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).

  1. 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’.

  1. “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.



  1. When the owner offered tea, the peon denied it.









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    declined (Verb.) : refused politely to accept or to do something denied (Verb.) : said that something is not true
    Here, declined is the right usage.

    Correct Option: B

    declined (Verb.) : refused politely to accept or to do something denied (Verb.) : said that something is not true
    Here, declined is the right usage.


  1. He did not know the answer, I did not neither.









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    neither (Adv.) : used for introducing a further negative statement
    ⇒ He didn’t remember, and neither did I
    Hence, neither did I is the right usage.

    Correct Option: A

    neither (Adv.) : used for introducing a further negative statement
    ⇒ He didn’t remember, and neither did I
    Hence, neither did I is the right usage.



  1. Man is the only animal who can talk.









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    No improvement
    who (Pro.) : used for showing which person you mean

    Correct Option: D

    No improvement
    who (Pro.) : used for showing which person you mean