Sentence Improvement â (Hard Level) : āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύ â (āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻĒ)
Q1. No sooner had he reached the station than the train had left. : āϤā§āĻāĻ āώā§āĻā§āĻāύāϤ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§ ā§°ā§āϞāĻāύ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A) leaves | B) had left | C) left | D) No improvement
Ans: C) left
Correct: No sooner had he reached the station than the train left. āϤā§āĻāĻ āώā§āĻā§āĻāύāϤ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§ ā§°ā§āϞāĻāύ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ’āϞāĨ¤
Rule / Trap: No sooner… than → Past Perfect + Simple Past.
No sooner… than āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠→ āĻāĻā§° āĻ
āĻāĻļāϤ Past Perfect, āĻĒāĻžāĻā§° āĻ
āĻāĻļāϤ Simple Past
Q2. Each of the employees in the offices have submitted their reports. āĻ āĻĢāĻŋāĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻāύ āĻā§°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻžā§°ā§ā§ā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§° ā§°āĻŋāĻĒ’ā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
A) has submitted | B) have submitted | C) had | D) No improvement
Ans: A) has submitted
Correct: Each of the employees in the offices has submitted their reports. āĻ āĻĢāĻŋāĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻāύ āĻā§°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻžā§°ā§ā§ā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§° ā§°āĻŋāĻĒ’ā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
Rule / Trap: Each of always takes a singular verb. Each of āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āϏāĻĻāĻžā§ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻāύ verb āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§
Q3. Hardly had she finished her speech when the audience started clapping. āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāώāĻŖ āĻļā§āώ āĻā§°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻļāĻā§ āĻšāĻžāϤāϤāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤
A) than | B) when | C) then | D) No improvement
Ans: D) No improvement
Correct (No change): Hardly had she finished her speech when the audience started clapping. āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāώāĻŖ āĻļā§āώ āĻā§°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻļāĻā§ āĻšāĻžāϤāϤāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤
Rule / Trap: Hardly… when is grammatically correct : āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ āύ
Q4. The committee were divided in their opinion regarding the proposal. āĻĒā§ā§°āϏā§āϤāĻžā§ąāĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻā§ā§° āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A) was divided | B) were divided | C) has divided | D) No improvement
Ans: D) No improvement
Correct (No change): The committee were divided in their opinion regarding the proposal. āĻĒā§ā§°āϏā§āϤāĻžā§ąāĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻā§ā§° āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Rule / Trap: Collective noun → plural verb when members act separately . āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ (committee) āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠→ plural verb
Q5. If he would have studied harder, he would have cleared the exam. āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĻšā§āĻāϤā§āύ, āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϤ āĻāϤā§āϤā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻš’āϞā§āĻšā§āĻāϤā§āύāĨ¤
A) had studied | B) studies | C) studied | D) No improvement
Ans: A) had studied
Correct: If he had studied harder, he would have cleared the exam. āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĻšā§āĻāϤā§āύ, āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϤ āĻāϤā§āϤā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻš’āϞā§āĻšā§āĻāϤā§āύāĨ¤
Rule / Trap: Wrong - āĻā§āϞ : If + would have is wrong :: Correct - āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ: If + had + V³
Q6. One of the most intelligent boys in the class have failed. āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻŽā§āϧāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§°āϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĢāϞ āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A) has failed | B) have failed | C) had failed | D) No improvement
Ans: A) has failed
Correct: One of the most intelligent boys in the class has failed. āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻŽā§āϧāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§°āϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĢāϞ āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Rule / Trap: One of the → singular verb āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻŦāĻāύ verb āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻā§
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Q1. He is the best player of the two.
A) among the two | B) of the two | C) between the two | D) No improvement
Ans: B) of the two
Correct Sentence: He is the best player of the two.
Explanation: For comparison of two → of the two. : āĻĻā§āĻāύ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠of the two āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q2. She is senior than her sister.
A) senior than | B) senior to | C) senior from | D) No improvement
Ans: B) senior to
Correct Sentence: She is senior to her sister.
Explanation: Senior/Junior take to. : Senior āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āϞāĻāϤ to āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q3. He did not knew the answer.
A) known | B) knowing | C) know | D) No improvement
Ans: C) know
Correct Sentence: He did not know the answer.
