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).

  1. 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.


  1. 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.



  1. 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.


  1. 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; allow

    Correct Option: B

    will enable Japan is the right usage
    enable (Verb) : to make it possible for somebody to do something; allow



  1. 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.