PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-40

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 temporal lobe of the brain involves in language processing, is activated during verbal learning.

(1) involved in

(2) involving at

(3) involves at

(4) involves at

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

If you had driven more carefully, you would not meet with an accident.

(1) Will not meet

(2) Would not have met

(3) Had not met

(4) Did not meet

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

Yesterday, the government has reaffirmed its commitment to the current peace process.

(1) Had been reaffirmed

(2) Have reaffirmed

(3) Had reaffirmed

(4) Reaffirmed

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

I am glad to hear that you narrowly escaped being run over by a speeding car yesterday.

(1) By being run over by

(2) To run over by

(3) Run over down by

(4) Being overrun by

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

Was it they who were accused of stealing the neighbour’s car?

(1) Were it they who were

(2) Was it they who had

(3) Were they who

(4) Were it they who

(5) No correction required