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).
- The starving and crawling people min the television programme looked more like beasts than tiring creatures.
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looked (Verb) : to seem ; to appear
⇒ That looks like an interesting book.
posed (Verb) : to dress/behave in a way that is intended to impress other people
seemed (Verb) (linking Verb) : to give the impression of being or doing something
Here, resembled is the right usage.Correct Option: B
looked (Verb) : to seem ; to appear
⇒ That looks like an interesting book.
posed (Verb) : to dress/behave in a way that is intended to impress other people
seemed (Verb) (linking Verb) : to give the impression of being or doing something
Here, resembled is the right usage.
- He found a wooden broken chair in the room,
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The general order of Adjectives is as follows :
Opinion Appearance Age Colour Origin Material ↓ ↓ broken wooden
Hence, broken wooden chair is the right usage.Correct Option: B
The general order of Adjectives is as follows :
Opinion Appearance Age Colour Origin Material ↓ ↓ broken wooden
Hence, broken wooden chair is the right usage.
- Anyone who would speak with authority on the poets of the Renaissance must have a broad acquaintance with the writers of classical antiquity.
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No improvement
Correct Option: D
No improvement
- No one could explain how a calm and balanced person like him could penetrate such a mindless act on his friends.
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perpetrate (Verb) : to commit a crime or do something wrong or evil
penetrate (Verb) : to go into/through something
perpetuate (Verb) : to make something such as a bad situation, a belief, etc. continue for a long time
⇒ This system perpetuated itself for several centuries.
precipitate (Verb) : to make something, especially something bad, happen suddenly or sooner than it should
⇒ His resignation precipitated a leadership crisis
Here, perpetrate is the right usage.Correct Option: B
perpetrate (Verb) : to commit a crime or do something wrong or evil
penetrate (Verb) : to go into/through something
perpetuate (Verb) : to make something such as a bad situation, a belief, etc. continue for a long time
⇒ This system perpetuated itself for several centuries.
precipitate (Verb) : to make something, especially something bad, happen suddenly or sooner than it should
⇒ His resignation precipitated a leadership crisis
Here, perpetrate is the right usage.
- 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.
