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Sentence Correction and Improvement MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The hikers reached (a)/ the ridge before noon (b)/ after a steep climb, (c)/ did they (d).
An affirmative past-tense statement takes a negative tag. After reached, the correct tag is didn't they, not did they.
Q2Select the most appropriate option to substitute the segment in quotes. The mediator was "instrumental for securing" an agreement between the dockworkers and the shipping company.
The idiom instrumental in doing something describes having an important role in bringing about an outcome, so instrumental in securing is appropriate.
Q3Select the most appropriate option to substitute the segment in quotes. The architect's estimate is "consistent to the dimensions" shown on the approved blueprint.
The idiom consistent with expresses agreement or compatibility between the estimate and the stated dimensions.
Q4The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Not only she mapped (a)/ the ancient trade corridor (b)/ but she also published (c)/ her findings last year (d).
When Not only opens the sentence, auxiliary inversion is required. Write Not only did she map the ancient trade corridor, not Not only she mapped.
Q5The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. (a) Neither the microscope / (b) nor the centrifuge / (c) in the laboratory / (d) were functioning yesterday.
With 'neither…nor' joining two singular nouns, the verb agrees with the nearer subject and remains singular. Use 'was functioning', not 'were functioning'.
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6Select the most appropriate option to substitute the segment in quotes. Among several unlabelled samples, the apprentice found "a unusual alloy" with a bluish sheen.
7The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The historian attributed the fall (a) / of the empire (b) / to corruption and intrigue (c) / rather than from foreign invasion (d).
8Select the most appropriate option to substitute the segment in quotes. Under the revised settlement, the hidden fee could "do out the tenants of" part of their deposit.
9The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. (a) These exhibits / (b) have been cleaned for the opening, / (c) hasn't / (d) they?
10Select the most appropriate option to substitute the segment in quotes. At the hearing in March 2022, the conservator testified that she "has been monitoring the hairline crack since the previous autumn".
11Select the most appropriate option to substitute the segment in quotes. During the excavation, researchers uncovered "an one-eyed figurine" beneath a collapsed doorway.
12Select the most appropriate option to substitute the segment in quotes. The institute will nominate "whomever the assessment officer believes is best qualified" as the polar expedition's sole field leader.
13Select the most appropriate option to substitute the segment in quotes. The coastal survey requires volunteers "to record salinity, mapping erosion, and to photograph nesting sites".
14Select the most appropriate option to substitute the segment in quotes. The fellowship trains participants "to analyse budgets, negotiating contracts, and to present findings" to municipal boards.
15The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The coach asked the captain (a)/ to return back the jerseys (b)/ after the match (c)/ without delay (d).