Sentence Improvement


Direction: In each of the following questions, a sentence/ a part of the sentence is bold. Four alternatives are given to the bold part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, choose the alternative corresponding to “No improvement”.

  1. The watch is correct by the minute.









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    To the minute = exactly
    Look at the sentence :
    The train arrived at 9.05 to the minute.

    Correct Option: A

    To the minute = exactly
    Look at the sentence :
    The train arrived at 9.05 to the minute.


Direction: In each of the following questions, a sentence/a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Four alternatives are given to the bold part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, choose the alternative corresponding to “No improvement”.

  1. Sunil and I helped to sell tickets.









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    No improvement

    Correct Option: D

    No improvement



  1. Please make it a point to send the letter at my address.









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    Here, send will agree with preposition ‘to’.

    Correct Option: B

    Here, send will agree with preposition ‘to’.


  1. The sales boy told the consumer not to touch the products on display.









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    Consumer = purchaser, buyer; shopper, person who purchases goods for personal use.
    Customer = a person who buys goods from a shop.
    Look at the sentences :
    Recession-hit consumers are being lured by cheap prices.
    Mr. Harrison was a regular customer at the Golden Lion.
    Hence, customer .... should be used here.

    Correct Option: C

    Consumer = purchaser, buyer; shopper, person who purchases goods for personal use.
    Customer = a person who buys goods from a shop.
    Look at the sentences :
    Recession-hit consumers are being lured by cheap prices.
    Mr. Harrison was a regular customer at the Golden Lion.
    Hence, customer .... should be used here.



  1. Electricity has modernized the march of modern events.









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    Revolutionise (Verb) = to change something radically or fundamentally; transform.
    Modernize = update; streamline; develop.
    Hence, revolutionised is a better substitute.

    Correct Option: A

    Revolutionise (Verb) = to change something radically or fundamentally; transform.
    Modernize = update; streamline; develop.
    Hence, revolutionised is a better substitute.