Sentence Improvement

JKSSB Assistant Training Officer (Handicrafts & Handlooms) · General English · 78 practice questions with answers and explanations: 42 Easy, 35 Medium, 1 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Improve the sentence: "I have seen him yesterday."

  1. I saw him yesterday.
  2. I have saw him yesterday.
  3. I had seen him yesterday.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: A. The present perfect is not used with a definite past time such as 'yesterday'; use the simple past.

Sample Easy question 2

Improve the sentence: "I am knowing him for many years."

  1. I know him for many years.
  2. I am known him for many years.
  3. I have known him for many years.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: C. 'Know' is a stative verb (not used in continuous forms), and an action continuing to the present takes the present perfect.

Sample Easy question 3

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 Medium question 4

Improve the sentence: "Hardly he had left when the bell rang."

  1. Hardly he left when the bell rang
  2. Hardly did he left when the bell rang
  3. Hardly had he left when the bell rang
  4. No improvement needed
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Answer: C. 'Hardly' at the start of a sentence requires inverted word order: 'had he left'.

Sample Medium question 5

Improve the sentence: "This is the most unique idea."

  1. This is a unique idea
  2. This is the more unique idea
  3. This is the most uniquest idea
  4. No improvement needed
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Answer: A. 'Unique' is an absolute adjective and cannot be modified by 'most'.

Sample Medium question 6

Improve the sentence: "The poor is always suffering."

  1. The poor are always suffering.
  2. The poors are always suffering.
  3. The poor was always suffering.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: A. 'The + adjective' referring to a class of people (the poor, the rich) takes a plural verb.

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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