Sentence Correction - 2
Description: Sentence Correction - 2 | |
Number of Questions: 23 | |
Created by: Supriya Thakkar | |
Tags: Sentence Correction - 2 Error Identification Sentence GMAT Pattern) Improvement Sentence Improvement |
Directions: In the following sentence four words or phrases have been underlined. Only one underlined part is not acceptable in Standard Written English. Pick up the part (A) or (B) or (C) or (D). If there is no mistake, mark (E).
This year (A) the monsoons failed (B) which caused a (C) terrible famine (D) in the country. (E) No error
Directions: In the following sentence four words or phrases have been underlined. Only one underlined part is not acceptable in Standard Written English. Pick up the part (A) or (B) or (C) or (D). If there is no mistake, mark (E).
He is (A) trying his best to please his master (B) whom he fears (C) may be seriously offended (D) by what has happened. (E) No error
Directions: In the following sentence four words or phrases have been underlined. Only one underlined part is not acceptable in Standard Written English. Pick up the part (A) or (B) or (C) or (D). If there is no mistake, mark (E).
(A) Two hundred year later, Emperor Ashoka, (B) who embraced Buddhism, (C) sent emissaries to central and west Asia (D) to spread its message. (E) No error
Directions: In the following sentence four words or phrases have been underlined. Only one underlined part is not acceptable in Standard Written English. Pick up the part (A) or (B) or (C) or (D). If there is no mistake, mark (E).
A necklace of diamonds, (A) presented by the friends of the bride (B) were among (C) the presents (D) on view. (E) No error
Directions: The underlined part the following sentence may have an error of grammar or syntax. The part has been rewritten in options (B) to (E) in four different ways - (A) being an exact restatement of the underlined part. Pick up the option (B) or (C) or (D) or (E) that corrects the error in the underlined part, if any. If there is no error, mark (A).
Humans have been damaging the environment for centuries by over-cutting trees and farming too intensively, and though some protective measures, like the establishment of national forests and wildlife sanctuaries, having been taken decades ago, great increases in population and in the intensity of industrialization are causing a worldwide ecological crisis.
Directions: The underlined part the following sentence may have an error of grammar or syntax. The part has been rewritten in options (B) to (E) in four different ways - (A) being an exact restatement of the underlined part. Pick up the option (B) or (C) or (D) or (E) that corrects the error in the underlined part, if any. If there is no error, mark (A).
Tiny quantities of more than thirty rare gases, most of them industrial by-products, threaten to warm the Earth's atmosphere even more rapidly than carbon dioxide during the next fifty years.
Directions: The underlined part the following sentence may have an error of grammar or syntax. The part has been rewritten in options (B) to (E) in four different ways - (A) being an exact restatement of the underlined part. Pick up the option (B) or (C) or (D) or (E) that corrects the error in the underlined part, if any. If there is no error, mark (A).
In archaeology, there must be a balance between explanation of the value and workings of archaeology, revealing the mysteries of past and present cultures, and to promote respect for archaeological sites.
Directions: The underlined part the following sentence may have an error of grammar or syntax. The part has been rewritten in options (B) to (E) in four different ways - (A) being an exact restatement of the underlined part. Pick up the option (B) or (C) or (D) or (E) that corrects the error in the underlined part, if any. If there is no error, mark (A).
Using the techniques employed by genetic engineering, a new species of microorganism has been developed by laboratory scientists to aid in cleaning up oil spills by digesting the oil.
Directions: The underlined part the following sentence may have an error of grammar or syntax. The part has been rewritten in options (B) to (E) in four different ways - (A) being an exact restatement of the underlined part. Pick up the option (B) or (C) or (D) or (E) that corrects the error in the underlined part, if any. If there is no error, mark (A).
Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package even if they find a new job before they are terminated.
