Sentence Improvement MCQ Set 8

She has a good command of English. (Improve)

  • A. command in
  • B. command on
  • C. No improvement (Answer)
  • D. command over

'Command of' a language is the correct expression. No improvement needed.

She is more clever than her sister. (Improve)

  • A. cleverer than (Answer)
  • B. most clever than
  • C. cleverest than
  • D. No improvement

One-syllable adjectives and some two-syllable ones form comparatives by adding -er. 'Cleverer' is preferred.

He made a great progress in his study. (Improve)

  • A. a great progresses
  • B. great progress (Answer)
  • C. great progresses
  • D. No improvement

'Progress' is uncountable — no article, no plural form.

She could not remember where had she kept the keys. (Improve)

  • A. where she had kept (Answer)
  • B. where did she keep
  • C. where she kept
  • D. No improvement

In embedded/indirect questions, use normal sentence word order (subject + verb), not inverted.

He has not wrote to me since January. (Improve)

  • A. has not write
  • B. has not written (Answer)
  • C. had not written
  • D. No improvement

The past participle of 'write' is 'written', not 'wrote'. 'Wrote' is simple past.

I am learning English from last year. (Improve)

  • A. have been learning English since (Answer)
  • B. learned English from
  • C. have been learning English from
  • D. No improvement

Present perfect continuous with 'since' is correct for ongoing actions from a past point.

The audience were asked to take their seat. (Improve)

  • A. to take their seats (Answer)
  • B. to take seat
  • C. to take a seat
  • D. No improvement

Since multiple audience members are seated, 'their seats' (plural) is correct.

He works very hardly. (Improve)

  • A. very hard (Answer)
  • B. hardily
  • C. harder
  • D. No improvement

'Hard' is both an adjective and adverb. 'Hardly' means 'scarcely/barely', not 'with great effort'.

She is the most talented of the two sisters. (Improve)

  • A. more talented of (Answer)
  • B. more talented than
  • C. the most talented than
  • D. No improvement

When comparing two, use comparative degree. 'Most talented of the two' is incorrect.

He passed with first division. (Improve)

  • A. in first division
  • B. No improvement (Answer)
  • C. with the first division
  • D. from first division

'Passed with first division' is an acceptable expression in Indian English. No improvement needed.

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Sentence Improvement — Set 8

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