PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-54

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 at (1), (2), (3) and (4) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (5), i.e., ‘No correction required’.

Question No : 1

He has completed his book yesterday.

(1) Had been completed

(2) Have completed

(3) Have been completed

(4) Completed

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

Yesterday Donna watched a movie, cleaned her apartment and was making lunch.

(1) To making lunch

(2) Made lunch

(3) Making lunch

(4) Had been making lunch

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

He listened to melodious songs before he started the work.

(1) Listen to melodious

(2) Had listened to melodious

(3) Had listen to melodious

(4) Was listening to melodious

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

If you cross the International Date Line, the time change.

(1) Changes

(2) Changing

(3) Would change

(4) Had change

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

Yesterday a gang of youth has went on a rampage in the city.

(1) Had been went

(2) Have went

(3) Had gone

(4) Went

(5) No improvement required