English Language

Sentence Improvement

821 Questions
All Tense and Time Sequence 181 Verb-Governed Prepositions 145 Lexical Confusables 75 Subject-Verb Agreement 59 Modifiers 48 Determiners and Quantifiers 47 Infinitive vs. Gerund 47 Correlative and Paired Conjunctions 35 Conditional Sentences 30 Pronoun Case and Agreement 24 Redundancy 24 Parallel Structure 20 Question Tags 10 Reported Speech 8

Sentence Improvement Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

The report that Ted is sending poison pen letters are surprising.

  1. is surprising

  2. was surprising

  3. were surprising

  4. No improvement needed
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Subject verb agreement case. “The report” is singular and needs singular auxilary verb. Hence, option 1.

Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

The report that mobile phones cause memory loss has been challenged.

  1. is challenging

  2. had been challenged

  3. is challenged

  4. No improvement needed
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

No error

Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

Can you tell me where can I find the lost and found office?

  1. where I can find

  2. where I found

  3. where can I found

  4. No improvement needed
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Double interrogatives are not allowed in a single sentence. Thus, option 1.

Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

What I learned was that freedom is really the result of how you will remove obstacles.

  1. you would remove

  2. you can remove

  3. you remove

  4. No improvement needed
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Word 'learned' demonstrates the usage of simple past tense. So, it should be “result of how you improve”, and 'will' is not required.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Choose the correct alternative which may improve the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).

As soon as the father entered the room, children starts to shout.

  1. started shouting

  2. start to shout

  3. starting to shout

  4. No improvement

  5. -
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Since the verb in the first clause is in simple past tense, so the same form of verb should come in the phrase that follows.

Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence, three possible substitutions are given for the underlined part. Choose the one that is better than the underlined part. If none of the substitutions improve the sentence then choose the last option.

We will have to work around the total cost of the project before approving it.

  1. work away

  2. work in

  3. work out

  4. No improvement

  5. .
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

To work out something is to make calculations. This is the correct answer as it indicates that the total cost will have to be calculated before approval.