Practice Exercise in Sentence Improvement – 2

1. Though it was raining, but I went out.

1. but yet I
2. I
3. however I
4. No improvement

2. There is no chance of success unless you do not work hard.

1. unless you work
2. until your working
3. until you do not work
4. No improvement

3. She has grown too old to do little work.

1. some
2. any
3. a little
4. No improvement

4. No one enjoys to deceive his family.

1. deceiving
2. for deceiving
3. deceive
4. No improvement

5. Have you ever saw the flower of a pumpkin plant ?

1. see
2. seeing
3. seen
4. No improvement

6. It is an ancient, historical place and it once belongs to the Pandavas.

1. belonged
2. belonging
3. belong
4. No improvement

7. Since we were knowing the correct route, we did not worry at all.

1. knew
2. have known
3. know
4. No improvement

8. Our country can progress when only people work hard.

1. when people only work hard
2. when people work hard only
3. only when people work hard
4. No improvement

9. Wake me up when father will come.

1. comes
2. will have come
3. came
4. No improvement

10. Do take an umbrella with you lest you do not get wet.

1. lest you should get wet
2. lest you should not get wet
3. lest you might not get wet
4. No improvement

1. Let us go and see her new house, shall we?

1. do we?
2. don't we?
3. do they?
4. No improvement

2. It took a long time for him to realize, what was truth?

1. what is truth?
2. what was the truth?
3. what the truth was?
4. No improvement

3. My mother is worried about my father's health and also I.

1. I also
2. also me
3. so am I
4. also I am

4. Roads are wet, it must have rained last night.

1. must had
2. might had
3. must have been
4. No improvement

5. He must know them in their most plausible form, isn't it?

1. isn't he?
2. mustn't he?
3. can't he?
4. No improvement

6. English opens the window upon the world's knowledge.

1. The English
2. The English language
3. The English land
4. No improvement

7. If one works hard, you have got the reward.

1. one gets
2. one has got
3. one will get
4. No improvement

8. The U. N. O. insists on better understanding between the countries of the world.

1. among the countries
2. with the countries
3. by the countries
4. No improvement

9. He doesn't smoke, nor I did.

1. nor I smoke
2. nor I do
3. nor do I
4. No improvement

10. His reasons can be good, is it not?

1. can they be?
2. isn't he?
3. can't they be?
4. No improvement

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

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

1. The girl has passed the B.A. examination in 1972.

1. The girl passed
2. The girl had passed
3. The girl was passed
4. No improvement

2. I hope you will look me up when you come to Delhi.

1. look at me
2. look me
3. look upon me
4. No improvement

3. The clerk asked the peon that why has he come to the office so late.

1. why had he
2. why he had
3. that why he had
4. No improvement

4. They went to the cinema and has got back to their house at nine o'clock.

1. returned
2. turning back
3. come back
4. No improvement

5. Which of the two boxes is more preferable?

1. more preferred
2. preferable
3. better preferred
4. No improvement

6. I think he will ask for a raise into the salary very soon.

1. for a raise in salary
2. for the raise of salary
3. for rising the salary
4. No improvement

7. I have been working in the same factory for the last twenty years now.

1. will work
2. shall be working
3. worked
4. No improvement

8. I must confess that I am very bad in operating machines.

1. on
2. at
3. for
4. No improvement

9. It was the hottest part of the year and also the busy in the office.

1. busiest
2. much busy
3. the busiest
4. No improvement

10. I am afraid, I don't know his name.

1. I fear
2. I feel
3. I imagine
4. No improvement

1. She did not ask any questions to him.

1. any questions from him
2. him any questions
3. him for any questions
4. No improvement

2. Within a few years most of the fertile land had underwent forcible indigo cultivation.

1. had undergone
2. has underwent
3. was undergone
4. No improvement

3. If a person studied a period of history, he would have wondered how things had happened at that time.

1. a person would study
2. a person had studied
3. a person could have studied
4. No improvement

4. No sooner I saw the tiger, than I ran away.

1. As soon as I saw
2. No sooner I had seen
3. No sooner did I see
4. No improvement

5. You can almost buy anything in this store. Can you?

1. Isn’t it ?
2. Do You ?
3. Can’t you ?
4. No improvement

6. Mohan will not be at home until eight O’clock.

1. to home
2. home
3. in home
4. No improvement

7. He could not cope up with the heavy rush.

1. cope with
2. cope by
3. cope upto
4. No improvement

8. She did not like the movie, nor I did.

1. nor did I
2. nor I liked it
3. nor I like it
4. No improvement

9. Old habits die hardly.

1. die hard
2. die too hard
3. die much hardly
4. No improvement

10. His father wrote to him, "It is high time you start preparing for the forthcoming examination."

1. had started
2. would start
3. started
4. No improvement

1. The new comer to the team cannot have the same advantage as that of the captain.

1. as the captain
2. as that of a captain
3. like the captain
4. No improvement

2. He can't scarcely see in this light.

1. scarcely can't
2. scarcely can
3. can scarcely
4. No improvement

3. A wood is like to a forest but it is smaller.

1. alike
2. like
3. likely
4. No improvement

4. We cannot start until everybody are ready.

1. is
2. was
3. were
4. No improvement

5. To our surprise, the movie turned out to be very interesting.

1. on
2. off
3. round
4. No improvement

6. The outcome of all those conferences were the appointment of a Committee.

1. was
2. will be
3. are
4. No improvement

7. We discussed on the matter for two hours.

1. discussed into
2. discussed about
3. discussed
4. No improvement

8. The brain damage experienced by chronic alcoholics continues to arise scientific interest.

1. rise
2. raise
3. arouse
4. No improvement

9. One should remain loyal to his country.

1. our
2. their
3. one's
4. No improvement

10. It was so dark that we could see only the outlook of the mountains against the aky.

1. outline
2. outlay
3. out-most
4. No improvement