Sentence Improvement problems
- 1. During his long discourse, he did not touch that point.
Options- A. touch upon
- B. touch on
- C. touch of
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: touch on
- 2. He found a wooden broken chair in the room.
Options- A. wooden and broken chair
- B. broken wooden chair
- C. broken and wooden chair
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: broken wooden chair
- 3. He could not look anything in the dark room.
Options- A. look at
- B. see
- C. see through
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: see
- 4. The greatest thing in style is to have a use of metaphor.
Options- A. knowledge
- B. command
- C. need
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: knowledge
- 5. While crossing the highway a five year old child was knocked out by a passing car.
Options- A. away
- B. up
- C. down
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: down
- 6. hoping not to be disturbed, I sat down in my easy chair to read the book. I won as a prize.
Options- A. I had won as a prize
- B. I have won as prize
- C. I had to win as a prize
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: I had won as a prize
- 7. More than one person was killed in accident.
Options- A. were killed
- B. are killed
- C. have been killed
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: No improvement
Explanation:
The expression more than one + noun, though plural in sense, is followed by a singular verb.
Example: More than one person has died in the accident.
Explanation provided by: Samy Kumar. Updated on 4th Aug 2018.
- 8. No one could explain how a calm and balanced person like him could penetrate such a mindless act on his friends.
Options- A. perpetuate
- B. perpetrate
- C. precipitate
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: perpetrate
- 9. Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.
Options- A. was sitting
- B. sat
- C. have been sitting
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: was sitting
- 10. I took the cycle which he bought yesterday.
Options- A. that he bought yesterday
- B. that which he had bought yesterday
- C. that he had bought yesterday
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: that he had bought yesterday
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