Test: Sentence Correction (February 23) - CAT MCQ

Here ‘wise’ is used in the superlative form as ‘wisest’. With superlatives, the article ‘the’ is used.

There is a comparison between people of Japan and people of America. Since the comparison is between plurals, “those of” will be used instead of “than of” which is used with singular. 

Must should be followed by a verb in simple present. Hence, the answer should be "must see".

The sentence is in the past tense, indicated by the verb "to be." The correct form of "to be" in the past tense for "he" is "was." Additionally, the continuous form of the verb ("being") is needed to describe an ongoing action in the past. Therefore, the correct phrase is "was being." The sentence should read, "He was being positively rude."

Adding a feather in one’s cap means making a significant achievement. So option C is correct.

The sentence is in past progressive passive form and hence being is used with the past participle.

The modal verb “must” is followed by the past participle form of the verb. Therefore “to be left” is replaced by “be left”.

“Having to” implies that one has to do something. In the given sentence, “to” is not needed. Hence, having to should be replaced by having. 

For an interrogative sentence with “would”, the subject is followed by be + present participle of the verb. Therefore “doing” is replaced by “be doing". 

When the sentence begins with a negative adverbial phrase, the order of the subject and the verb is interchanged and the verb is used in the auxiliary form.