PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-53

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, your answer is (5), i.e., "No correction required".

Question No : 1

If we win the lottery, we would buy a new car.

(1) Should buy

(2) Would be buying

(3) Will be buying

(4) Will buy

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

They have decided to go ahead and implement which was discussed at last month's conference in Chennai.

(1) what was discussed

(2) hatever discussion

(3) that being discussed

(4) which has been discussed

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

When they left, the man sitting next to me shared his view as many of the many jobless.

(1) as many of the jobless

(2) as he were a jobless

(3) as one of the many jobless

(4) as all of the people who were jobless

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

Despite their best efforts, they could not convince the members on changing their decision.

(1) And changed their

(2) To change their

(3) With changing their

(4) To change his

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

Inhabitants of that locality can classify into only two groups, namely the poor and very poor.

(1) will classify in

(2) can classing for

(3) will be classify between

(4) can be classified into

(5) No correction required