Sentence Improvement Questions and Answers

Q: In the question below, a part of the sentence has been underlined. Replace the underlined part with the most appropriate choice from the four options provided below. In case no improvement is required, choose the option d.) no improvement required. Poland’s new president, Andrzej Duda, has complained about “dictates” from the European Union to accept migrants flowing onto the Continent from the Middle East and Africa.

No improvement is required.Dictates from the European Union to accept migrants is correct: complained about takes the noun, from names the source, and the infinitive states what was dictated.

Q: Following is a set of four sentences. Choose the sentence which is most appropriate , grammatically, semantically & logically.

It is the first option.It is desirable that takes the subjunctive - that you complete, with the bare form of the verb. The other versions replace that with if or for, neither of which carries the recommendation the construction expresses.

Q: Look at the underlined part of the sentence below with three possible replacements for the underlined part given. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response against the corresponding letter. If none of these substitutions improve the sentence, choose (d) as your response. Not a word did they speak to the others about the sad turn of events.

No improvement is needed.Not a word is a negative expression fronted for emphasis, and a fronted negative requires inversion of subject and auxiliary - did they speak. The versions offered undo that inversion.

Q: Rearrange the following parts (1, 2, 3 and 4) in proper sequence to obtain a correct sentence. 1. and he who has hope, 2. has hope 3. has everything 4. the person who has health

The order is 4, 2, 1, 3.The person who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything - the proverb builds a chain from health to hope to everything, each clause handing its last word to the next.

Q: In the question below, a part of the sentence has been underlined. Replace the underlined part with the most appropriate choice from the four options provided below. In case no improvement is required, choose the option d.) no improvement required. Her performance is steadily improving over the past few weeks.

It should read has been steadily.Over the past few weeks reaches from a point in the past up to now, which the present perfect continuous expresses. The simple present cannot cover a stretch of past time.

Q: The seniors ______ (apology) for their rude behaviour towards juniors.

It is apologized.The blank needs a finite verb in the past, since the rude behaviour has already happened. Apologetic is an adjective and apologising a participle; neither can stand as the main verb of the sentence.

Q: In the question below, a part of the sentence has been underlined. Replace the underlined part with the most appropriate choice from the four options provided below. In case no improvement is required, choose the option d.) no improvement required. With the election of Jeremy Corbyn, a longtime socialist with commitment to reversing centrist policies, the Labour Party is in the hands of the hard left for the first time in decades.

It should read a longtime socialist committed to reversing centrist policies.Committed to takes a gerund, and the participle attaches directly to socialist without needing a relative clause. With commitment to is heavier and adds nothing.

Q: Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.

It should read was sitting.Five years ago today fixes the time firmly in the past, so the verb must be past. The present am sitting is sometimes used for vividness in narrative, but not with an explicit past time marker.

Q: Erin has many friends at school. She is very _____.

It is popular.Having many friends is what popular means, so the second sentence explains the first. Intelligent, busy and talkative might each be true of her but none follows from having many friends.

Q: The woman to who I sold my house was a criminal.

It should read to whom I sold.Whom is the object form, and a preposition takes the object form - to whom. Sold is the past tense; sell would clash with was, and selled is not a word.

471.

In the question below, a part of the sentence has been underlined. Replace the underlined part with the most appropriate choice from the four options provided below. In case no improvement is required, choose the option d.) no improvement required.

Poland’s new president, Andrzej Duda, has complained about “dictates” from the European Union to accept migrants flowing onto the Continent from the Middle East and Africa.

A.of the European Union to accept migrants flowing onto the Continent from the Middle East and Africa
B.of European Union for acceptance of migrants from Middle East and Africa.
C.from European Union to accept migrants from Middle East and Africa.
D.no improvement required

Answer: D

No improvement is required.

Dictates from the European Union to accept migrants is correct: complained about takes the noun, from names the source, and the infinitive states what was dictated.

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472.

