PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-27

Direction (Qs.1-5): In the given question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the emboldened part are given as (1), (2), (3) and (4) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the given five options. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer will be (5), i.e., "No correction required".

Question No : 1

The director drew at the meeting for another hour with a series of tedious questions.

(1) Drew the meeting

(2) Draw at the meeting

(3) Drew out the meeting

(4) Draw by the meeting

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

He was brought dead despite rushing him to the hospital as quickly the driver could drive.

(1) To the hospital as quick

(2) To the hospital as quickly as

(3) At the hospital as quickly

(4) At the hospital as quickly as

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

After the storm died along, we went outside to see the damage it had caused.

(1) A storm died down

(2) The storm died down

(3) The storm died on

(4) The storm died across

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

If I win the competition, I would donate half of the prize money to charity.

(1) Should donate

(2) Would be donating

(3) Will be donating

(4) Will donate

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

She is writing for a newspaper since 01 May 1998.

(1) Was writing

(2) Has been writing

(3) Were writing

(4) Had been writing

(5) No correction required