PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-03

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

The employee was not sure if her offer of negotiating the salary would be excepted or declined.

(1) Will be expected

(2) Would have been expected

(3) Would be accepted

(4) Would have been accepted

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

She required a speech therapy after she suffered severe head injuries in a car accident.

(1) Had suffered

(2) Has suffered

(3) Have suffered

(4) Has been suffering

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

Sudha wishes she worked harder when she was at school.

(1) Works harder

(2) Work harder

(3) Has worked harder

(4) Had worked harder

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

As the number of touch points with other countries rise, so must our shared understanding of acceptable conduct.

(1) Other countries rises

(2) Other countries rising

(3) Other countries had rise

(4) Other countries have rise

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

Headed by the President of the society, the building members had been decided to construct a fountain in the center of the complex starting from today

(1) Have been decided

(2) Have decided

(3) Should have decided

(4) Having been decided

(5) No correction required