ST-3 (Grammar Based)

Directions: The sentence below may have one or more grammatical error. Select the grammatically correct option from among those given below the sentence:

My elder brother is older to me by five years.
(A) My elder brother is older than I by five years.
(B) My elder brother is older than me by five years.
(C) My older brother is elder to me by five years.

Directions: The sentence below may have one or more grammatical error. Select the grammatically correct option from among those given below the sentence:

I have finished reading just the two first chapters of this book.
(A) I have finished reading just two chapters of this book.
(B) I have finished just the first two chapters of this book.
(C) I have just finished reading the first two chapters of this book.

Directions: The following sentences may have one or more grammatical errors. Select the grammatically incorrect option from among those given below the set of sentences.

(A) None except her and her father arrived at the venue in time.
(B) Either you, or your brother or sister ought to have informed me.
(C) Let you and I go for a walk.

Directions: The following sentences may have one or more grammatical errors. Select the grammatically incorrect option from among those given below the set of sentences.

(A) Everybody spoke up in unison for their rights.
(B) One has to reckon with the fact that he is ultimately responsible for his own deeds.
(C) Let us not chortle at others' discomfiture.

Directions: The following sentences may have one or more grammatical errors. Select the grammatically incorrect option from among those given below the set of sentences.

(A) There are lesser students in the class today than there were yesterday.
(B) Before I could move a limb, the reckless driver had run over the poor little pup.
(C) Little did I know that events will take such a course.

Directions: The following sentences may have one or more grammatical errors. Select the grammatically incorrect option from among those given below the set of sentences.

(A) He found out to his utter dismay that his son failed in the examination.
(B) He did not, and never intended to, return the book.
(C) I, for one, am not in favor.

Directions: The following sentences may have one or more grammatical errors. Select the grammatically incorrect option from among those given below the set of sentences.

(A) What I have been able to imply from this article is that mathematics is at the root of most physical sciences.
(B) Many of the most energetic students end up as under-achievers in life because of the lack of focus on their goals.
(C) Despite hard work he could not clear the exam.

Directions: There are two statements which can be combined into a single statement in a number of different ways without changing their meaning. Below them are given three probable starters of such combined sentence. Decide upon which is/are correct, if any, and answer the question.

STATEMENTS:
You have keen mental perception.
But you are not assiduous.
STARTERS:
I. Though having keen mental perception, ____
II. While you have keen mental perception, ____
III. Despite having keen mental perception, ____

Directions: There are two statements which can be combined into a single statement in a number of different ways without changing their meaning. Below them are given three probable starters of such combined sentence. Decide upon which is/are correct, if any, and answer the question.

STATEMENTS:
He failed in the examination.
So he joined his father's business.
STARTERS:
I. Due to his failing ____
II. Having failed ____
III. Since he failed ____

Directions: There are two statements which can be combined into a single statement in a number of different ways without changing their meaning. Below them are given three probable starters of such combined sentence. Decide upon which is/are correct, if any, and answer the question.

STATEMENTS:
The students are pretty sharp.
I expect them to do well.
STARTERS:
I. For the students ____
II. Because of the sharp ____
III. As a result of ____

Directions: There are two statements which can be combined into a single statement in a number of different ways without changing their meaning. Below them are given three probable starters of such combined sentence. Decide upon which is/are correct, if any, and answer the question.

STATEMENTS:
I do not deny that I am in the wrong.
I only want time to make amends.
STARTERS:
I. Though I may be in the wrong, ____
II. I am in the wrong ____
III. In spite of my denial ____

Directions: There are two statements which can be combined into a single statement in a number of different ways without changing their meaning. Below them are given three probable starters of such combined sentence. Decide upon which is/are correct, if any, and answer the question.

STATEMENTS:
The strike failed.
The workers had no option but to join work.
STARTERS:
I. The strike having failed, ____
II. As a result of ____
III. The failure of the strike ____

Directions: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A. As well as causing stress, bad breath can be exacerbated by stress.
B. One study showed that when teachers used more complex speech, very young children learn to create more complex sentences themselves.
C. The storm reached its crescendo shortly before 3 a.m. in the morning.
D. At the beginning of 1998, the World Bank established a special internal audit committee to examine problems of corruption in its lending policies.

