Sentence Improvement Questions and Answers

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences:
a. Alan was a young Spanish writer.
b. He made remarkable statement.
c. He said that shipwrecked men can keep alive by living on 'seafood'.
d. He decided on to prove that he was right.

They did not go there at the proper time, do they?

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences:
a. It was an anthropologist's dream.
b. A tribe of Stone Age people were discovered in the jungle.
c. The news excited scientists and journalists.
d. The cave men became media darlings.

Select the grammatically correct sentence:
1. The teacher asked the student with a frown on his face to leave the room.
2. The teacher asked with a frown on his face the student to leave the room.
3. With a frown on his face the teacher asked the student to leave the room.
4. The teacher asked the student to leave the room with a frown on his face.

Hardly had I finished writing the letter before Spandy arrived.

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences:
a. In most Indian households, the man alone manages the finance.
b. It is important for the women to take stock of family asset.
c. She must learn to manage them in advance of any unfortunate situation.
d. I brief my wife periodically.

When we know that everything has two sides, let us look at the bright side only.

Select the grammatically correct sentence:
1. I am an optimist and therefore I generally differ with you.
2. I am an optimist and therefore I generally differ from you.
3. I am an optimist and therefore I generally differ in you.
4. I am an optimist and therefore I generally differ you.

Select the grammatically correct sentence:
1. The cow does not eat anything else. It lives on grass and leaves.
2. The cow does not eat anything else. It lives at grass and leaves.
3. The cow does not eat anything else. It lives in grass and leaves.
4. The cow does not eat anything else. It lives for grass and leaves.

Select the grammatically correct sentence:
1. It is high time he will start earning.
2. It is high time he started earning.
3. It is high time he starts earning.
4. It is high time he has started earning.