Sentence Improvement


Direction: In each of the questions, a sentence is given which has an underlined part. Select the best replacement for the underlined phrase from the given options.

  1. My grandmother was delighted to know that I will be visiting her during the summer holiday and said she will look forward to have me at her home.









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    Looking forward to having/seeing/meeting etc. is the correct phrase.

    Correct Option: D

    Looking forward to having/seeing/meeting etc. is the correct phrase.


  1. Neither side seems serious about negotiating, and the region is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the Iran-Saudi divide that has seen airstrikes kill at least 1,000 Yemenis and displaced hundreds of thousand.









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    Kill and displace is the correct parallel structure.

    Correct Option: C

    Kill and displace is the correct parallel structure.



  1. Savvy shoppers know the two golden rules of the super-market: shop the perimeter, where the fresh produce is stashed, and never going to the grocery store hungry.









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    The sentence should follow parallel construction: 'shop the perimeter' and 'never go' ,

    Correct Option: C

    The sentence should follow parallel construction: 'shop the perimeter' and 'never go' ,


  1. 'How much we used to read!' he lamented, as though reading was a group activity just as trekking was.









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    'Reading were' is used to indicate the improbability of the condition

    Correct Option: B

    'Reading were' is used to indicate the improbability of the condition



  1. Days before Congress leader Narayan Rane lost the by-election in Bandra East assembly constituency, his second consecutive electoral defeat, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis could have predicted of this.









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    Past perfect tense is to be used for prediction.

    Correct Option: D

    Past perfect tense is to be used for prediction.