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”.
- You have come here with the intention in insulting me.
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It is preposition related error.
Correct Option: B
It is preposition related error.
- I purposely did that with a view to offend her.
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With a view to agrees with a Gerund.
Correct Option: A
With a view to agrees with a Gerund.
- Kim is too impatient with tolerating any delay.
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Here, infinitive i.e. to tolerate ..... should be used.
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Kim is too impatient to tolerate any delay = Kim is so impatient that she cannot tolerate any delay.Correct Option: C
Here, infinitive i.e. to tolerate ..... should be used.
Look at the sentences :
Kim is too impatient to tolerate any delay = Kim is so impatient that she cannot tolerate any delay.
- Would you find one absent, please don’t forget to leave a message behind.
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Should is used to tell somebody what they ought to do; used to refer to a possible event or situation.
Correct Option: B
Should is used to tell somebody what they ought to do; used to refer to a possible event or situation.
- 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.
