Sentence Improvement MCQ Set 2
She avoids to go out alone at night. (Improve)
- A. avoids going (Answer)
- B. avoids to going
- C. avoid to go
- D. No improvement
'Avoid' is always followed by a gerund (verb+ing), never a to-infinitive.
He succeeded to pass the examination. (Improve)
- A. succeeded passing
- B. succeeded in passing (Answer)
- C. succeeded to passing
- D. No improvement
'Succeed in + gerund' is the correct structure.
The children are interesting in the story. (Improve)
- A. interested in (Answer)
- B. interesting about
- C. interested about
- D. No improvement
'Interested in' describes a person's feeling. 'Interesting' describes the thing that causes the feeling.
He is habitual of waking up late. (Improve)
- A. has a habit to wake
- B. is in the habit of waking (Answer)
- C. has habitual of waking
- D. No improvement
'Be in the habit of + gerund' is the correct structure. 'Habitual' is an adjective, not used this way.
I look forward to see you next week. (Improve)
- A. look forward to seeing (Answer)
- B. looking forward to see
- C. look forward seeing
- D. No improvement
'Look forward to' is followed by a gerund (seeing). 'To' here is a preposition, not part of infinitive.
The book that I bought it yesterday is very interesting. (Improve)
- A. that I bought yesterday is (Answer)
- B. which I bought it yesterday
- C. that I had bought it yesterday
- D. No improvement
The pronoun 'it' is redundant in a relative clause. Remove 'it'.
No sooner did he arrive than the guests had started leaving. (Improve)
- A. started to leave
- B. started leaving (Answer)
- C. No improvement
- D. start leaving
'No sooner...than' uses past tense in both clauses. 'Had started' is incorrect.
He was too tired to can walk another mile. (Improve)
- A. too tired to walk (Answer)
- B. so tired to walk
- C. too tired that he walked
- D. No improvement
'Too + adj + to + bare infinitive' is the correct structure. 'Can' after 'to' is incorrect.
She is elder than her sister by two years. (Improve)
- A. older (Answer)
- B. eldest
- C. oldest
- D. No improvement
'Older/younger' are used in general comparisons. 'Elder/eldest' are used within the family context, but 'older' is also acceptable for people.
The Principal gave the award to Ravi and I. (Improve)
- A. Ravi and me (Answer)
- B. Ravi and myself
- C. me and Ravi
- D. No improvement
After a preposition ('to'), use objective case 'me', not nominative 'I'.
Sentence Improvement — Set 2
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