Sentence Improvement

SSC CGL · English Comprehension · 25 practice questions with answers and explanations: 6 Easy, 9 Medium, 10 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Improve the sentence: "He can able to solve this problem."

  1. He is able to solve this problem
  2. He can able solve this problem
  3. He can solves this problem
  4. No improvement needed
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Answer: A. 'Can' and 'able to' should not be used together; only one modal construction is needed.

Sample Medium question 2

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

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

Sample Hard question 3

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'.

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