Sentence Improvement - Verbal Ability Questions and Answers
Learn and Practice "Sentence Improvement - Verbal Ability Questions" for your competitive exams. Choose the correct option to make the sentence grammatically correct. All questions are provided with a right answer, explanation and examples to help you understand the concept quickly and easily.
Use of Sentence Improvement Questions
The objective type questions and examples given in this section will be useful to all the freshers, college students and engineering students preparing for placement tests or any competitive exam like MBA, CAT, MAT, SNAP, MHCET, XAT, NMAT, GATE, Bank exams - IBPS, SBI, RBI, RRB, SSB, SSC, UPSC etc.
Practice with this online test to crack your placement and entrance tests!
Directions: In each question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Each sentence is followed by some phrases which can replace the underlined part to make it better. Choose the option that can correctly substitute that part of the sentence.
If the sentence is correct as it, the answer is "No correction required" or "No improvement".
1. John is as fast as or perhaps faster than Sarah.
a. as fast
b. almost as fast
c. equally fast
d. No correction required
Answer: a. as fast
Explanation: Correct sentence: John is as fast or perhaps faster than Sarah.
2. This worker is the most skilled of all the other workers in our factory.
a. worker
b. of all the others workers
c. of all workers
d. No improvement
Answer: a. worker
Explanation: Correct sentence: This worker is the most skilled worker in our factory.
3. She loves the music, the art, the dance.
a. music, art and dance
b. the music, art and the dance
c. the music, the art and the dance
d. No improvement
Answer: a. music, art and dance
Explanation: Correct sentence: She loves music, art and dance.
4. The girl told her teacher to explain the whole lesson again.
a. called her teacher
b. said to her teacher
c. asked her teacher
d. No improvement
Answer: c. asked her teacher
Explanation: Correct sentence: The girl asked her teacher to explain the whole lesson again.
5. What are needed are not large bungalows but small homes.
a. is
b. was
c. were
d. No improvement
Answer: a. is
Explanation: Correct sentence: What is needed are not large bungalows but small homes.
6. The speaker of Lok Sabha broke away the meeting as it turned violent.
a. broke up
b. broke off
c. broke through
d. No improvement
Answer: a. broke up
Explanation: Correct sentence: The speaker of Lok Sabha broke up the meeting as it turned violent.
