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SSC Sentence Improvement Test 72
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    Directions For Questions

    Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no Improvement’.

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    I have done my exercises when Keshav came to see me.
    Solutions
    The usage of "came" indicates that Keshav had come in the past. Hence, the past perfect tense "had done" should be used to allow the sentence to be grammatically correct.
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    Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no Improvement’.

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    But beliefs are often more like states of mind or attitudes then decisive actions.
    Solutions
    The error lies in the incorrect usage of an adverb. “Then” is mainly an adverb, often used to situate actions in time. It’s also used in “if-then” constructions and also works as a noun meaning that time. “Than” is a conjunction used mainly in making comparisons.
    Hence, option C is the correct answer.
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    Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no Improvement’.

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    All these articles are kept in a tin box to prevent from spoiling of damp in rainy season.

    Solutions

    The underlined part is grammatically incorrect. Prevent is often followed either by a possessive adjective + gerund or by an object + from + gerund. Prevent can also be followed by the gerund directly when the subject is unnecessary, and it can be followed by a noun. Thus, 'prevent them being spoiled by damp' is the most suited one.
    Hence, option B is the correct answer.

  • Question 4/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No improvement’.

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    Everyone hoped of good weather on the day of India Pakistan cricket match.
    Solutions

    The underlined segment must be replaced by option A. Hope for= to be optimistic that one’s wish for something will come true. Hence option A is correct answer.

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    Directions For Questions

    Improve the underlined part of the sentence.

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    The purpose of speaking is to communicate, I chose words that are the best for the idea I want to convey.
    Solutions
    The given sentence, the part before the comma states a general thought held by the speaker. The next part talks about what the speaker does in general. Thus, the simple present tense should be used for such a generalized statement. So the bracketed part should read “I choose words that are the best”. Thus, option C is the correct answer.
    Note- “were” in option A indicates that the chosen words are no longer the best. This makes the sentence grammatically incorrect.
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    Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no Improvement’.

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    While addressing the assembly the officer said, “It was a tit-for-tat action involving selected targeting, such actions do not last very long”.
    Solutions
    Here “targeting” is a gerund which acts as a noun. So we need an adjective to modify it. Now, "selective" and "selected" both are adjectives but they are used differently as per the context of a sentence. Selective means in intentionally choosing something and not other. Selected means chosen. What the sentence requires as an adjective here is "selective" and not "selected". Therefore, option C is the correct answer.
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    Directions For Questions

    Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no Improvement’.

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    They were been commanded to wait until the signal was given.
    Solutions
    The sentence is grammatically incorrect and the underlined part needs improvement. We don't use two auxiliaries together, i.e. 'been' and 'were'. The given sentence is in the past tense and is of passive voice. Thus, 'commanded' is the correct verb here.

    Hence, option B is the correct answer.
  • Question 8/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no Improvement’.

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    If I were you, I cannot granted him any relief.
    Solutions
    The underlined part is grammatically incorrect. With the imaginary sentences (If I were), we use the following constructions:
    1) Would + V1
    2) Would + have + V3

    The only possible answer is given in option C. Hence, it is the correct answer. 
  • Question 9/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no Improvement’.

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    The servant was disturbed as her son was now out of sight due to bad company.
    Solutions
    The underlined part is grammatically incorrect. Let's first see the meaning of different phrases given:
    Out of sight = not visible.

    Out of bounds = outside the limits of where one is permitted to be.

    Out of control = no longer possible to manage.

    Out of reach = beyond the capacity of someone to attain something.

    The only phrase which imparts sense to this sentence is given in option B. Hence, it is the correct answer. 
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    Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no Improvement’.

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    The easiest of the thing to did is to ask the postman for the address.
    Solutions
    The underlined part is grammatically incorrect. 'Of the thing to did' should be replaced with 'of the things to do' as preposition 'to' takes verb's first form after it. Also if we have a superlative degree, we use singular noun (i.e. thing in this case) but if we use preposition 'of' after the superlative degree, we use plural noun/pronoun. Thus, the most suited one is “of the things to do”.

    Hence, option A is the correct answer.
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