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 at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
- For a week last month, the team’s 20 players were stranded because the Government issued passport is not up to international standards,
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the team’s 20 players → Plural Subject
Hence, Passports will be used.
Simple Past Tense and Plural Verb-were will be used.
Hence, Government-issued passports were not up to international standards is the right usage.Correct Option: A
the team’s 20 players → Plural Subject
Hence, Passports will be used.
Simple Past Tense and Plural Verb-were will be used.
Hence, Government-issued passports were not up to international standards is the right usage.
- She cries all the time.
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No improvement
all the time (Idiom) : repeatedly ; the whole time
day in, and day out (Idiom) : on every day ; for each day
⇒ They eat nothing but vegetables, day in, and day out.Correct Option: D
No improvement
all the time (Idiom) : repeatedly ; the whole time
day in, and day out (Idiom) : on every day ; for each day
⇒ They eat nothing but vegetables, day in, and day out.
- I could never repay the debt I owe to my place of study.
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Alma Mater (Noun) : the school, college or university that somebody went to
Motherland (Noun) : the country that you were born in and that you feel a strong emotional connection with
Here, Alma Mater is the right usage.Correct Option: A
Alma Mater (Noun) : the school, college or university that somebody went to
Motherland (Noun) : the country that you were born in and that you feel a strong emotional connection with
Here, Alma Mater is the right usage.
- Fuji’s invention of super computer will be enable to make Japan super cede America in computer technology.
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will enable Japan is the right usage
enable (Verb) : to make it possible for somebody to do something; allowCorrect Option: B
will enable Japan is the right usage
enable (Verb) : to make it possible for somebody to do something; allow
- The learners are intended to read the sources at home.
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expected (Verb) : required (to do something)
intended (Verb) : to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do something
meant (Verb) : intend
suggested (Verb) : to put forward an idea or a plan for other people to think about
Here, expected to is the right usage.Correct Option: C
expected (Verb) : required (to do something)
intended (Verb) : to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do something
meant (Verb) : intend
suggested (Verb) : to put forward an idea or a plan for other people to think about
Here, expected to is the right usage.