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English Sentence Improvement Quiz

Test your ability to identify the clearest, most grammatically correct expressions for various sentences.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

  1. He is often dismissed as merely being a propagandist for a morally repugnant political cause.
  2. He is often dismissed as being a propagandist merely for a morally repugnant political cause.
  3. He is often dismissed for being merely a propagandist for a morally repugnant political cause.
  4. He is often dismissed as a mere propagandist for a morally repugnant political cause.
  5. He is often dismissed merely for being a propagandist for a morally repugnant political cause.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

  1. In the cellphone era, you never have to worry about whether or not you are able to find any phone numbers you need.
  2. In the cellphone era, you never have to worry whether or not you are able to find any phone numbers you need.
  3. In the cellphone era, you don’t ever have to worry that you’ll find any phone numbers you need.
  4. In the cellphone era, you never have to look around for any phone numbers you need.
  5. In the cellphone era, you don’t ever need to worry about finding any phone numbers you need.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

  1. The strike reduced energy reserves, which caused unemployment among the workers.
  2. The strike reduced energy reserves, which caused the workers to unemployed.
  3. The strike reduced energy reserves, a circumstance that resulted in unemployment.
  4. The strike reduced energy reserves, a fact that created unemployed workers.
  5. The strike reduced energy reserves, which led many workers to be unemployed.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear,x concise and correct manner.

  1. If I were he, I would not pester you with my repeated requests.
  2. If I were him, I would not pester you with my repeated requests.
  3. If I were he, I would not have pestered you with my repeated requests.
  4. If I was he, I would not pester you with my repeated requests.
  5. If I was he, I would not have pestered you with my repeated requests.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear,x concise and correct manner.

  1. He is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues.
  2. He is so gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues.
  3. He is as gifted, if not more gifted, as many of his colleagues.
  4. He is being as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear,x concise and correct manner.

  1. By leading trump, the contract was defeated resoundingly by the defenders.
  2. By leading trump, the defenders defeated the contract resoundingly.
  3. The defenders resounded the defeat of the contract by leading trump.
  4. The contract, by leading trump, was defeated resoundingly by the defenders.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear,x concise and correct manner.

  1. Initially we were skeptical about his abilities, afterwards it occurred to us that she could be a very articulate and diplomatic negotiator.
  2. Initially we were skeptical about his abilities, yet she could be a very articulate and diplomatic negotiator.
  3. Initially we were skeptical about his abilities, but we came to realize that she could be a very articulate and diplomatic negotiator.
  4. Initially we were skeptical about his abilities, we concluded, however, that she could be a very articulate and diplomatic negotiator.
  5. Initially we were skeptical about his abilities, then we decided that she could be a very articulate and diplomatic negotiator.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

  1. His reluctance in committing himself to judging the authenticity of the manuscript may be caused as a result of his perceived inability to grasp the subject.
  2. His reluctance to judge the authenticity of the manuscript may be caused as a result of his perceived inability to grasp the subject.
  3. His reluctance to judge the authenticity of the manuscript may be a result of his perceived inability to grasp the subject.
  4. His reluctance over committing himself to judgment of the authenticity of the manuscript may be caused by his perceived inability to grasp the subject.
  5. His reluctance in committing himself as to judging of the authenticity of the manuscript may be a result of his perceived inability to grasp the subject.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear,x concise and correct manner.

  1. Our powers of communication are by far greater than any other animal.
  2. Our powers of communication are far greater than that of any other animal.
  3. Our powers of communication are greater by far than that of any other animal.
  4. Our powers of communication are far greater than those of any other animal.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear,x concise and correct manner.

  1. The Police Department was not only responsible for the maintenance of order but also for rebuilding the bonds among the various ethnic groups.
  2. The Police Department was responsible not only for maintaining order but also for rebuilding the bonds among the various ethnic groups.
  3. The Police Department was responsible not only for the maintenance of order and also for rebuilding among the various ethnic groups.
  4. The Police Department was responsible not only for the maintenance of order and also for the rebuilding of bonds among the various ethnic groups.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear,x concise and correct manner.

  1. The Renaissance painters were so impressed with Da Vinci that they ignored their own training and designate as a masterpiece anything he painted
  2. The Renaissance painters were impressed with Da Vinci to such an extent that they were to ignore their own training and designate as a masterpiece anything he painted
  3. The Renaissance painters were so impressed with Da Vinci as to ignore their own training and designate as a masterpiece anything he painted
  4. The Renaissance painters were so impressed with Da Vinci that they had to ignore their own training and designate as a masterpiece anything he painted
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear,x concise and correct manner.

  1. The populace stubbornly clings to the belief that highly processed foods are neither particularly healthy or tasty.
  2. The populace stubbornly clings to the belief that highly processed foods are neither particularly healthful nor tasty.
  3. The populace stubbornly clings to the belief that highly processed foods are not particularly healthy or tasty.
  4. The populace stubbornly clings to the belief that highly processed foods are not particularly healthful or tasteful.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

Had the director known what he was doing, the play would have run for more than one night.

  1. Had the director known what he was doing, the play would have run for more than one night.
  2. If the director would have known what he was doing, the play would have run for more than one night.
  3. If the director would know what he was doing, the play would run for more than one night.
  4. Had the director known what he had been doing, the play would run for more than one night.
  5. If the director knew what he was doing, the play would have run for more than one night.
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