Sentence Improvement


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. I have still to meet a person who is perfectly satisfied with his job.









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    Yet is used in negative sentences to talk about something that has not happened but that you expect to happen.
    Hence, am yet to meet .... should be used here.

    Correct Option: B

    Yet is used in negative sentences to talk about something that has not happened but that you expect to happen.
    Hence, am yet to meet .... should be used here.


  1. I bought fourdozen of mangoes.









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    Here, four dozen (singular) mangoes .... should be used.
    Look at the sentences :
    I have dozens of mangoes.
    I have five dozen mangoes.

    Correct Option: C

    Here, four dozen (singular) mangoes .... should be used.
    Look at the sentences :
    I have dozens of mangoes.
    I have five dozen mangoes.



  1. When the architect won a prize in a play writing competition his friends admired his universality.









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    Versatility (Noun) = ability to adapt or be adapted to many different activities.
    Look at the sentence :
    A writer of remarkable versatility.

    Correct Option: B

    Versatility (Noun) = ability to adapt or be adapted to many different activities.
    Look at the sentence :
    A writer of remarkable versatility.


  1. Sita didn’t so far as blink when she heard she had won the scholarship to Cambridge.









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    So much as ⇒ I do not feel angry so much as sad.

    Correct Option: A

    So much as ⇒ I do not feel angry so much as sad.



  1. As you grow older, you will find that these all difficulties may be overcome by patience.









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    Here, it is position of words and preposition related error.
    Hence, all these difficulties may be overcome with patience .... should be used here.

    Correct Option: C

    Here, it is position of words and preposition related error.
    Hence, all these difficulties may be overcome with patience .... should be used here.