Explanation: After did not → base verb. : Did not āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ base verb āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q4. Each of the boys were given a prize.
A) were given | B) was given | C) had given | D) No improvement
Ans: B) was given
Correct Sentence: Each of the boys was given a prize.
Explanation: Each of → singular. : Each of āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻāύ → singularāĨ¤
Q5. He is suffering with fever.
A) suffering of | B) suffering from | C) suffering by | D) No improvement
Ans: B) suffering from
Correct Sentence: He is suffering from fever.
Explanation: Correct phrase: suffer from. : Suffer āϞāĻāϤ from āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q6. One of the most important questions have been omitted.
A) have been | B) has been | C) had been | D) No improvement
Ans: B) has been
Correct Sentence: One of the most important questions has been omitted.
Explanation: Subject = One (singular). : āĻŽā§āϞ subject = OneāĨ¤
Q7. He has been living here since five years.
A) since five years | B) for five years | C) from five years | D) No improvement
Ans: B) for five years
Correct Sentence: He has been living here for five years.
Explanation: For → period of time. : Five years = āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻāĻžāϞāĨ¤
Q8. Unless you will work hard, you will fail.
A) will work | B) worked | C) work | D) No improvement
Ans: C) work
Correct Sentence: Unless you work hard, you will fail.
Explanation: No future after unless. : Unless āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ future tense āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q9. Neither of the two answers are correct.
A) are | B) is | C) were | D) No improvement
Ans: B) is
Correct Sentence: Neither of the two answers is correct.
Explanation: Neither of → singular. : Neither = āĻāĻāύ⧠āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q10. The teacher as well as the students were present.
A) were present | B) was present | C) have been | D) No improvement
Ans: B) was present
Correct Sentence: The teacher as well as the students was present.
Explanation: Verb agrees with first subject. : āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ subject āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ verb āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q11. He is addicted with smoking.
A) addicted of | B) addicted by | C) addicted to | D) No improvement
Ans: C) addicted to
Correct Sentence: He is addicted to smoking.
Explanation: Addicted to is correct. : Addicted āϞāĻāϤ to āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q12. I prefer tea than coffee.
A) prefer tea than | B) prefer tea to | C) prefer tea over | D) No improvement
Ans: B) prefer tea to
Correct Sentence: I prefer tea to coffee.
Explanation: Prefer A to B. : Prefer āϞāĻāϤ to āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q13. The news are very shocking.
A) are | B) is | C) were | D) No improvement
Ans: B) is
Correct Sentence: The news is very shocking.
Explanation: News is singular. : News āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ singularāĨ¤
Q14. He has completed the work yesterday.
A) has completed | B) completed | C) had completed | D) No improvement
Ans: B) completed
Correct Sentence: He completed the work yesterday.
Explanation: Yesterday → simple past. : Yesterday āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠simple pastāĨ¤
Q15. She is more smarter than her sister.
A) more smarter | B) smarter | C) smartest | D) No improvement
Ans: B) smarter
Correct Sentence: She is smarter than her sister.
Explanation: No double comparison. : More + er āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
Q16. The number of students are increasing.
A) are increasing | B) is increasing | C) were increasing | D) No improvement
Ans: B) is increasing
Correct Sentence: The number of students is increasing.
Explanation: The number → singular. : The number āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤
Q17. He denied to take the money.
A) denied taking | B) denied taking | C) denied to taking | D) No improvement
Ans: A) denied taking
Correct Sentence: He denied taking the money.
Explanation: Deny + gerund (-ing). : Deny āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ verb-ing āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q18. She has no any friends here.
A) no any | B) any | C) some | D) No improvement
Ans: B) any
Correct Sentence: She has not any friends here. / She has no friends here.
Explanation: No + any together is wrong. : No āĻā§°ā§ any āĻāĻā§āϞāĻā§ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q19. He is capable to do this work.
A) capable for | B) capable of | C) capable of | D) No improvement
Ans: B) capable of
Correct Sentence: He is capable of doing this work.
Explanation: Capable + of + ing. : Capable āϞāĻāϤ of āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q20. She insisted to go alone.
A) insisted for | B) insisted on going | C) insisted to going | D) No improvement
Ans: B) insisted on going
Correct Sentence: She insisted on going alone.
Explanation: Insist + on + verb-ing. : Insist āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ on + ing āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