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).
- If the room had been brighter, Shweta would have been able to read for a while before bedtime.
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Had the room been brighter, Shweta would have been able to read for a while before bedtime is the right sentence.
Correct Option: C
Had the room been brighter, Shweta would have been able to read for a while before bedtime is the right sentence.
- I sat down on the bench to look at the trophy I won as a prize.
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I sat down on the bench to look at the trophy I had won as a prize is the right sentence
Correct Option: A
I sat down on the bench to look at the trophy I had won as a prize is the right sentence
- A buffalo cannot defend a buffalo against lion.
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A buffalo cannot defend another buffalo against a lion is the right sentence
Correct Option: A
A buffalo cannot defend another buffalo against a lion is the right sentence
- They sat by the river bank with their legs remaining in the water.
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dangling (Verb) : to hang or swing freely
Here, dangling is the right usage.Correct Option: B
dangling (Verb) : to hang or swing freely
Here, dangling is the right usage.
- You cannot pass as long as you study.
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unless (Conj.) : used for saying that something can only happen or be true in a particular situation
⇒ You cannot pass unless you study.
as long as (Idioms) : only if
⇒ You cannot pass as long as you do not study.
provided (Conj.) : used for saying that must happen or be done to make it possible for something else to happen ; if
⇒ You can pass provided you study.
Here, unless is the right usage.Correct Option: B
unless (Conj.) : used for saying that something can only happen or be true in a particular situation
⇒ You cannot pass unless you study.
as long as (Idioms) : only if
⇒ You cannot pass as long as you do not study.
provided (Conj.) : used for saying that must happen or be done to make it possible for something else to happen ; if
⇒ You can pass provided you study.
Here, unless is the right usage.
