Sentence Improvement

J&K Bank PO · English Language · 78 practice questions with answers and explanations: 42 Easy, 35 Medium, 1 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Improve the sentence: "She don't like tea."

  1. She not like tea.
  2. She didn't likes tea.
  3. She doesn't like tea.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: C. With 'she', the negative auxiliary is 'doesn't'.

Sample Easy question 2

Improve the sentence: "He is knowing the answer."

  1. He has been knowing the answer.
  2. He is know the answer.
  3. He knows the answer.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: C. 'Know' is a stative verb and is not used in the continuous form.

Sample Easy question 3

Improve the sentence: "I am agree with you."

  1. I am agreeing with you.
  2. I am agreed with you.
  3. I agree with you.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: C. 'Agree' is a verb and takes no 'am'.

Sample Medium question 4

Improve the sentence: "She is more wiser than her sister."

  1. She is the wiser than her sister.
  2. She is wiser than her sister.
  3. She is much more wiser than her sister.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: B. No double comparative.

Sample Medium question 5

Improve the sentence: "No sooner did he arrive than it started raining."

  1. No sooner had he arrived than it started raining.
  2. No sooner did he arrived than it started raining.
  3. No sooner he arrived than it started raining.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: A. 'No sooner' pairs with the past perfect.

Sample Medium question 6

Improve the sentence: "I could not help to laugh."

  1. I could not helping to laugh.
  2. I could not help laughing.
  3. I could not help laugh.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: B. 'Cannot help' takes a gerund.

Sample Hard question 7

Improve the sentence: "He is one of the greatest scholars that has ever lived."

  1. He is the one of greatest scholars that has ever lived.
  2. He is one of the greatest scholars that have ever lived.
  3. He is one of the greatest scholars who has ever lived.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: B. 'That' refers to 'scholars' (plural): 'have'.

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