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Sentence Correction Test - 2

Description: Sentence Correction Practice and Preparation Test for MBA Entrance, SAT, English, GMAT, CDS, SSC and Insurance Exams
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Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice (1); if not, select one of the other choices.

In an effort to reduce their inventories, ABC grocers have cut prices; their items have been priced to sell, and they are.

  1. have been priced to sell, and they are

  2. are priced to sell, and they have

  3. are priced to sell, and they do

  4. are being priced to sell, and have

  5. have been priced to sell, and they have

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(C): In the following sentence, “they do” is the correct usage, “sell' after do is implied. None of the other options reflects this implication.

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice (1); if not, select one of the other choices.

Her habits were quite similar to her mother; was accepted by everyone in the house.

  1. Habits were quite similar to her mother was accepted by everyone in the house.

  2. Everyone in the house accepted that her habits were quite similar to her mother.

  3. Everyone in the house accepted that her habits were quite similar to those of her mother.

  4. Similar her habits were to those of her mother was accepted by everyon.

  5. Everyone have accepted that her habits were similar to those of her mother.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(3): The problem is of comparison. In options (1), (2) and (4) the comparison is being made between her habits and her mother and not with her habits and her mother’s habits. 

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice (1); if not, select one of the other choices.

Neither of the board of directors is supportive or interested in the pension policy amendment.

  1. is supportive or interested in the

  2. are supportive or interested in

  3. is supportive nor interested in

  4. is supportive of nor interested in

  5. is supportive of or interested in

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

With the singular subject ‘Neither’, we make use of a singular verb. The necessary pronoun ‘of’ is missing in option 3. Hence, 4 is the best option.

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice (1); if not, select one of the other choices.

Under new rules, the school teachers are either required to give lenient marks to weak students or that they hold extra classes for them.

  1. that they hold

  2. for holding

  3. that they should hold

  4. hold

  5. it should hold

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(D): Under grammatical parallelism, 'give'…….'hold' is correct. The rest of the choices offer syntactic structures that are not parallel.

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice (1); if not, select one of the other choices.

In her free time, she likes Knitting, sewing, watching TV and to read books.

  1. and to read books

  2. and to read books too

  3. and reading books

  4. and she likes to read books too

  5. and book reading

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The choices except option 3 are all violating parallelism in one way or the other. Options 1, 2 and 4 do not include “ing” in order to go with the rest of the sentence and 5 does not match with watching TV.

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of the sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Option (1) repeats the original phrasing; the other four options are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select option (1); if not, select one of the other options.

Neither the man living next door nor the one living down the street gets involved in the community matters.

  1. nor the one living down the street gets involved in the community matters

  2. nor the one living down the street get involved in the community matters

  3. or the one living down the street get himself involved in the community matters

  4. none that living down the street gets involved in the community matters

  5. any of the ones living down the street gets involved in the community matters

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Some conjunctions are used in pairs. ‘Neither’ is followed by ‘nor’. As 'man' is a singular subject, it has a singular verb ‘gets’.

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of the sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Option (1) repeats the original phrasing; the other four options are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select option (1); if not, select one of the other options.

Companies are under the excise department’s scanner for defaulting or to short pay duty, better watch out.

  1. for defaulting or to short pay duty, better watch out

  2. for defaulting or short paying duty, better watch out

  3. better watch out for defaulting or to short pay duty

  4. to default or for short played duty, better watch out

  5. better watch out, for default or short paying duty

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The error is of faulty parallelism. Option (2) is the best one, as it provides the same verb forms “defaulting” and “short–paying”.

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of the sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Option (1) repeats the original phrasing; the other four options are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select option (1); if not, select one of the other options.

When a student chooses to live in the university dormitories, they can live independently and gaily.

  1. they can live independently and gaily

  2. they live in an independent manner and gaily

  3. he can live independently and gaily

  4. they can line both independently and gaily

  5. gaily and independently he can live

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option (3): The mistake lies in the subject and pronoun agreement. The subject ‘student’ is singular, so the pronoun ‘he’ should be used. Options (2) and (3) make use of unnecessary words ‘manner’ and ‘both’, respectively, and use a plural pronoun. There is a phrasing problem in option (5).

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. The entire sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Option (1) repeats the original phrasing; the other four options are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select option (1); if not, select one of the other options.

The head of the council and mayor of the district was the same person.

  1. The head of the council and mayor of the district was the same person.

  2. Same person, the head of the council was the mayor of the district.

  3. The head of the council was the same person, the mayor of the district.

  4. Same person, the mayor of the district and the head of the council was.

  5. The head of the council and the mayor of the district were the same person.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option (1): The problem lies in the subject–verb agreement. When all parts of the compound subject are singular and refer to the same person or thing, we use singular verb. Option (5) is wrong because it has a plural verb, while options (2), (3) and (4) have structural flaws.

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of the sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Option (1) repeats the original phrasing; the other four options are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select option (1); if not, select one of the other options.

Never before had the country’s citizens confronted so many changes at once, as they had in the Budget Act of 1988.

