Sentence Improvement – 4

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

SentenceAns

1. Babu asked his friend, "Where you went yesterday?"

  1. "Where did you go yesterday?"
  2. "Where you had gone yesterday?"
  3. "Where you did go yesterday?"
  4. No improvement

2. He lay on the grass enjoying the sunshine.

  1. laid
  2. lied
  3. led
  4. No improvement

3. Some passengers were flown to Paris on the last trip.

  1. fled
  2. flied
  3. flew
  4. No improvement

4. Fifty miles are a long distance to walk.

  1. is
  2. become
  3. be
  4. No improvement

5. After the vote was taken the meeting broke.

  1. broke down
  2. broke up
  3. broke out
  4. No improvement

6. The speaker asked the audience to bear upon him for a few minutes more.

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


SentenceAns

7. Many people find it difficult to make both hands meet.

  1. both accounts
  2. both hand to mouth
  3. both ends meet
  4. No improvement

8. More than one person was killed in the accident.

  1. were killed
  2. are killed
  3. have been killed
  4. No improvement

9. Not a word they spoke to the unfortunate wife about it.

  1. did they speak
  2. they will speak
  3. they had spoken
  4. No improvement

10. The poor villagers have waited in bitter cold for more than four hours now.

  1. have been waiting
  2. had waited
  3. has been waiting
  4. No improvement