Directions: The underlined part the following sentence may have an error of grammar or syntax. The part has been rewritten in options (B) to (E) in four different ways - (A) being an exact restatement of the underlined part. Pick up the option (B) or (C) or (D) or (E) that corrects the error in the underlined part, if any. If there is no error, mark (A).
Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
Directions: In the following sentence four words or phrases have been underlined. Only one underlined part is not acceptable in Standard Written English. Pick up the part (A) or (B) or (C) or (D). If there is no mistake, mark (E).
He was disciplined (A) in his actions (B) such as in the case of (C) being late (D) for an appointment. (E) No error
Directions: The underlined part the following sentence may have an error of grammar or syntax. The part has been rewritten in options (B) to (E) in four different ways - (A) being an exact restatement of the underlined part. Pick up the option (B) or (C) or (D) or (E) that corrects the error in the underlined part, if any. If there is no error, mark (A).
Fossil fuels, at least those which have been identified so far, are not going to last beyond the century, that too if we are not as reckless in their consumption than we presently are.
Directions: In the following question there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
A. Up to the time the last vote was recorded
B. it was difficult to decide whether
C. victory lay with the ruling party or the opposition.
D. Neither the board of trustees nor the president of the university
E. were quite certain how to respond to the lawsuit.
Directions: In the following question there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
A. The knee is likely to be damaged more than most other joints in the body B. because it cannot twist without injury. C. The light from a firefly is said to be “cold” D. because the insect's utilization of the energy is E. so efficient that a little of it is converted into heat.
Directions: In the following question there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
A. The manager and me had to travel
B. a lot to promote our newly designed product.
C. You had better to do it.
D. All of them helped each other
E. when the earthquake devastated the town.
Directions: In the following question there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
A. Judge in him prevailed upon the father and he sentenced his son to death.
B. Not only seismology is used to determine the depth of the ocean floor,
C. but it is also used to locate oil.
D. By the time peace and happiness will have come to the planet,
E. many lives will be wasted.
Directions: In the following question there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
A. The whole spinal column is surrounded in
B. a number of interlocking muscles and ligaments.
C. The manufacturing was extremely expensive until
D. assembly-line techniques made them cheaper to produce.
E. The winding roads of Simla are less in number than Ludhiana.
Directions: In the following question there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
A. Rice forms the staple diet of many of the world's populations.
B. Why do you always make someone's problems your own.
C. Groups of tissues, each with its own function
D. makes up the organs in the human body
E. The mother is not at home right now; I am her eldest son.
Directions: The underlined part the following sentence may have an error of grammar or syntax. The part has been rewritten in options (B) to (E) in four different ways - (A) being an exact restatement of the underlined part. Pick up the option (B) or (C) or (D) or (E) that corrects the error in the underlined part, if any. If there is no error, mark (A).
While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally.
Directions: In the following question there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
A. The great bulk of the people was B. either having one-time meals or not having at all. C. When he had known what he wanted to know he went home. D. The major areas of medicine in which lasers are effective is in the cutting and closing E. of blood vessels, and in the destruction of tumors
Directions: The underlined part the following sentence may have an error of grammar or syntax. The part has been rewritten in options (B) to (E) in four different ways - (A) being an exact restatement of the underlined part. Pick up the option (B) or (C) or (D) or (E) that corrects the error in the underlined part, if any. If there is no error, mark (A).
Originally developed for detecting air pollutants, a technique called proton-induced x-ray emission, which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance without destroying it, is finding uses in medicine, archaeology, and criminology.
Directions: The underlined part the following sentence may have an error of grammar or syntax. The part has been rewritten in options (B) to (E) in four different ways - (A) being an exact restatement of the underlined part. Pick up the option (B) or (C) or (D) or (E) that corrects the error in the underlined part, if any. If there is no error, mark (A).
To help preserve ancient Egyptian monuments threatened by high water tables, a Swedish engineering firm has proposed installing pumps, perhaps solar powered, to lower the underground water level and dig trenches around the bases of the stone walls.