings and electronics and kill the pet.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Many experts on the Middle-East assert that the only way to bring stability and peace in the region is to ensure personal liberty and equitable distribution of resources in the region.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Studies on extraordinarily high immunity levels of mole-rats can be applied to health problems ranging from the spread of viral infection within a group to HIV+ people being most susceptible to infections.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The members of European Union want to determine whether the EU can collect crude oil import needs figures of all member states, negotiate collectively with the suppliers, and devise a method by which they can be billed, depending upon their purchase quantity.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

A study of the way a society treats its elderly population can tell us many things about that society including the value of morals, degree of sensitivity towards unproductive members, level of spiritual maturity, and quality of life in general.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The election campaign of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, who became the first Black President of United States, has become the subject of a case study at many prominent B-Schools.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Some psychiatrists say that the symptoms of Persecution Mania are more closely analogous to those of Schizophrenia - a disease characterized by disconnect from reality - than to Paranoia.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Some forest dwelling tribes in Indonesia, like some tribes in Africa, have matrilineal societies in which females take on rights and responsibilities like heading the tribe, inheriting family wealth, and to cultivate the fields, and rearing children as well.