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Sentence Correction Practice - Test 4

Practice your grammar and sentence correction skills with 11 questions covering punctuation, word choice, sentence structure, and clarity.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

None, accept an archdeacon, pretends to know what the duties of an archdeacon are, so no one can say if these duties are performed perfunctorily and inadequately, or scrupulously and successfully.

  1. None, accept an archdeacon, pretends to know what the duties of an archdeacon are, so no one can say if these
  2. No one except an archdeacon pretends to know what the duties of an archdeacon are, so none can say if these
  3. No one, except an archdeacon pretends to know what the duties are of an archdeacon, so anybody cannot say whether these
  4. No one, except an archdeacon, pretends to know what the duties of an archdeacon are, so no one can say if these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to WHO reports, the number of HIV+ people in the world, which has already been approaching 70 million, will attain 120 million by 2030.

  1. According to WHO reports, the number of HIV+ people in the world, which has already been approaching 70 million, will attain 120 million by 2030.
  2. Already approaching 70 million in the world, WHO reports predict that the number of HIV+ people in the world will reach 120 million by 2030.
  3. WHO reports predict by 2030 that the number of HIV+ people in the world, which is already approaching 70 million, will reach 120 million.
  4. By 2030, WHO reports predict that the number of HIV+ people in the world, having already reached 70 million, will reach 120 million.
  5. According to WHO reports, the number of HIV+ people in the world is already approaching 70 million and will reach 120 million by 2030.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Aging in humans depends upon many factors like environment, heredity, and lifestyle' whereas wild animals age at a steady rate regardless of the lifestyle and environment.

  1. Aging in humans depends upon many factors like environment, heredity, and lifestyle' whereas wild animals age at a steady rate regardless of the lifestyle and environment.
  2. Regardless of lifestyle and environment, wild animals age at a steady rate whereas the aging of humans depends not only on these factors, but also on heredity.
  3. Aging in human beings depends upon many factors like environment, heredity, and lifestyle' whereas aging in wild animals goes at a steady rate regardless of lifestyle and environment.
  4. Aging of human beings depends on many factors like environment, heredity, and lifestyle whereas aging in wild animals goes at a steady rate depending solely on heredity.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The rain brought a brief respite from the scorching heat so that a wet front spread along the coast.

  1. from the scorching heat so much so that a wet front spread along the coast
  2. to the scorching heat, spreading a wet front along the coast
  3. to the scorching heat when it spread a wet front along the coast
  4. from the scorching heat, for a wet front spread along the coast
  5. by the spread of a wet front, from the scorching heat along the coast
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Unlike most test prep courses, which require students to stay on until the end to understand, students at XYZ understand the test prep course even if they leave before it is completed.

  1. on until the end to understand, students at XYZ understand the test prep course
  2. till the end to understand, students at XYZ understand the test prep course
  3. till the end to understand, XYZ empowers its students to understand the test prep course
  4. till the end to understand, XYZ's test prep can be understood by the students
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

While there was an increase in the profitability of General Electric after the loss making period during the early decades of the twentieth century, still as late as the last decade of the twentieth century, the company was operating on barely sustainable margins.

  1. While there was an increase in the profitability of General Electric after the loss making period during the early decades of the twentieth century, still as late as the last decade of the twentieth century
  2. After the loss making period during the early decades of the twentieth century, General Electric's profitability improved, but as late as the last decade of the twentieth century
  3. Even though General Electric's profitability, which improved over the early decades of twentieth century's loss making period, was better in the last decade of the twentieth century
  4. Although General Electric's profitability increased after the early decades of the twentieth century, during which it was continually in loss, as late as the last decade of the twentieth century
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Two persons in twenty-five, aged forty years or more, are now working from home, compared with just one in ninety in 1990.

  1. persons in twenty-five, aged forty years or more, are now working from home, compared with just one in ninety
  2. in twenty-five persons, whose age is forty or more, is now working from home, compared to just one of ninety
  3. persons in twenty-five, aged forty or older, is now working from home, compared to just one in ninety
  4. among twenty-five persons, aged forty or more, is now working from home, compared with just one in ninety
  5. persons in twenty-five, of age forty or older, are now working at home, compared to just one person in ninety
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

New research has provided evidence supporting the theory of earth's magnetic field going haywire over the Bermuda Triangle that caused the disappearance of many airplanes and ships in the area.

  1. supporting the theory of earth's magnetic field going haywire over the Bermuda Triangle that caused
  2. supporting the theory that earth's magnetic field going haywire over Bermuda Triangle caused
  3. that supports the theory of earth's magnetic field going haywire over Bermuda Triangle that caused
  4. supporting the theory of earth's magnetic field going haywire over the Bermuda Triangle and causing
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

As per International Space Agency's recent findings, aping the developed nations by sending satellites to other planets will lead to financial ruin for the developing nations, which should rather focus on infrastructure development and industrialization.

  1. aping the developed nations by sending satellites to other planets will lead to financial ruin for the developing nations, which
  2. the developing nations, in sending satellites to other planets, will lead to financial ruin by aping the developed nations, they
  3. financial ruin will result from aping the developed nations in sending satellites to other planets by developing nations, which
  4. sending satellites to other planets like developed nations will lead to financial ruin of developing nations, which
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Nissan Micra's march towards the international markets was slightly delayed after its Japan launching to make it conform to European and American pollution standards.

  1. Nissan Micra's march towards the international markets was slightly delayed after its Japan launching to make it conform to European and American pollution standards.
  2. After its Japan launch, Nissan Micra's march towards the international markets was slightly delayed to make it conform to European and American pollution standards.
  3. To make it conform to European and American pollution standards, Nissan Micra's march towards the international markets was slightly delayed.
  4. After its Japan launch, Nissan Micra's march towards the international markets was slightly delayed to make the car conform to European and American pollution standards.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Although most amongst us can differentiate a good dress from a bad one, we are much less adept in distinguishing a good person and a bad one, a genuine smile and fake.

  1. much less adept in distinguishing a good person and a bad one, a genuine smile and fake
  2. far less adept in distinguishing a good person from a bad one, a genuine smile from a fake one
  3. far less adept at distinguishing a good person from a bad one, a genuine smile from a fake one
  4. much less adept in distinguishing good persons and bad ones, genuine smile and a fake one
  5. much less adept when it comes to distinguishing between good persons, bad persons, a genuine smile, and a fake one
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