Test: Sentence Correction- 1

QUESTION: 1

Instructions:
Which of the phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold(or underlined) type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

Q. The small child does whatever his father was done.

A.
Has done
B.
Did
C.
Does
D.
Had done
E.
No correction required

Solution:

The sentence means that the small child follows his father. So it is clear that both of them are the part of present tense.

► The small child does whatever his father does.

QUESTION: 2

Instructions:
Which of the phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold(or underlined) type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

Q. You need not come unless you want to.

A.
You don't need to come unless you want to
B.
You come only when you want to
C.
You come unless you don't want to
D.
You needn't come until you don't want to
E.
No correction required

Solution:

► "You don't need to come unless you want to "

This is grammatically correct, because It is a negative sentence, so we can't use need not.

► Instead of " Need not ", we have to use " Don't need"

QUESTION: 3

Instructions:
Which of the phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold(or underlined) type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

Q. There are not many men who are so famous that they are frequently referred to by their short names only.

A.
Initials
B.
Signatures
C.
Pictures
D.
Middle names
E.
No correction required

Solution:

► There are not many men who are so famous that they are frequently referred to by their initials only.

QUESTION: 4

Instructions:
Which of the phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold(or underlined) type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

Q. The man to who I sold my house was a cheat.

A.
To whom I sell
B.
To who I sell
C.
Who was sold to
D.
To whom I sold
E.
No correction required

Solution:

► The man to whom I sold my house was a cheat.

QUESTION: 5

Q. They were all shocked at his failure in the competition.

A.
Were shocked at all
B.
Had all shocked at
C.
Had all shocked by
D.
Had been all shocked on
E.
No correction required

Solution:

► They were all shocked at his failure in the competition.

QUESTION: 6

Q. I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident - my behaviour is speaking itself.

A.
Will speak to itself
B.
Speaks for itself
C.
Has been speaking
D.
Speaks about itself
E.
No correction required

Solution:

► Here my behavior speaks itself is used as it is a general statement (behavior of a person that remains the same)

QUESTION: 7

Q. He is too important for tolerating any delay.

A.
To tolerate
B.
To tolerating
C.
At tolerating
D.
With tolerating
E.
No correction required

Solution:

► He is too important to tolerate any delay.

QUESTION: 8

Q. The population of Tokyo is greater than that of any other town in the world.

A.
Greatest among any other
B.
Greater than all other
C.
Greater than those of any other
D.
Greater than any other
E.
No correction required

Solution:

► The population of Tokyo is greater than that of any other town in the world.

QUESTION: 9

Q. The performance of our players was rather worst than I had expected.

A.
Bad as I had expected
B.
Worse than I had expected
C.
Worse than expectation
D.
Worst than was expected
E.
No correction required

Solution:

► The performance of our players was rather worse than I had expected.

QUESTION: 10

Q. Why did you not threw the bag away?

A.
Did you not throw
B.
Had you not threw
C.
Did you not thrown
D.
You did not thrown
E.
No correction required

Solution:

As ( did and threw) both are past tense verb, so they can't be written together in the same sentence.

►Why did you not throw the bag anyway?

10 Questions MCQ Test English Language for SSC CGL | Test: Sentence Correction- 1

Instructions:
Which of the phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold(or underlined) type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

Q. The small child does whatever his father was done.

Instructions:
Which of the phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold(or underlined) type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

Q. You need not come unless you want to.

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Instructions:
Which of the phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold(or underlined) type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

Q. The small child does whatever his father was done.

Instructions:
Which of the phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold(or underlined) type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

Q. You need not come unless you want to.