{"id":379,"date":"2014-12-05T11:37:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T11:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=379"},"modified":"2014-12-05T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T11:37:18","slug":"sentence-improvement-exercise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/sentence-improvement-exercise-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentence improvement exercise 2"},"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. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">No sooner has she agreed<\/span> to marry him than she started having terrible doubts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. She no sooner had agreed<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. No sooner had she agreed<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. No sooner did she agreed<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p>2. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I didn\u2019t need to water the flowers<\/span>. Just as I finished it started raining.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. I didn\u2019t water the plants<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. I didn\u2019t water the plants<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. I needn\u2019t have watered the flowers<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p>3. He complained of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">having tortured<\/span> by the police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. having been tortured<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. tortured<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. been tortured<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p>4. The orphans have been clamouring for nutritious food <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">from the past<\/span> two weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. for past<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. since the past<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. for the past<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p>5. The good fortune <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">of being your student<\/span> in my younger days has helped me greatly in my life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. of my being your student<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. of my myself being your student<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. of my having been your student<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<p>6. He <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should not had<\/span> done it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. should had not<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. should not have<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. should have<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. should had<\/p>\n<p>7. I will now deal with him in a manner different from the one <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I have adopted<\/span> so far.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A. I adopted<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">B. I was adopting<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">C. I have been adopting<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">D. No improvement<\/p>\n<h3>Answers<\/h3>\n<p>1. <strong>No sooner had<\/strong> she agreed to marry him than she started having terrible doubts.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>I needn\u2019t have watered the flowers<\/strong>. Just as I finished it started raining.<\/p>\n<p>3. He complained of <strong>having been tortured<\/strong> by the police.<\/p>\n<p>4. The orphans have been clamouring for nutritious food <strong>for the past<\/strong> two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>5. The good fortune <strong>of my having been your student<\/strong> in my younger days has helped me greatly in my life.<\/p>\n<p>6. He <strong>should not have<\/strong> done it.<\/p>\n<p>7. I will now deal with him in a manner different from the one <strong>I have been adopting<\/strong> so far.<\/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. 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