Sentence Improvement

LSSSSB Non-Technical · English · 78 practice questions with answers and explanations: 42 Easy, 35 Medium, 1 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Improve the sentence: "I look forward to see you."

  1. I look forward to saw you.
  2. I look forward to seeing you.
  3. I look forward for seeing you.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: B. 'To' here is a preposition, so the -ing form follows.

Sample Easy question 2

Improve the sentence: "He is good in mathematics."

  1. He is good with mathematics.
  2. He is good at mathematics.
  3. He is good on mathematics.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: B. The collocation is 'good at'.

Sample Easy question 3

Improve the sentence: "She is married with a doctor."

  1. She is married for a doctor.
  2. She is married to a doctor.
  3. She is married by a doctor.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: B. The collocation is 'married to'.

Sample Medium question 4

Improve the sentence: "She prevented him to go."

  1. She prevented him from go.
  2. She prevented him for going.
  3. She prevented him from going.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: C. 'Prevent ... from' takes a gerund.

Sample Medium question 5

Improve the sentence: "It is no use to cry over spilt milk."

  1. It is no use crying over spilt milk.
  2. It is no use to crying over spilt milk.
  3. It is no use cried over spilt milk.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: A. 'It is no use' takes a gerund.

Sample Medium question 6

Improve the sentence: "He is as taller as his father."

  1. He is as tall as his father.
  2. He is so taller as his father.
  3. He is as tall like his father.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: A. 'As ... as' takes the positive degree.

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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