Sentence Improvement
Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2, and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case "no improvement" is needed, your answer is ‘4’.
- “Do you remember his phone number? I don't suspect so.”
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don’t think so (Idiom) : used for saying very strongly that you do not agree to something, or that something is not possible suspect (Verb.) : to be suspicious about something; not to trust something
Here, don’t think is the right usage.Correct Option: A
don’t think so (Idiom) : used for saying very strongly that you do not agree to something, or that something is not possible suspect (Verb.) : to be suspicious about something; not to trust something
Here, don’t think is the right usage.
Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2 and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
- Please report to me when you return back from Delhi.
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return (Verb) : to come or go back from one place to another
return : turn back → We had to return to the old rules.
Here, you return from is the right usage.Correct Option: B
return (Verb) : to come or go back from one place to another
return : turn back → We had to return to the old rules.
Here, you return from is the right usage.
- Ravi has been demanding a lot more marks, doesn't he ?
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to make a tag, the first Auxiliary (has) will be used.
Hence, hasn’t he ? is the right usage.Correct Option: A
to make a tag, the first Auxiliary (has) will be used.
Hence, hasn’t he ? is the right usage.
- In case if it rains, I shall not visit you.
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in case (Conj.) : in the event that something takes place ;as a precaution, if
Here, If/In case is the right usage.Correct Option: C
in case (Conj.) : in the event that something takes place ;as a precaution, if
Here, If/In case is the right usage.
- TV sets have become costlier, thanks to the sudden rise in the prices of imported compounds.
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components (Noun) : one of several parts of which something is made compounds (Noun) : a thing consisting of two or more separate things combined together
Here, components is the right usage.Correct Option: B
components (Noun) : one of several parts of which something is made compounds (Noun) : a thing consisting of two or more separate things combined together
Here, components is the right usage.
