Sentence Improvement


Direction: In the following questions, 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 alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is '4'.

  1. Kannan asked me to go round with them, but I didn't want.









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    Prepositions are used at the end of the sentence in Inf. structures, to make the sense clear.
    Hence, didn’t want to is the right usage.

    Correct Option: C

    Prepositions are used at the end of the sentence in Inf. structures, to make the sense clear.
    Hence, didn’t want to is the right usage.


  1. You should not boasting of your achievements.









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    boast about something :
    ⇒ She is always boasting about her children. boast of something :
    ⇒ He openly boasted of his skills.
    Here, boast of is the right usage.

    Correct Option: C

    boast about something :
    ⇒ She is always boasting about her children. boast of something :
    ⇒ He openly boasted of his skills.
    Here, boast of is the right usage.



  1. The bullet struck a wall and was diverted from its course.









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    deflected (Verb) : changed direction after hitting something diverted (Verb) : made somebody or something change direction
    Here, deflected is the right usage.

    Correct Option: C

    deflected (Verb) : changed direction after hitting something diverted (Verb) : made somebody or something change direction
    Here, deflected is the right usage.


  1. For me, money is only the means to an end.









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    only (Adv.) : just one (Adj.) : alone in a class or category
    ⇒ It was only a matter of time. (Adv.)
    ⇒ That is the only possible right answer. (Adj.)
    Here, only a means is the right usage.

    Correct Option: C

    only (Adv.) : just one (Adj.) : alone in a class or category
    ⇒ It was only a matter of time. (Adv.)
    ⇒ That is the only possible right answer. (Adj.)
    Here, only a means is the right usage.



  1. Chennai is by the way a cosmopolitan city.









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    by and large (Idiom) : in general; mainly ; to a large extent by the way (Idiom) : used for introducing a comment or question that is not directly related to what you have been talking about
    Here, by and large is the right usage.

    Correct Option: B

    by and large (Idiom) : in general; mainly ; to a large extent by the way (Idiom) : used for introducing a comment or question that is not directly related to what you have been talking about
    Here, by and large is the right usage.