PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-06

Direction (Qs.1-5): In the question given below, the sentence/part of the sentence is in bold. Five alternatives are given for the bold words. Choose the correct alternative that will improve the sentence and mark the option corresponding to it. Choose option (5) if “No improvement required”.

Question No : 1

If there were more hours in a day, I will gladly help with this project, but I already have so much on my plate right now.

(1) Would gladly help

(2) Will gladly helped

(3) Is gladly helping

(4) Shall gladly help

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 2

Disha’s style of waiting is one of its kinds.

(1) One of a kind

(2) Unique kind

(3) Uniqueness

(4) Uniquely

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 3

The teacher said, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”.

(1) Books by its cover

(2) A book by cover

(3) A book by any cover

(4) Books by covers

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 4

The leader said to his party members, “It is useless to cry over spilted milk; so let us make fresh plans and work together.”

(1) Cry over spill milk

(2) Cry over milks

(3) Cry over spilt milk

(4) Cry over spilling milk

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 5

The teacher is confident that the student will not let her down and will come with flying colours.

(1) Force her down

(2) Like her down

(3) Made her down

(4) Went her done

(5) No improvement required