Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.
Maria unnecessarily picked up a quarrel with Rani and left the party hurriedly.
Answer: C
It should read picked.
To pick a quarrel is the idiom; pick up a quarrel is not English, though one picks up a habit or a language. The adverb also needed correcting - left the party hurriedly, not hurried.
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She cooks, washes dishes, does her homework and then relaxing.
Answer: D
It should read then relaxes.
The sentence lists four things she does, and the first three are present simple - cooks, washes, does. The fourth must match: relaxes. This is parallelism, and a participle breaks it.
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Acquisition of certain specific skills can be facilitated from general awareness and education in novel situations.
Answer: A
It should read can be facilitated by.
Facilitate takes by for the means, not from. Note also that facilitate means to make easier, while felicitate means to congratulate - two of the options offer the wrong verb entirely.
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He never has and ever will take such strong measures.
Answer: A
It should read had taken nor will ever take.
He never has take is impossible: the first verb needs its own participle. With never in the first clause the second must be joined by nor, and each verb needs the form its auxiliary requires.
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Technology must use to feed the forces of change.
Answer: A
It should read must be used to feed.
Technology is the thing used, not the user, so the verb must be passive. Must use would make technology the agent of its own employment.
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Anyone interested in the use of computers can learn much if you have access to a personal computer.
Answer: C
It should read he or she has access.
The subject is anyone, a third-person indefinite pronoun, so the pronoun referring back to it must also be third person. Shifting to you in mid-sentence breaks the agreement.
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They are not beware of all the facts.
Answer: B
It should read are not aware of.
Beware is a verb used only in the imperative - beware of the dog - and cannot follow are. The adjective required here is aware, and it takes of.
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We can not always convey ourselves in simple sentences.
Answer: C
It should read cannot always express.
One conveys a message but expresses oneself; convey ourselves is not idiomatic. Cannot is also written as one word in standard usage.
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What does agonise me most is not this criticism, but the trivial reason behind it.
Answer: B
It should read agonises me most.
What is the subject of the clause, so the verb follows directly without the auxiliary does - the same reason one writes what happened, not what did happen, in a statement. Most then modifies the verb.
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As there was no time, the remaining items were deferred into the next meeting.
Answer: B
It should read were deferred till.
Deferring is postponing to a later time, and the preposition for a point in time is till or until. Deferred into is not English, and the past tense must match was in the first clause.
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