Directions: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A. A spa is a spring whose water has the highest temperature than the water in the surrounding area.
B. It is not too much to say that had there been no IMF, there would have been no East Asia crisis.
C. The police reached the place and when they left, 40 persons had been injured and 70 arrested.
D. If you go on to let your dog chasing cars, he will get run over one day.

Directions: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.A. The question of when man started cooking his food has not been answered by anthropologists with any definiteness.
B. There has not been sufficient rain this year.
C. Dr. Friedman, who is a leader of the laissez faire school, goes farther than most other observers, particularly in accusing the Fund of laying the ground for the crisis.
D. The Neanderthals appeared in Europe during the three interglacial period.

Directions: The sentence below may have one or more grammatical error. Select the grammatically correct option from among those given below the sentence:

You need not to worry. I shall look into everybody and everything.
(A) You need not worry. I shall look into everything.
(B) You need not worry. I shall look after everybody and everything
(C) You need not to worry. I shall look after everybody and into everything.

Directions: The sentence below may have one or more grammatical error. Select the grammatically correct option from among those given below the sentence:

No sooner that I stepped out of the house than it started raining.
(A) No sooner that I had stepped out of the house than it started raining.
(B) No sooner had I stepped out of the house than it started raining.
(C) No sooner than I stepped out of the house that it started raining.

Directions: The sentence below may have one or more grammatical error. Select the grammatically correct option from among those given below the sentence:

You haven't finished your work. Didn't you?
(A) You haven't finished your work. Haven't you?
(B) You haven't finished your work. Have you?
(C) You did finish your work. Didn't you?

Directions: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different from America.
B. Taiwan and Korea had systems originating in government by corrupt oligarchies which left a legacy of malpractice after even the political scenery had changed.
C. The IMF is still reeling under the shock of the barrage of criticism it received over their handling of the Asian Crisis.
D. A dangerous coincidence of circumstances laid behind the great Asian Miracle.

Directions: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A. Periodically he had to travel with bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies.
B. I looked back at Mandeep, seated besides her.
C. Frantic to escape, I tried forcing my body through the half open window.
D. I realized then that teaching me a skill and providing me an opportunity to make a few bucks were far less important to him than the time we spent together.

Directions: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A. Many teenagers will turn off their friends and family to help them decide about college.
B. The increasing popularity of the motorcycle as a convenient, economical form of transportation has been just short of astounding.
C. An NGO friend had arranged the visit to a village where his project had begun working.
D. It is believed that the under privileged people have registered no progress in the last four and a half decades.

Directions: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A. The devastating news of my son's death kept coming back to me in different ways, each one as if I were hearing it for the first time.
B. What a surprise one morning when she walked into the grocery store where I worked and convinced my boss to let me off long enough for her to take me to lunch.
C. The people of the town kept on praying for hour on the town square.
D. When hour ended, as if on magical command, a soft rain began to fall.

Directions: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A. Once at Greenwood, we walked through the familiar hilly path to great grandma Van Patten's grave.
B. As we talked, I felt myself relaxed forgetting the tensions of unemployment.
C. With 10 children and one on the way, every day was a bit hectic.
D. She was always there, her steady blue eyes shinning, her voice encouraging, her gentle touch conveyed her trust and love for the little boy.

Directions: Identify the incorrect sentence(s).

A. A mad scramble and we were off, running and stopping, peering and bobbing, as we hunted for epitaphs of long ago.
B. I found a tall, leafy tree and leaned against it's massive trunk.
C. He was serving as a medic at a small field hospital in Africa.
D. She began to describe the sceneries of Manali streets as she would to a blind tourist.

Directions: Identify the incorrect sentence(s).

A. I had such wonderful plans laid out for my life and they all seemed to be right in track.
B. She is one of those who has sought the warmth of a fire that got out of hand.
C. The wife was afraid that if she told him they had just won such a large sum, he would have another heart attack and die.
D. Walking beside my husband and meeting his needs was a challenge and God gave me the strength to meet those challenges one step at a time.