SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT QUESTIONS

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Directions (Q. No. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e), i.e., no error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

1). I have been traveling by local trains (a)/ since last several years (b)/ but had never experienced (c)/ such a horrible situation as this. (d)/ No error (e)

2). I found this ring (a)/ as I dig in the garden. (b)/ It looks very old. (c)/ I wonder who it belonged to. (d)/ No error (e)

3). India today stands (a)/ at crucial crossroads (b)/ with its history (c)/ as an independent nation. (d)/ No error (e)

4). By April next year (a)/ I will have been (b)/ working in this office (c)/ for twenty years. (d)/ No error (e)

5). He was having a bath (a)/ when the phone rang (b)/ very unwillingly he got out of the bath (c)/ and went to answer it. (d)/ No error (e)

6). By the time he gets back (a)/ from his holidays (b)/ the milkman has left (c)/ twenty one bottles of milk outside his door.(d)/ No error (e)

7). Have you heard the news? (a)/ Mukesh and Malati are engaged. (b) / that is not new, (c)/ I know it for ages. (d)/ No error (e)

8). Ganesh is not only involved (a)/ in organising conferences and seminars (b) / but also in conducting (c)/ adult literacy programmes. (d)/ No error (e)

9). When I heard his knock (a)/ I went to the door (b)/ and opened it (c)/ but I was not recognise him. (d)/ No error (e).

10). If would have realised(a)/ what a bad shape our library is in (b)/ I would have done something (c)/ to arrest the deterioration. (d)/ No error (e).

ANSWERS:

1).b
2).b
3).e
4).e
5).c
6).c
7).d
8).a
9).d
10).a

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