PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-26

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

Question No : 1

They had been selling stolen cars for years before the police had caught up with them.

(1) Catch up

(2) Catches up

(3) Caught up

(4) Has caught up

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

By the time Jane arrived, we were waiting for 3 hours.

(1) Waited

(2) Had been waiting

(3) Has been waiting

(4) Have been waiting

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

Paper towels have never being used even once by the workers.

(1) Never being used

(2) Never will be used

(3) Never been using

(4) Never been used

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

In contrast, the oil-backed funds have been less acquisitive in recent quarters, reflecting the constraints imposed for the persistently low oil prices.

(1) Imposing by the persistent

(2) Imposed by the persistently

(3) Imposes for the persistently

(4) Imposes in the persistent

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

Neither the chairman nor the members of the committee has attended the meeting.

(1) have attended the meeting

(2) attend the meeting

(3) will have attended the meeting

(4) is attending the meeting

(5) was attending the meeting