{"id":2855,"date":"2018-02-07T09:40:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T09:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2855"},"modified":"2018-02-07T09:40:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T09:40:05","slug":"practice-english-tests-for-upsc-mba-and-bank-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/practice-english-tests-for-upsc-mba-and-bank-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice English tests for UPSC, MBA and Bank Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sentence Improvement Test 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which of the phrases (a), (b) or (c) should replace the word\/phrase in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (d) as your answer.<\/p>\n

1. The fog lifted<\/strong>, the plane took off.<\/p>\n

a) Having lifted the fog
\nb) Lifting the fog
\nc) The fog having lifted
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

2. He complained of having tortured<\/strong> the police.<\/p>\n

a) having been tortured
\nb) tortured
\nc) been tortured
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

3. The sea rough<\/strong>, they abandoned the swim.<\/p>\n

a) being rough
\nb) The sea being rough
\nc) It being rough
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

4. We were all happy at Mr. Sen being awarded<\/strong> the Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n

a) at Mr Sen\u2019s being awarded
\nb) at Mr Sen awarded
\nc) at Mr Sen been awarded
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

5. Being a rainy day<\/strong>, we had to abandon the match.<\/p>\n

a) having been a rainy day
\nb) It being a rainy day
\nc) It been a rainy day
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

6. I didn\u2019t need to water the flowers<\/strong>. Just after I finished it started raining.<\/p>\n

a) I needn\u2019t have watered the flowers
\nb) I needn\u2019t water the plants
\nc) I didn\u2019t water the plants
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

7. If she hadn\u2019t been so bad-tempered, I could have married her<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

a) might have married her
\nb) should have married her
\nc) must have married her
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

8. This time tomorrow I will lie<\/strong> on the beach.<\/p>\n

a) will be lying
\nb) will have been lying
\nc) will have lied
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

9. Hadn\u2019t we cancelled<\/strong> the journey at the last moment, we should all have been killed in the crash.<\/p>\n

a) If we had not cancelled
\nb) Had we cancelled
\nc) If we had cancelled
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

10. If she might be late<\/strong>, we will have to start without her.<\/p>\n

a) If she should be late
\nb) If she would be late
\nc) If she must be late
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

11. I looked up and found water had dripping<\/strong> through the ceiling.<\/p>\n

a) we had water dripping
\nb) we had water dripped
\nc) we have water dripping
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

12. She was hardly inside the house than<\/strong> the kids started screaming.<\/p>\n

a) when
\nb) by
\nc) as soon as
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

13. No sooner has she agreed<\/strong> to marry him than she started having terrible doubts.<\/p>\n

a) No sooner had she agreed
\nb) She no sooner had agreed
\nc) No sooner did she agreed
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

14. She was a nice girl, but she should<\/strong> talk about herself all the time.<\/p>\n

a) would
\nb) must
\nc) could
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

15. As well as he breaking<\/strong> his leg, he hurt his arm.<\/p>\n

a) As well as breaking
\nb) As well as he broke
\nc) As well as broke
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

16. Bravely as they fought<\/strong>, they had no chance of winning.<\/p>\n

a) Bravely as though they fought
\nb) Bravely they fought though
\nc) As they fought bravely
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

17. Cold though<\/strong> it was we went out.<\/p>\n

a) As it was cold
\nb) It was cold though
\nc) Cold it was though
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

18. \u2018You looked tired.\u2019 \u2018Yes, I had been<\/strong> running.\u2019<\/p>\n

a) have been
\nb) was
\nc) were
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

19. I asked her whether if she believed<\/strong> in God.<\/p>\n

a) whether she believed
\nb) about whether she believed
\nc) about if she believed
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

20. They were built<\/strong> this house in 1990.<\/p>\n

a) built
\nb) had built
\nc) have built
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

21. She works in television as well as she writes<\/strong> children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n

a) as well as writing
\nb) as well as she writing
\nc) as well as wrote
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

22. We met at<\/strong> a cold morning in early spring.<\/p>\n

a) on
\nb) in
\nc) with
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

23. Are you free on this evening?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) this evening
\nb) at this evening
\nc) in this evening
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

24. Being too costly for him<\/strong>, he could not buy the coat.<\/p>\n

a) It being too costly for him
\nb) He being too costly
\nc) Being it too costly
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

25. God will<\/strong>, we shall meet again.<\/p>\n

a) If God is willing
\nb) God is willing
\nc) Willing God
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The fog having lifted
\n2. having been tortured
\n3. The sea being rough
\n4. No improvement
\n5. It being a rainy day
\n6. I needn\u2019t have watered the flowers.
\n7. might have married her
\n8. will be lying
\n9. If we had not cancelled
\n10. If she should be late
\n11. we had water dripping
\n12. when
\n13. No sooner had she agreed
\n14. would
\n15. As well as breaking
\n16. No improvement
\n17. No improvement
\n18. have been
\n19. whether she believed
\n20. built
\n21. as well as writing
\n22. on
\n23. this evening
\n24. It being too costly for him
\n25. If God is willing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sentence Improvement Test 2 Which of the phrases (a), (b) or (c) should replace the word\/phrase in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[545],"class_list":["post-2855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bank-po-english","tag-english-for-bank-po"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2856,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855\/revisions\/2856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}