  1. so many changes at once, as they had in

  2. at once, as many changes as

  3. at once, as many changes as there were with

  4. as many changes as once as they confronted in

  5. so many changes at once that confronted them in

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option (4): A simple past tense is needed to present the 1988 events in the same time frame as “never before had”. Options (2) and (3) awkwardly place at once between confronted and it’s direct object “changes”. Option (5) presents an unidiomatic comparison with “so many……that”.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

After cleaning your bike with a cloth, drop it in the washing machine.

  1. After cleaning your bike with a cloth, drop it in the washing machine.

  2. After cleaning your bike, drop it in the washing machine with a cloth.

  3. Drop it after cleaning your bike in the washing machine.

  4. After cleaning your bike with a cloth, drop the cloth in the washing machine.

  5. In the washing machine drop it, after cleaning your bike with it.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(D): The problem is of Subject - Pronoun agreement. If you find a 3rd person pronoun like 'it', make sure that it refers to one antecedent. In this sentence, 'it' should be replaced by the noun cloth, in order to provide a clear antecedent for which it has been used. No other options define the antecedent for the pronoun 'it'.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

The fun filled subject create a genuine interest in the classrooms, in the students.

  1. The fun filled subject create a genuine interest in the classrooms, in the students.

  2. The fun filled students create a genuine interest in the subjects, in the classrooms.

  3. The fun filled classrooms create a genuine interest in the students towards the subject.

  4. Genuine interest towards the subject, create a fun filled classrooms in the student

  5. The fun filled classrooms create a genuinely interest in the students towards the subject

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(C): The phrase ‘fun – filled subject’ and ‘fun – filled students’ in options A and B state that it is the subjects and students which create interest, which is wrong. There is wrong phrasing done in option D. While option E makes use of an incorrect adverb ‘genuinely’. Hence, it is only option (C), which states the correct phrasing.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice 1 repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice 1; if not, select one of the other choices.
Recent research has shown that whisky is one of the best alcoholic beverages in terms of anti - oxidants, so your whisky is as good for your heart as the much vaunted red wine.

  1. so your whisky is as good for your heart as the much vaunted red wine.

  2. So your whisky is as good as for your heart as the much vaunted red wine.

  3. So your whisky is much good for your heart like the much vaunted red wine.

  4. as the much vaunted red wine is as good for your heart, so your whisky.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

(1): The sentence is absolutely correct. Correct positive degree comparison words; “as --- as” is used. Options (2), (C) and (5) introduce unnecessary comparison words while option (4) has completely incorrect phrasing.

Direction: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined part. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

This particular toy glows upon placing it in the dark and charged with electricity.

  1. upon placing it

  2. when placed

  3. as placed

  4. on its placement

  5. after placement

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

(A): This sentence suffers from the lack of parallelism. Here verbs “charged” and “placing” should be of the similar form. Since upon placing is underlined we will change it to 'when placed'. C also uses the correct form but “as” is unidiomatic

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined part. Choice 1 repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, then select choice 1; if not, select one of the other choices.
Of all the possible disasters that threaten America, the possibility of a terrorist attack is maybe the more difficult for prediction.

  1. is maybe the more difficult for prediction.

  2. is maybe the most difficult to predict.

  3. is maybe the most difficult for prediction.

  4. is probably the more difficult to predict.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

(2): First of all, the sentence requires superlative form of the adjective - “the most difficult” rather than more difficult that appears in 1 and 4. The use of “maybe” in 1 and 3 is unidiomatic. 5 is phrased very awkwardly.

Direction: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

Different than any other designer's collection exhibited in the show, Anna Sui's collection was entirely made up of cotton.

  1. Different than any other designer's collection exhibited in the show,

  2. Different than any designs exhibited in the show,

  3. Different from any designer's collection exhibited in the show,

  4. Different from any other designer's collection exhibited in the show,

  5. With designer's collection different than any other exhibited in the show,

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(D): The preposition 'from' is always used with the word 'different'. 'Other' makes it clear that the comparison is being made. Hence (D) option is the correct one.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

Even while rotating on its inclined axis, the earth revolves around the sun in its elliptically orbit.

  1. the earth revolves around the sun in its elliptically orbit.

  2. the earth revolves around the sun in their elliptically orbit.

  3. the earth revolves around the sun in its elliptical orbit.

  4. in their elliptical orbit, the earth revolves around the sun.

  5. s around the sun in it's elliptical orbit.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(C): Adjective 'elliptical' and not adverb 'elliptically' will be used as noun 'orbit' is being modified. Options (A) and (B) use an adverb and are wrong. (B) and (D) options also used a wrong pronoun 'their'.  Apostrophe usage with possessive pronoun 'it' is wrong.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

The woman gave the pudding to the vagrant that she had baked and chilled in the morning.

  1. gave the pudding to the vagrant that she had baked and chilled in the morning.

  2. gave the vagrant the pudding that she had baked and chilled in the morning.

  3. had baked and chilled in the morning the vagrant that she gave the pudding to.

  4. gave the vagrant the pudding whom she had baked and chilled in the morning.

  5. in the morning that she had baked and chilled the pudding gave to the vagrant.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

(B): The problem which lies in this sentence is of misplaced modifier. The dependent clause 'that she had baked and chilled in the morning' is supposed to modify the noun 'pudding' and not the noun 'vagrant'. (B) Option best places the modifier at the right place.

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