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: Improve the under given sentence, if needed, by replacing the underlined part of it with the appropriate option. If no correction is required, mark option 4 as the answer.

The motivations of brutalism in under developed countries are different from those in developed countries.

  1. motivations in

  2. motivations on

  3. motivations for

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

When discussing what inspires or drives an architectural style or movement, we use 'motivations for' rather than 'motivations of' or 'motivations in'. The preposition 'for' indicates the reason or purpose behind something. 'Motivations of' would suggest the motivations belong to brutalism itself, while 'motivations for' correctly asks what motivates people to choose brutalist architecture.

Multiple choice

Directions: Improve the under given sentence, if needed, by replacing the underlined part of it with the appropriate option. If no correction is required, mark option 4 as the answer.

He said so out of affection, do not take it to heart.

  1. in heart

  2. it In the heart

  3. by the heart

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

'Take it to heart' is a standard English idiom that means to be deeply affected or hurt by something someone says. The phrase 'to heart' is correct here - it indicates that the remark reaches one's emotions or feelings. Options like 'in heart', 'by the heart' are not part of standard English idioms.

Multiple choice

Directions: Improve the under given sentence, if needed, by replacing the underlined part of it with the appropriate option. If no correction is required, mark option 4 as the answer.

A bird in hand is worth two in bush.

  1. two at a bush

  2. two in the bush

  3. two on bush

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

The proverb is 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.' The original sentence misses the definite article 'the' before 'bush'. This proverb means that having something certain (a bird you've caught) is better than risking it for something greater but uncertain (two birds still in the bush). Option B adds the missing 'the' correctly.

Multiple choice

Directions: Improve the under given sentence, if needed, by replacing the underlined part of it with the appropriate option. If no correction is required, mark option 4 as the answer.

I am used to hard work.

  1. hard working

  2. work hard

  3. working hard

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

The phrase 'used to' followed by a gerund (verb + ing) indicates a habit or state of being accustomed to something. Therefore, 'working hard' is the correct grammatical structure.

Multiple choice

Directions: Improve the under given sentence, if needed, by replacing the underlined part of it with the appropriate option. If no correction is required, mark option 4 as the answer.

It is high time that we did something about it.

  1. had done

  2. would do

  3. can do

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

The phrase 'It is high time' is followed by the past subjunctive (unreal past) to express that something should have been done already. So 'It is high time that we did something' is correct - using 'did' (past tense form) to show urgency. Options like 'had done', 'would do', 'can do' change the meaning and are not standard with this construction.