Following is a set of four sentences. Choose the sentence which is most appropriate , grammatically, semantically & logically.

A.It is highly desirable that you complete the syllabus before the commencement of the annual exams.
B.It is highly desirable for you to complete your syllabus before the commencement of the annual exams.
C.It is highly desirable if you complete the syllabus before the commencement of the annual exams.
D.It is highly desired if you should complete the syllabus before the commencement of the half yearly exam

Answer: A

It is the first option.

It is desirable that takes the subjunctive - that you complete, with the bare form of the verb. The other versions replace that with if or for, neither of which carries the recommendation the construction expresses.

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473.

Look at the underlined part of the sentence below with three possible replacements for the underlined part given. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response against the corresponding letter. If none of these substitutions improve the sentence, choose (d) as your response.

Not a word did they speak to the others about the sad turn of events.

A.they spoke
B.they will speak
C.they have spoken
D.No improvement

Answer: D

No improvement is needed.

Not a word is a negative expression fronted for emphasis, and a fronted negative requires inversion of subject and auxiliary - did they speak. The versions offered undo that inversion.

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474.

Rearrange the following parts (1, 2, 3 and 4) in proper sequence to obtain a correct sentence.

1. and he who has hope,
2. has hope
3. has everything
4. the person who has health

A.1, 4, 3, 2
B.3, 2, 4, 1
C.3, 4, 1, 2
D.4, 2, 1, 3

Answer: D

The order is 4, 2, 1, 3.

The person who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything - the proverb builds a chain from health to hope to everything, each clause handing its last word to the next.

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475.

In the question below, a part of the sentence has been underlined. Replace the underlined part with the most appropriate choice from the four options provided below. In case no improvement is required, choose the option d.) no improvement required.

Her performance is steadily improving over the past few weeks.

A.has been steadily
B.was steadily
C.had steadily improved
D.no improvement required

Answer: A

It should read has been steadily.

Over the past few weeks reaches from a point in the past up to now, which the present perfect continuous expresses. The simple present cannot cover a stretch of past time.

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476.

The seniors ______ (apology) for their rude behaviour towards juniors.

A.apologetic
B.apologising
C.apologized
D.apology

Answer: C

It is apologized.

The blank needs a finite verb in the past, since the rude behaviour has already happened. Apologetic is an adjective and apologising a participle; neither can stand as the main verb of the sentence.

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477.

In the question below, a part of the sentence has been underlined. Replace the underlined part with the most appropriate choice from the four options provided below. In case no improvement is required, choose the option d.) no improvement required.

With the election of Jeremy Corbyn, a longtime socialist with commitment to reversing centrist policies, the Labour Party is in the hands of the hard left for the first time in decades.

A.a longtime socialist committed to reversing centrist policies
B.a longstanding socialist committed to reversing centrist policies
C.a longtime socialist who committed to reversal of centrist policies
D.no improvement required

Answer: A

It should read a longtime socialist committed to reversing centrist policies.

Committed to takes a gerund, and the participle attaches directly to socialist without needing a relative clause. With commitment to is heavier and adds nothing.

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478.

Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.

A.was sitting
B.sat
C.have been sitting
D.No improvement

Answer: A

It should read was sitting.

Five years ago today fixes the time firmly in the past, so the verb must be past. The present am sitting is sometimes used for vividness in narrative, but not with an explicit past time marker.

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479.

Erin has many friends at school. She is very _____.

A.popular
B.intelligent
C.busy
D.talkative

Answer: A

It is popular.

Having many friends is what popular means, so the second sentence explains the first. Intelligent, busy and talkative might each be true of her but none follows from having many friends.

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480.

The woman to who I sold my house was a criminal.

A.to whom I selled
B.to whom I sell
C.to whom I sold
D.No correction required

Answer: C

It should read to whom I sold.

Whom is the object form, and a preposition takes the object form - to whom. Sold is the past tense; sell would clash with was, and selled is not a word.

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