PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-01

Direction (Qs.1-5): In the given question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the emboldened part are given as (1), (2), (3) and (4), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the given five options. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer will be option (5), i.e., “No correction required”.

Question No : 1

Arun cleaned her room, cooked rice and was reading the newspaper.

(1) The newspaper was read by her

(2) Had read the newspaper

(3) Read the newspaper

(4) Had been reading the newspaper

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

Either I will meet the party, or they will be meeting.

(1) Either I will meet the party, or they will.

(2) Either I will be meeting the party, or they will.

(3) Either will I meet the party, or they will be meeting.

(4) Both (1) and (2)

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

She visited several doctors before she found out the root cause of the disease.

(1) Visit several doctors

(2) Had visited several doctors

(3) Had visit several doctors

(4) Visiting several doctors

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

If he didn’t argue with everyone all the time, he will live a more relaxed life.

(1) Would live

(2) Will lived

(3) Is living

(4) D Shall be living

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

The tenth and the fifteenth chapters of this book are related to world economics.

(1) The fifteenth chapter

(2) A fifteenth chapter

(3) A fifteenth chapters

(4) Fifteenth chapters

(5) No correction required