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. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

A person who loses heart after failure is a lost soul, but a person who takes failure in his stride and continued his efforts for success, does succeed in the long.

  1. continue in

  2. continues in

  3. will continue

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

'continues in' is the correct option as it is a case of simple present tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

All the great men of the world would face great obstacles in the fulfillment of their mission.

  1. had to face

  2. were facing

  3. had been facing

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

'had to face' is the correct option. 'were facing' and 'had been facing' is the incorrect option because there is no continuation being showed in the sentence.

Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

While I was a student, I was a member of the college cricket team, which I should captain in my last year.

  1. captained

  2. had captained

  3. have captained

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

 'Captained' is the correct option. 'Should captain' is incorrect as it talks about the present. 'Had captained' is incorrect because there is no comparison among any events. 'Have captianed' is also grammatically incorrect.

Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

A man with severe brain damage regained the ability to talk, eat, and move after doctors have implanted an electrical device deep inside his brain.

  1. implanted

  2. would implant

  3. implant

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

'implanted' is the correct option because it is a case of simple past tense. 

Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

He touched at unemployment and allied problems in his talk.

  1. touched upon

  2. touched with

  3. touched of

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

'Touched upon' is the correct option as prepositions 'with' and 'of' will  be grammatically incorrect.

Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

All nations which do not or cannot observe internal discipline will ultimately ruled by some external power which is capable of enforcing discipline.

  1. will ultimately be ruled

  2. will ultimately rule

  3. can ultimately be ruled

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

' will ultimately be ruled' is the correct option because after the word 'ruled' there is followed by the preposition 'by' and for that we need to use the helping verb 'be'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and 'No correction is required', mark (E) as the answer.

Your bonus will dependent the quality of your work.

  1. is dependable

  2. depends on

  3. being dependent

  4. going to depend

  5. No correction required
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'will dependent' is grammatically incorrect. It should be 'will depend on' to correctly use the verb form.

Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and 'No correction is required', mark (E) as the answer.

He did not ask for a raise since he had fear to lose his job.

  1. was fearful of

  2. was feared to

  3. was afraid to

  4. had been afraid to

  5. No correction required
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'had fear to' is awkward and non-idiomatic. 'Was afraid to' is the standard way to express this sentiment.

Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and 'No correction is required', mark (E) as the answer.

The organizers agreed to shift the conference at some place convenience to all participants.

  1. any of the place convenient

  2. at places convenient

  3. from a place of convenience

  4. to a place convenient

  5. No correction required
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The original phrase 'at some place convenience' is grammatically incorrect. 'To a place convenient' is the correct structure.

Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and 'No correction is required', mark (E) as the answer.

As compared to last year there has been a sharp rise in interest rates.

  1. sharper rise of

  2. as sharp a rise

  3. sharp rises in

  4. sharply rising

  5. No correction required
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence 'As compared to last year there has been a sharp rise in interest rates' is grammatically correct as written.

Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and 'No correction is required', mark (E) as the answer.

In the 1970s banks required to submit their detailed plans of expansion to RBI.

  1. were required to submit

  2. required for submission

  3. are required to submit

  4. requirement of submitting

  5. No correction required
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence refers to a past requirement. The passive voice construction 'were required to submit' is grammatically necessary here.

Multiple choice

Directions: Replace the underlined part of the sentence with the suitable option, if needed. If the sentence requires no improvement, choose the fourth option.

It's high time she were learning.

  1. she was learn

  2. she was learning

  3. she is learning

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

The phrase 'It's high time' is followed by the past tense to indicate something that should have been done already. 'She was learning' is a standard past continuous form.