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SSC Sentence Improvement Test 149
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SSC Sentence Improvement Test 149
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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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    He was hung for murder.
    Solutions
    We use the word "hanged" referring to a person being suspended by a rope around the neck until dead whereas "hung" a past form of the verb "hang" used to mean “to suspend or be suspended.” Therefore, the correct word to be used here is "hanged". Hence, option B 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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    I try to avoid travel in the rush hour.

    Solutions

    The underlined part is grammatically incorrect. We need a gerund here (instead of a verb). Verbs such as enjoy, admit, appreciate, can't stand / help/ bear, deny, avoid, mind, understand, consider, finish, imagine, and resent take the -ing form of the verb. In order to make the sentence grammatically correct, we will substitute ‘travel in’ with ‘travelling in’. Hence, option A is the correct answer.

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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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    Not only she objected to his proposal but also condemned it in strong items.

    Solutions

    The correct sentence is, “Not only did she object to his proposal but also condemned it in strong items”.

    The correct structure is - Not only did she + V1 / Not only has she + V3.

    Therefore, out of all the options provided in the given question, option (A) 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 there is no need to substitute it, select No Improvement.

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    Authorities has been regular issuing avalanche warnings for vulnerable areas that have witnessed heavy snowfall.

    Solutions

    Authorities is a plural subject, hence, it should be accompanied with an plural auxiliary verb ‘have’ as per the subject verb agreement. Therefore, option (D) 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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    I can accept anything than dishonesty.
    Solutions
    When "anything" is used in comparative degree, it is followed by "other". Therefore, the underlined part should be replaced with option A.
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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 you had arrived earlier, you had found me in the bus.
    Solutions

    This given sentence is a conditional sentence and we can use these sentences to talk about situations in the past that did not actually happen. We use the past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
    Example:- If I had known about the rainy weather, I would not have gone hiking.
    Hence, option B is the correct answer.

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    Directions For Questions

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.

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    I think all the furniture needing to be polished.

    Solutions
    Furniture is an uncountable noun and is always followed by a singular verb. Therefore, ‘needing’ will be replaced with ‘needs’ to get a meaningful sentence. Therefore, out of all the options, 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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    Garima has her meal at three, when she has it, she goes off to sleep.
    Solutions
    The first clause is in present tense. The conditional verb of time (when) in the second clause in written in simple past.
    Hence, Option B is the correct answer.
  • Question 9/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.

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    His coach wishes I to play for his team.
    Solutions
    The sentence is in present simple tence. The verb should be in present simple tence.
    Wishes that i have played is present perfect tence.
    Wishes that me to play is past perfect tence.
    Wishes me to play is present simple tense.
    Hence, the correct answer is option C
  • Question 10/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.

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    Due to the fall in real estate prices builders have stopped from constructing multi-storeyed office buildings
    Solutions
    ‘From’ is used to show the starting of something. In the sentence, there is no need of telling starting. So, instead of ‘stopped from starting’, ‘stopped starting’ will come.
    Hence, option C is the correct option.
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