Look at the word\/phrase in bold letters. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the bold text. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (d) as your answer.<\/p>\n
1. They dug a deep well, but could not find water.<\/strong><\/p>\n a) could not find no water 2. When the bell rung<\/strong>, the swimmers sprang into the water.<\/p>\n a) was rung 3. The manager sent for the clerk, he<\/strong> came at once.<\/p>\n a) that 4. The Hyderabad House in New Delhi, which is been<\/strong> used by the External affairs Ministry, is to be sold.<\/p>\n a) which is being 5. One of the officers who were suspected<\/strong> of treachery was the Major himself.<\/p>\n a) was suspected 6. He is the only one among our politicians who is<\/strong> popular throughout the country.<\/p>\n a) was 7. This is one of the best pictures that have released<\/strong> this year.<\/p>\n a) have been released 8. Bribery is one of the charges that have been leveled<\/strong> against him.<\/p>\n a) has been leveled 9. By December 2008 I shall be giving<\/strong> him a monthly stipend for ten years.<\/p>\n a) shall have been giving 10. Edison used to have sold<\/strong> newspapers before he became a famous inventor.<\/p>\n a) used to sell 11. I was reading<\/strong> the novel till midnight when the lights suddenly went out.<\/p>\n a) had been reading 12. Tom took<\/strong> two wickets before rain interrupted the play.<\/p>\n a) had taken 13. By the winter of 2008, we shall be living<\/strong> in this house for twelve years.<\/p>\n a) shall have been living 14. As he was swinging<\/strong> the axe, it fell from his hands and his toe was cleft in two.<\/p>\n a) swung 15. There lied<\/strong> my lost keys in the midst of a clutter of small plants.<\/p>\n a) lay 16. If you listened more carefully, you would not have made<\/strong> so many mistakes.<\/p>\n a) would not make 17. The robber waived<\/strong> a pistol and frightened the passengers.<\/p>\n a) waved 18. You must learn how to deal in<\/strong> different kinds of people.<\/p>\n a) deal with 19. I despair of<\/strong> ever reforming my rascally nephew.<\/p>\n a) despair about 20. While I was a student, I was a member of the college cricket team, which I should captain<\/strong> in my last year.<\/p>\n a) captained 21. He touched<\/strong> at unemployment and allied problems in his talk.<\/p>\n a) touched upon 22. A man with severe brain damage regained the ability to talk, eat, and move after doctors have implanted<\/strong> an electrical device deep inside his brain.<\/p>\n a) implanted 23. A person who loses heart after failure is a lost soul but a person who takes failure in his stride and continued<\/strong> his efforts for success, does succeed in the long.<\/p>\n a) continue 24. All nations which do not or cannot observe internal discipline will ultimately ruled<\/strong> by some external power which is capable of enforcing discipline.<\/p>\n a) will ultimately be ruled 25. All the great men of the world would face<\/strong> great obstacles in the fulfillment of their mission.<\/p>\n a) had to face Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. No improvement Look at the word\/phrase in bold letters. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the bold text. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[445,569],"class_list":["post-2896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-10-worksheets","tag-class-10-english-worksheets","tag-english-grammar-worksheets-class-x"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896","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=2896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2897,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions\/2897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nb) cannot find water
\nc) would not find water
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) ring
\nc) had rung
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) who
\nc) whom
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) which has been
\nc) which was
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) had suspected
\nc) suspected
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) were
\nc) are
\nd) No Improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) were released
\nc) was released
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) is leveled
\nc) is being leveled
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) should be giving
\nc) would be giving
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) should sell
\nc) was selling
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) were reading
\nc) has been reading
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) has taken
\nc) had took
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) should be living
\nc) would be living
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) swings
\nc) had swung
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) laid
\nc) was laid
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) will not make
\nc) should not have made
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) would waive
\nc) was waving
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) deal at
\nc) deal on
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) despair at
\nc) despair with
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) had captained
\nc) have captained
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) touched with
\nc) touched of
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) would implant
\nc) implant
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) continues
\nc) will continue
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) will ultimately rule
\nc) can ultimately be ruled
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) were facing
\nc) had been facing
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\n2. was rung
\n3. who
\n4. which is being
\n5. No improvement (Here the actual subject is \u2018officers\u2019 and not \u2018one\u2019.)
\n6. No Improvement (Here the actual subject is \u2018one\u2019 and not \u2018politicians\u2019.)
\n7. have been released
\n8. No improvement
\n9. shall have been giving
\n10. used to sell
\n11. had been reading
\n12. had taken
\n13. shall have been living
\n14. swung
\n15. lay
\n16. would not make
\n17. waved
\n18. deal with
\n19. No improvement
\n20. captained
\n21. touched upon
\n22. implanted
\n23. continues
\n24. will ultimately be ruled
\n25. had to face<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"