Sentence Improvement

Ladakh Prison Department · English · 78 practice questions with answers and explanations: 42 Easy, 35 Medium, 1 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Improve the sentence: "One of my friend is a doctor."

  1. One of my friends is a doctor.
  2. One of my friend are a doctor.
  3. One of my friends are a doctor.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: A. 'One of' is followed by a plural noun and a singular verb.

Sample Easy question 2

Improve the sentence: "She is very much interested for music."

  1. She is very much interested at music.
  2. She is very much interested in music.
  3. She is very much interested on music.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: B. The collocation is 'interested in'.

Sample Easy question 3

Improve the sentence: "He is too weak to walk."

  1. He is very weak to walk.
  2. He is so weak to walk.
  3. He is too weak for walk.
  4. No improvement
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Answer: D. The sentence is correct.

Sample Medium question 4

Improve the sentence: "Neither of the two answers are correct."

  1. Neither of the two answers is correct
  2. Neither of the two answer is correct
  3. Neither of the two answers were correct
  4. No improvement needed
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Answer: A. 'Neither' takes a singular verb: 'is correct'.

Sample Medium question 5

Improve the sentence: "The number of students in the class is increasing day by day."

  1. The numbers of students in the class is increasing day by day
  2. The number of students in the class are increasing day by day
  3. No improvement needed
  4. The number of student in the class is increasing day by day
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Answer: C. 'The number of' takes a singular verb, so 'is increasing' is already correct.

Sample Medium question 6

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

  1. She is taller than her sister
  2. She is much more taller than her sister
  3. She is more tall than her sister
  4. No improvement needed
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Answer: A. 'Taller' is already comparative, so 'more' is redundant and should be removed.

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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