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).
- Have you ever been in New York ?
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Been is the Past Participle of be gone is the Past Participle of go.
Been describes completed visits.
When we refer to a destination, to (Prep.) is used.
Here, to (Prep.) is the right usage.Correct Option: B
Been is the Past Participle of be gone is the Past Participle of go.
Been describes completed visits.
When we refer to a destination, to (Prep.) is used.
Here, to (Prep.) is the right usage.
- She does not tell lies, doesn’t she?
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The sentence is Negative. Hence, question tag should be Affirmative i.e. does she ? is the right usage.
Correct Option: B
The sentence is Negative. Hence, question tag should be Affirmative i.e. does she ? is the right usage.
- I could not help to laugh at the joke.
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help (V.) is usually followed by a Gerund and not an Inf.
Hence, laughing is the right usage.Correct Option: A
help (V.) is usually followed by a Gerund and not an Inf.
Hence, laughing is the right usage.
- Kamal’s suggestion was greeted with hoots of laughter.
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No improvement
Correct Option: D
No improvement
- Mr. Sharma has been living in this city since five years.
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for (Prep.) is used for saying how long something lasts/continues/has been the case (a period of time) since (Conj.) is used for saying that something has been the case from a particular time in the past until now (a point in time)
⇒ He has been living in Paris for three months.
⇒ He has been living in Paris since 1980.
Here, for is the right usage.Correct Option: A
for (Prep.) is used for saying how long something lasts/continues/has been the case (a period of time) since (Conj.) is used for saying that something has been the case from a particular time in the past until now (a point in time)
⇒ He has been living in Paris for three months.
⇒ He has been living in Paris since 1980.
Here, for is the right usage.