Sentence Improvement MCQ Set 10

She was wearing a trouser. (Improve)

  • A. wearing trousers (Answer)
  • B. wearing a pair of trouser
  • C. wearing trouser
  • D. No improvement

'Trousers' is a plural noun and does not take 'a'. Use 'trousers' or 'a pair of trousers'.

Neither of the players have played well. (Improve)

  • A. have been playing
  • B. has played (Answer)
  • C. had played
  • D. No improvement

'Neither' takes a singular verb. 'Neither of the players has played well'.

They requested the Chairman to look the matter. (Improve)

  • A. to look after the matter (Answer)
  • B. to look in the matter
  • C. to look on the matter
  • D. No improvement

'Look after' means to take care of or deal with something.

He did the mistake of trusting him. (Improve)

  • A. committed the mistake
  • B. made the mistake (Answer)
  • C. No improvement
  • D. caused the mistake

'Make a mistake' is the correct collocation, not 'do a mistake'.

She married with a rich man. (Improve)

  • A. married to a rich man
  • B. married a rich man
  • C. Both A and B (Answer)
  • D. No improvement

Both 'married a rich man' (no preposition) and 'married to' (describing current status) are correct.

I saw the boy to play cricket. (Improve)

  • A. to playing cricket
  • B. playing cricket (Answer)
  • C. played cricket
  • D. No improvement

Perception verbs (see, hear, watch) take bare infinitive or present participle, not 'to + infinitive'.

He is tired to walk any further. (Improve)

  • A. tired of walking (Answer)
  • B. tired for walking
  • C. tired in walking
  • D. No improvement

'Tired of + gerund' means fed up with something.

The examination papers were checked by each teacher. (Improve)

  • A. by every teacher
  • B. No improvement (Answer)
  • C. by some teachers
  • D. by all of teacher

The sentence is grammatically correct. No improvement needed.

He is very fond of his own self. (Improve)

  • A. fond of himself (Answer)
  • B. fond of oneself
  • C. No improvement
  • D. fond of his self

'Fond of himself' is the correct reflexive form for third person singular.

He works sincere and hard. (Improve)

  • A. sincerely and hardly
  • B. sincerely and hard (Answer)
  • C. sincere and hardly
  • D. No improvement

Adverbs modify verbs. 'Sincerely' (adverb) and 'hard' (also serves as adverb) are both correct modifiers.

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Sentence Improvement — Set 10

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