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.
- A greedy man always hankers after money.
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No improvement
Hanker after : to have a strong desire for something.Correct Option: C
No improvement
Hanker after : to have a strong desire for something.
- It is not difficult to forgive someone who says sorry.
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Apologise : to say that you are sorry for doing something wrong.
Here, apologises is the right usage.Correct Option: D
Apologise : to say that you are sorry for doing something wrong.
Here, apologises is the right usage.
Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
- Hundreds of children are deaf born every year.
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Here, are born deaf every is the right usage.
Bear ⇒ Bore ⇒ Born (Past Participle)Correct Option: C
Here, are born deaf every is the right usage.
Bear ⇒ Bore ⇒ Born (Past Participle)
- She had realized that she had seen him before.
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Here, Past Simple i.e. realized is the right usage.
Correct Option: B
Here, Past Simple i.e. realized is the right usage.
- Being ill, he came to work.
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In spite of being ill/his illness, he came to work is the right sentence.
Correct Option: C
In spite of being ill/his illness, he came to work is the right sentence.