SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT QUESTIONS

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Directions (Q.11-20). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will he in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is ‘e’.

1. I have been teaching a)/ in this school since b)/ several years but have c)/ never met such a hopeless class as this. d)/ No error e)

2. I have an a)/ appointment on the b)/ 9th of September on c)/ five O’clock.d)/ No error e)

3. Despite of a good a)/ monsoon this year, the b)/ production of food grains in the country c)/ did not go up. d)/ No error e)

4. Ordinarily, when in a)/ difficulty Renu prefers b)/ keeping her counsel than c)/ running about taking advice. d)/ No error e)

5. The invitation card a)/ says that Satish b)/ marries with c)/ Sunita next month.d)/ No error e)

6. She looked very a)/ different from the b)/ photograph I c)/ had of her. d)/ No error e)

7. The bride said a)/ that she would not b)/ marry the man c)/ over thirty five.d)/ No error e)

8. The reason a)/ of his failure b)/ is due to c)/ his negligence.d)/ No error e)

9. The captain and his a)/ wife were invited b)/ for the cultural c)/ function at my home.d)/ No error e)

10. Yesterday, while a)/ crossing the b)/ road he was run out c)/ by a truck. d) No error e)

ANSWERS:

1. b; Replace “since” with “for”.
2. c; Replace “on” with “at”.
3. a; Omit “of”
4. c; Replace “than” with “to”
5. c; Replace “with” with “to”
6. e; No error.
7. d; Replace “over” with “above”
8. b; Replace “of” with “for”
9. c; Replace “for” with “at”
10. c; Replace “run out” with “run over”