Sentence Improvement MCQ Set 9
My father is going to retire on next year. (Improve)
- A. retire in next year
- B. retire next year (Answer)
- C. retire on the next year
- D. No improvement
No preposition is used before 'next year', 'last week', 'this month', etc.
He was arrested for committing the theft. (Improve)
- A. for theft commitment
- B. No improvement
- C. for committing theft (Answer)
- D. at committing the theft
'Commit theft/robbery/murder' — no article is used with these nouns after 'commit'.
Scarcely I had sat down when the phone rang. (Improve)
- A. Scarcely had I sat (Answer)
- B. Scarcely I had been sitting
- C. Scarcely sat I
- D. No improvement
After 'scarcely/hardly/no sooner', inversion is required: 'Scarcely had I sat down'.
She is a worth seeing movie. (Improve)
- A. a movie worth seeing (Answer)
- B. a worth to see movie
- C. a movie worthy to see
- D. No improvement
'Worth + gerund' must follow a noun. 'A movie worth seeing' is the correct structure.
He is very expert in this field. (Improve)
- A. very an expert
- B. an expert (Answer)
- C. quite expert
- D. No improvement
'Expert' is a noun here, not an adjective. 'He is an expert' is correct.
She was too tired that she fell asleep immediately. (Improve)
- A. so tired that (Answer)
- B. very tired that
- C. too much tired that
- D. No improvement
'So...that' is used for result clauses. 'Too...that' is incorrect.
The teacher, as well as the students, were excited. (Improve)
- A. was excited (Answer)
- B. are excited
- C. have been excited
- D. No improvement
With 'as well as', verb agrees with the first subject (teacher = singular). Use 'was'.
I saw him going out of the house yesterday. (Improve)
- A. saw him go
- B. No improvement (Answer)
- C. saw him went
- D. saw him to go
Both 'saw him go' (bare infinitive) and 'saw him going' (participle) are correct. No improvement needed.
She has been lived here since 2015. (Improve)
- A. has been living
- B. has lived
- C. Both A and B (Answer)
- D. No improvement
Both 'has been living' (continuous) and 'has lived' (simple perfect) are correct with 'since'.
He was punished for be late. (Improve)
- A. for being late (Answer)
- B. for to be late
- C. for been late
- D. No improvement
After a preposition, use a gerund (being), not an infinitive.
Sentence Improvement — Set 9
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