Sentence Improvement
Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold 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).
- He parked his vehicle under the shade of a tree.
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in (Prep.) : at a point within an area or a space under (Prep.) : below something
Here, in. (Prep.) is the right usage.Correct Option: B
in (Prep.) : at a point within an area or a space under (Prep.) : below something
Here, in. (Prep.) is the right usage.
- Exercise is benevolent to good health.
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beneficial (Adj.) : favourable; advantageous ; helpful
benevolent (Adj.) : kind, helpful and generous
beneficent (Adj.) : giving help ; showing kindness ; generous
bounteous (Adj.) : giving very generously
Here, beneficial is the right usage.Correct Option: A
beneficial (Adj.) : favourable; advantageous ; helpful
benevolent (Adj.) : kind, helpful and generous
beneficent (Adj.) : giving help ; showing kindness ; generous
bounteous (Adj.) : giving very generously
Here, beneficial is the right usage.
- Ravi has been demanding a lot more marks, doesn't he ?
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to make a tag, the first Auxiliary (has) will be used.
Hence, hasn’t he ? is the right usage.Correct Option: A
to make a tag, the first Auxiliary (has) will be used.
Hence, hasn’t he ? is the right usage.
- Please report to me when you return back from Delhi.
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return (Verb) : to come or go back from one place to another
return : turn back → We had to return to the old rules.
Here, you return from is the right usage.Correct Option: B
return (Verb) : to come or go back from one place to another
return : turn back → We had to return to the old rules.
Here, you return from is the right usage.
Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold 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’.
- “Do you remember his phone number? I don't suspect so.”
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don’t think so (Idiom) : used for saying very strongly that you do not agree to something, or that something is not possible suspect (Verb.) : to be suspicious about something; not to trust something
Here, don’t think is the right usage.Correct Option: A
don’t think so (Idiom) : used for saying very strongly that you do not agree to something, or that something is not possible suspect (Verb.) : to be suspicious about something; not to trust something
Here, don’t think is the right usage.
