Sentence Improvement


Direction: In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is No Improvement.

  1. If the room had been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before going to bed.









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    Had the room been brighter, Shweta would have been able to read for a while before bedtime is the right sentence.

    Correct Option: C

    Had the room been brighter, Shweta would have been able to read for a while before bedtime is the right sentence.


  1. She is annoying that her father had not accepted her suggestion.









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    Here, Past Perfect Tense has been used.
    When both the events happen in the Past, the first event takes Past Per. T. and the second event takes Simple Past Tense
    Hence, was annoyed is the right usage.

    Correct Option: D

    Here, Past Perfect Tense has been used.
    When both the events happen in the Past, the first event takes Past Per. T. and the second event takes Simple Past Tense
    Hence, was annoyed is the right usage.



  1. I was greatly shocked by the most ruthless murder.









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    gruesome (Adjective) : very unpleasant and filling you with horror (of death injury)
    ruthless (Adj.) : hard and cruel (of people or their behaviour)
    loathsome (Adj.) : extremely unpleasant ; disgusting
    Hence, gruesome is the right usage.

    Correct Option: A

    gruesome (Adjective) : very unpleasant and filling you with horror (of death injury)
    ruthless (Adj.) : hard and cruel (of people or their behaviour)
    loathsome (Adj.) : extremely unpleasant ; disgusting
    Hence, gruesome is the right usage.


  1. This matter admits no excuse.









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    admit of (Phr.V.) : to show that something is possible as a solution, an explanation, etc.
    admits (V.) : to accept truth
    admit to (Phr. V.) : to confess something to someone
    Here, admits of is the right usage.

    Correct Option: C

    admit of (Phr.V.) : to show that something is possible as a solution, an explanation, etc.
    admits (V.) : to accept truth
    admit to (Phr. V.) : to confess something to someone
    Here, admits of is the right usage.



  1. He was a failure at art but his last piece was so beautiful that no one could believe he had painted it.









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    No improvement

    Correct Option: D

    No improvement