Prevoius Years Sentence Improvement Questions


1.   The HR department plays  such crucial role in the organization.
(1) so crucially
(2) mostly crucial
(3) much crucial
(4) No Improvement



2.   He tried hardly and that led to his success.
(1) Hardly had he tried
(2) Had he tried hardly
(3) He had tried hard
(4) No Improvement

3.   He cordially enquired how was my health.
(1) my health was
(2) my health had
(3) my health is
(4) No Improvement

4.   They had not been sympathetic to the poor.
(1) being sympathetic
(2) been sympathized by
(3) sympathetic
(4) No Improvement

5.   We have been look forward to the arrival for the new machinery for two weeks.
(1) looked forward for
(2) looked forward at
(3) looking forward to
(4) No improvement

6.    Problems faced by the common man can be classified by several categories.
(1) will be classified by
(2) can be classified into
(3) will be classified between
(4) No improvement

7.    The issues were so complicated that they could hardly be resolvedin such a limited time.
(1) were hardly to resolve
(2) could resolve hardly
(3) Were being hardly resolved
(4) No Improvement

8.   We are quite sure that he will have proved his merit in any forthcoming competition.
(1) will have to prove
(2) will be prove
(3) will prove
(4) No Improvement

9.   He suffered only because of his impolitely behaviour.
(1) behaviour was impolite
(2) behaved impoliteness
(3) behavioural impolite
(4) No improvement

10.  It has become a fashion to talk about exercise restraint on anything and everything.
(1) restraining exercises
(2) exercising without restrain
(3) exercise without restrain
(4) No improvement

Answers With Explanation: 
1.(4)
2.(3)
Explanation: The 'Hard" means 'tough or requiring a lot of efforts' whereas "hardly' means 'not enough'.The given sentence is written to express a sense that a lot of effort led to his success.
Therefore, the obvious word should be 'Hard' not 'Hardly'. Options (1) and (2) are ruled out, because, in these two options, 'hardly'

3.(1)
Explanation:In an affirmative sentence the auxiliary verb comes just after the subject whereas in an interrogative sentence the auxiliary verb comes just after interrogative word.

4.(4)

5.(3)
Explanation:The correct phrase is "look forward to'. Since the given sentence is in present perfect continuous tense, the obvious structure of continuous tense, the obvious structure of the sentence should be -
S + have/has been + V4 ( v+ ing) .... Hence the verb 'look' should be 'looking'.

6.(2)
Explanation:In the given sentence, the phrase  printed in bold is 'can be classified by'. When we try to understand the real intention of writing the given sentence we find that the writer's intention is not to write a sentence in passive voice, rather his intention is to focus on the classification of problems faced by the common man. The verb'Classify' takes the preposition 'into' after it.

7.(4)

8.(3)
Explanation:The real intention of writing the given sentence is to express a hope that he will become successful in the forthcoming examination, ie, he will prove his merit. Therefore, for the phrase written in bold the correct alternative is given in (3)

9.(3)
Explanation:The phrase in bold is 'impolitely behaviour' A noun is modified by an adverb. Therefore, for 'behavioiur' we should use 'impolitenot impolitely'. Hence the correct usage is impolite behavoiur'.


10.(3)
Explanation:After a preposition ( Here it is 'about') the verb takes gerund ( v+ ing). Hence 'exercise' should be 'exercising. Due to this options (1) and (3) are ruled out. Now let us consider option (2). Here in this option, an extra word "without' has been inserted, an extra word 'without' has been inserted. Such type of insertion makes the sentence absurd.



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