Sentence Improvement – 12

Click on the option given under each question which you think will improve the sentence.

SentenceAns

1. He told me that he was married four years.

  1. over four years
  2. four years ago
  3. about four years
  4. No improvement

2. Chennai is by the way a cosmopolitan city.

  1. by the by
  2. by and large
  3. on the large
  4. No improvement

3. For me, money is only the means to an end.

  1. only means
  2. only the mean
  3. only a means
  4. No improvement

4. The bullet struck a wall and was diverted from its course.

  1. twisted
  2. reflected
  3. deflected
  4. No improvement

5. You should not boasting of your achievements.

  1. boast for
  2. boast at
  3. boast of
  4. No improvement

6. Kannan asked me to go round with them, but I didn't want.

  1. don't want
  2. don't want to
  3. didn't want to
  4. No improvement


SentenceAns

7. We eat that we may live.

  1. might
  2. shall
  3. should
  4. No improvement

8. He had his breakfast, when we visited him.

  1. He had had his breakfast
  2. He wished to have his breakfast
  3. He avoided his breakfast
  4. No improvement

9. When the Inspector of Police said this, we knew whom he was eluding.

  1. intending
  2. referring to
  3. hinting
  4. No improvement

10. The doctor reassured that the operation was a routine one.

  1. is reassuring
  2. reassured me
  3. was reassuring
  4. No improvement