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. He could not look anything in the dark room.









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    see through (Phr.V.) : to realise the truth about somebody/something
    ⇒ We saw through him from the start.
    look (Verb) : see ; to turn your eyes in a particular direction
    look at (Phr.V.) : to examine something closely
    Here, see is the right usage.

    Correct Option: B

    see through (Phr.V.) : to realise the truth about somebody/something
    ⇒ We saw through him from the start.
    look (Verb) : see ; to turn your eyes in a particular direction
    look at (Phr.V.) : to examine something closely
    Here, see is the right usage.


  1. Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.









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    Past Continuous Tense-was sitting is the right usage.

    Correct Option: A

    Past Continuous Tense-was sitting is the right usage.



  1. Will you lend me few rupees in this hour of need ?









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    a few (Det.) : a small number ; some used with plural Countable Nouns
    few (Det.) : not many
    Here, lend me a few rupees is the right usage.

    Correct Option: C

    a few (Det.) : a small number ; some used with plural Countable Nouns
    few (Det.) : not many
    Here, lend me a few rupees is the right usage.


  1. They left the hotel by car where they had been staying.









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    They left the hotel where they had been staying, by car is the right sentence

    Correct Option: A

    They left the hotel where they had been staying, by car is the right sentence



Direction: In the following questions, a sentence / a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence / 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).

  1. The problem was so complicated to be solved in a day.









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    too (Adv.) : used before Adjectives and Adverbs so (Adv.) : to a great degree
    ⇒ She spoke so quietly that I could hardly hear her.
    Here, too is the right usage.

    Correct Option: A

    too (Adv.) : used before Adjectives and Adverbs so (Adv.) : to a great degree
    ⇒ She spoke so quietly that I could hardly hear her.
    Here, too is the right usage.