Sentence Improvement

Sentence Improvement

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Sentence Improvement

Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold which may need improvement. Alternatives are given at (1), (2) and (3) below, which may be better option. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).

  1. The festival is likely to fall in December,








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    No improvement
    likely (Adv.) : very probably (used to say that something is likely to happen)

    Correct Option: D

    No improvement
    likely (Adv.) : very probably (used to say that something is likely to happen)

  1. His friends could not tell me why he did not come to college yesterday.








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    No improvement
    The Tense of the Verb remains unchanged.

    Correct Option: D

    No improvement
    The Tense of the Verb remains unchanged.

  1. Mary wondered if the other girls were as excited as she was.








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    No improvement
    if (Conj.) : used after wonder to introduce one of two or more possibilities ; whether
    ⇒ I wonder if I should wear a coat or not.

    Correct Option: D

    No improvement
    if (Conj.) : used after wonder to introduce one of two or more possibilities ; whether
    ⇒ I wonder if I should wear a coat or not.

  1. Which newspaper do you subscribe for ?








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    subscribe (to something) (Phr. V.) : to pay an amount of money regularly in order to receive or use something.
    Hence, subscribe to is the right usage.

    Correct Option: C

    subscribe (to something) (Phr. V.) : to pay an amount of money regularly in order to receive or use something.
    Hence, subscribe to is the right usage.

  1. The fishermen are fishing in the sea from sunrise and will continue to do so until sunset.








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    Present Perfect Continuous Tense (have been fishing) is the right usage.
    The structure of the sentence is as follows :

    Subject + Aux.
    V.
    (have) +
    Aux. V. (be) +
    Main V.
    ↓
    ↓
    ↓
    ↓
    The fishermenhavebeenfishing

    Correct Option: B

    Present Perfect Continuous Tense (have been fishing) is the right usage.
    The structure of the sentence is as follows :

    Subject + Aux.
    V.
    (have) +
    Aux. V. (be) +
    Main V.
    ↓
    ↓
    ↓
    ↓
    The fishermenhavebeenfishing