Sentence Improvement
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’.
- She teaches us grammar, isn’t it ?
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Positive Statement → Negative Tag
No Aux.V. → does + not (doesn’t)
Hence, doesn’t she ? is the right usage.Correct Option: B
Positive Statement → Negative Tag
No Aux.V. → does + not (doesn’t)
Hence, doesn’t she ? is the right usage.
Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2 and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alter native. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
- The enemy, beaten at every point, fled from the field.
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having been beaten suggests that the enemy was once beaten but is no longer (Passive Voice) (Past Participle)
Hence, having been beaten is the right usage.Correct Option: A
having been beaten suggests that the enemy was once beaten but is no longer (Passive Voice) (Past Participle)
Hence, having been beaten is the right usage.
- The Victorian Era noted the end of human dependence on religion.
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marked (Verb) : officially remembered an event that you considered to be important
noted (Verb) : noticed or paid careful attention to something
showed (Verb) : made something clear
indicated (Verb) : showed that something is true or exists
Here, marked is the right usage.Correct Option: A
marked (Verb) : officially remembered an event that you considered to be important
noted (Verb) : noticed or paid careful attention to something
showed (Verb) : made something clear
indicated (Verb) : showed that something is true or exists
Here, marked is the right usage.
- She did not like the movie, nor I did.
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The sentence structure will be as follows ;
nor + Aux.V. + Subject ↓ ↓ ↓ nor did I
nor did I : also not
When a clause with nor is used after a Negative Clause, we invert the Subject and the Verb after nor.
Hence, nor did I is the right usage.Correct Option: A
The sentence structure will be as follows ;
nor + Aux.V. + Subject ↓ ↓ ↓ nor did I
nor did I : also not
When a clause with nor is used after a Negative Clause, we invert the Subject and the Verb after nor.
Hence, nor did I is the right usage.
- He comes here often, don’t he?
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Positive Statement → Negative Tag
The sentence structure is as follows :Subject Main.V. Aux.V. ↓ ↓ ↓ He comes does not Per.Pro. same as sub. ↓ ↓ not he
does not → doesn’t
Hence, doesn’t is the right usage.Correct Option: C
Positive Statement → Negative Tag
The sentence structure is as follows :Subject Main.V. Aux.V. ↓ ↓ ↓ He comes does not Per.Pro. same as sub. ↓ ↓ not he
does not → doesn’t
Hence, doesn’t is the right usage.