Sentence Improvement MCQ Set 6
He is working since 8 o'clock. (Improve)
- A. has been working (Answer)
- B. works
- C. was working
- D. No improvement
With 'since', use present perfect or present perfect continuous for ongoing actions.
She loves both singing and to dance. (Improve)
- A. both singing and dancing (Answer)
- B. both to sing and to dance
- C. both sings and dances
- D. No improvement
Parallel structure requires both parts to be in the same form (gerund + gerund).
The teacher explained them the lesson. (Improve)
- A. explained the lesson to them (Answer)
- B. explained to them the lesson
- C. explained their the lesson
- D. No improvement
'Explain' does not take an indirect object directly. Use 'explain something to someone'.
He refused accepting the offer. (Improve)
- A. refused to accept (Answer)
- B. refused from accepting
- C. refused for accepting
- D. No improvement
'Refuse' is followed by an infinitive (to + verb), not a gerund.
He is working since morning. (Improve)
- A. has been working (Answer)
- B. was working
- C. works
- D. No improvement
Present perfect continuous with 'since' is used for an ongoing action from a past point.
She could not help but to cry. (Improve)
- A. could not help but cry (Answer)
- B. could not help to cry
- C. could not help to crying
- D. No improvement
'Cannot help but + bare infinitive' is the correct structure.
He asked whether the task had completed. (Improve)
- A. had been completed (Answer)
- B. has completed
- C. was complete
- D. No improvement
The passive form 'had been completed' is needed — the task was completed (by someone).
The police have caught the thief who had stole the money. (Improve)
- A. who had stolen (Answer)
- B. who had steal
- C. who has stolen
- D. No improvement
The past participle of 'steal' is 'stolen', not 'stole'. 'Had stolen' is correct past perfect.
He is very senior than me. (Improve)
- A. is very senior to me (Answer)
- B. is more senior than me
- C. is so senior than me
- D. No improvement
'Senior to' (not 'than') is correct. Also, 'very' cannot modify comparatives — use 'much'.
She has given her consent to marry him. (Improve)
- A. to marrying him
- B. for marrying him
- C. No improvement (Answer)
- D. of marrying him
'Consent to marry' (infinitive) is perfectly correct. No improvement needed.
Sentence Improvement — Set 6
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