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.
- My father has been advised to reduce smoking.
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cut down : to reduce the size, amount or number of something.
cut down (Phr. V.) is the correct replacement for reduce (V.)
⇒ The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.
⇒ I won’t have a cigarette, thanks-I am trying to cut down.Correct Option: A
cut down : to reduce the size, amount or number of something.
cut down (Phr. V.) is the correct replacement for reduce (V.)
⇒ The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.
⇒ I won’t have a cigarette, thanks-I am trying to cut down.
- No sooner had he reaching the station than the train began to move.
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The structure is :
No sooner did he reach .....
No sooner had he reached....
In this case, no sooner is used to talk about something that happens immediately after something else.
Hence, Past Per. Tense – had reached is the right usage.Correct Option: C
The structure is :
No sooner did he reach .....
No sooner had he reached....
In this case, no sooner is used to talk about something that happens immediately after something else.
Hence, Past Per. Tense – had reached is the right usage.
- The old car thumped along over the stony road.
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No improvement
thumped (V.) : to hit somebody/something hard
creaked (V.) : sound made by a door when it is opened/ sound made by wooden floor when you step on it
crawled (V.) : to move forward very slowly
chugged (V.) : to move by making the sound of an engine running slowlyCorrect Option: D
No improvement
thumped (V.) : to hit somebody/something hard
creaked (V.) : sound made by a door when it is opened/ sound made by wooden floor when you step on it
crawled (V.) : to move forward very slowly
chugged (V.) : to move by making the sound of an engine running slowly
- He has composed a beautiful song.
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No improvement.
Correct Option: D
No improvement.
- 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.
