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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- I want to admit in a university in the US.
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enrol (V.) : to arrange for yourself/for somebody else to officially join a course, school, etc.
admit (V.) : allow to enter/join
Hence, enrol will be used in place of admit.Correct Option: C
enrol (V.) : to arrange for yourself/for somebody else to officially join a course, school, etc.
admit (V.) : allow to enter/join
Hence, enrol will be used in place of admit.