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).
- Hoping not to be disturbed, I sat down in my easy chair to read the book, I won as a prize.
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Earlier past event-won as a prize will be indicated by had won as a prize (Past Perfect Tense)
Hence, I had won as a prize is the right usage.Correct Option: A
Earlier past event-won as a prize will be indicated by had won as a prize (Past Perfect Tense)
Hence, I had won as a prize is the right usage.
- I adapted a new method to solve the problem.
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adopted (Verb) : to start using a particular method
adapted (Verb) : modified ; adjusted
⇒ The animals were forced to adapt in order to survive.
Here, I adopted is the right usage.Correct Option: B
adopted (Verb) : to start using a particular method
adapted (Verb) : modified ; adjusted
⇒ The animals were forced to adapt in order to survive.
Here, I adopted is the right usage.
- Twenty kms are not a great distance in these days of fast moving vehicles.
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Singular Verb-is will be used with distance Twenty kms (measure of distance)
Hence, is not a great distance is the right usage.Correct Option: A
Singular Verb-is will be used with distance Twenty kms (measure of distance)
Hence, is not a great distance is the right usage.
- It became clear that the strangers were heading into a serious disaster.
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towards (Prep.) : getting closer to achieving something
⇒ This is the first step towards political union
into (Prep.) : used for showing the result of an action
⇒ She was shocked into a confusion of guilt.
along (Adv.) : towards a better state or position
⇒ The book is coming along nicely.
head foward (Idiom) : to point at and move towards something/someone/some place
Here, towards is the right usage.Correct Option: B
towards (Prep.) : getting closer to achieving something
⇒ This is the first step towards political union
into (Prep.) : used for showing the result of an action
⇒ She was shocked into a confusion of guilt.
along (Adv.) : towards a better state or position
⇒ The book is coming along nicely.
head foward (Idiom) : to point at and move towards something/someone/some place
Here, towards is the right usage.
- Having only a few hours left, she wondered as she would finish the assignment.
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whether (Conj.) : used in indirect questions for introducing one alternative ; used for introducing clauses after Verbs of doubting (wonder) as (Prep.)
that (Conj.) : used after some Verbs, Adjectives and Nouns for introducing a new part of the sentence
Hence, whether is the right usage.Correct Option: B
whether (Conj.) : used in indirect questions for introducing one alternative ; used for introducing clauses after Verbs of doubting (wonder) as (Prep.)
that (Conj.) : used after some Verbs, Adjectives and Nouns for introducing a new part of the sentence
Hence, whether is the right usage.