{"id":377,"date":"2014-12-05T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T11:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2014-12-05T11:17:51","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T11:17:51","slug":"sentence-improvement-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/sentence-improvement-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentence improvement exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A part of the sentence is underlined. The underlined part may or may not contain an error. From the given alternatives, choose the one that will improve the sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose \u2018No improvement\u2019 as your answer.<\/p>\n<p>1. Will you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lend me few rupees<\/span> in this hour of need?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. borrow me a few rupees<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. lend me any rupees<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. lend me a few rupees<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. After the heavy rains last week, the water in the lake <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">raised another two feet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. would raise another two feet<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. raise another two feet<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. rose another two feet<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p>3. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Unless you work hard<\/span>, you will not pass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. as long as you work hard<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. till you work hard<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. until you work hard<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p>4. The minister was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">removed<\/span> from a key post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. thrown out<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. rusticated<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. ousted<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p>5. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Audacity<\/span> is the mother of invention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. Tenacity<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. Necessity<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. Paucity<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p>6. Professionals must continuously <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">improve<\/span> their skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. hone<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. finetune<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. explore<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p>7. Mr. Raj has been asked to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">submit<\/span> details of his tax returns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. give<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. furnish<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. disclose<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p>8. More than 60 percent of India\u2019s population <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">live under the poverty line<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. live below the poverty line<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. stay below the poverty line<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. stay under the poverty line<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. live beside the poverty line<\/p>\n<p>9. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Since we are living<\/span> in Bangalore for five years, we are reluctant to move to another city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. Since we were living<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. Being that we have been living<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. Being that we living<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. Since we have been living<\/p>\n<p>10. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Being too costly for him<\/span>, he could not buy the coat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. It being too costly for him<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. He being too costly<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. Being it too costly<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<h3>Answers<\/h3>\n<p>1. Will you <strong>lend me a few rupees<\/strong> in this hour of need?<\/p>\n<p>2. After the heavy rains last week, the water in the lake <strong>rose another two feet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Unless you work hard<\/strong>, you will not pass. (No improvement)<\/p>\n<p>4. The minister was <strong>removed<\/strong> from a key post. (No improvement)<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Necessity<\/strong> is the mother of invention.<\/p>\n<p>6. Professionals must continuously <strong>hone<\/strong> their skills.<\/p>\n<p>7. Mr. Raj has been asked to <strong>furnish<\/strong> details of his tax returns.<\/p>\n<p>8. More than 60 percent of India\u2019s population <strong>live below the poverty line<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>9.<strong> Since we have been living<\/strong> in Bangalore for five years, we are reluctant to move to another city.<\/p>\n<p>10. <strong>It being too costly for him<\/strong>, he could not buy the coat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A part of the sentence is underlined. The underlined part may or may not contain an error. From the given alternatives, choose the one that will improve the sentence. If the sentence is correct&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[82],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar-exercises","tag-sentence-improvement-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}