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English Quiz(Sentence Improvements) For IBPS Exam 2016

English Quiz(Sentence Improvements) For IBPS Exam 2016 |_2.1
Directions
(1-15): Improve the bold part in each of the following sentences, if needed.
Q1. He hesitated to listen to what his brother was saying.
(a) listened
to hesitate
(b) hesitated
listen to
(c) hesitates
to listening
(d) is
hesitated to listen to
(e) No
correction required

Q2. The
player was asked that why he had not attended the prayer.
(a) why had
he not
(b) that why
had he not
(c) why he
was not
(d) why he
had not
(e) No
correction required
Q3. This is
one of the most important inventions of this century.
(a) invention
of this century
(b) invention
of these centuries
(c) inventions
of centuries
(d) inventions
of the centuries
(e) No
correction required

Q4. Can you tell me why did you not speak the truth?
(a) why did
not you speak
(b) that why
did you not speak
(c) why you
did not speak
(d) why did
you not spoke
(e) No
correction required
Q5. They are
not beware of
all the facts.
(a) are not
aware for
(b) are not
aware of
(c) are not
to be aware
(d) must not
beware for
(e) No
correction required
Q6. 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
Q7. You can
always dependent of them.
(a) depend
on them
(b) be
dependant with them
(c) dependant
upon them
(d) be
depend on them
(e) No
correction required
Q8. If he
has to spend five hours in the queue, it was really a wastage.
(a) is a
really wastage
(b) is real
a wastage
(c) has
really a wastage
(d) is
really a wastage
(e) No
correction required
Q9. The
moment they saw me, they were delight.
(a) had
delighted
(b) were
delighted
(c) are
delighted
(d) have
been delighted
(e) No
correction required
                                                                                                                                                                               
Q10. The
small child does whatever his father was done.
(a) has done
(b) did
(c) does
(d) had done
(e) No
correction required
Q11. She
asked him that why he was unwilling to go with her.
(a) why he
was
(b) why that
he was
(c) why was
he
(d) that why
he had been
(e) No
correction required
Q12. May I
know who did accompany you to the bus station?
(a) whom did
accompany you
(b) whom did
you accompany
(c) who
accompanied
(d) whom you
accompanying
(e) No
correction required
Q13. The
fast train came a halt to before crossing the bridge.
(a) came
before to a halt
(b) came to
halts before a
(c) came
before a halt to
(d) came to
a halt before
(e) No
correction required
Q14. He was
one of the greatest astrologers of his time.
(a) astrologer
of his times
(b) astrologers
of its time
(c) of
astrologer in his times
(d) of his
time astrologer
(e) No
correction required
Q15. Why did
you not spoken
to me earlier?
(a) were you
not spoken
(b) did you
not speak
(c) you did
not speak
(d) did you
not spoke
(e) No
correction required
Solutions
S1. Ans.(e) 
Sol. No correction required. We use ‘to
+ first form of the verb with hesitate’.

S2. Ans.(d) 
Sol. why he had not. ‘that’ will not
be used with ‘why’.

S3. Ans.(e) 
Sol. No correction required. The given
sentence is grammatically correct.  

S4. Ans.(c) 
Sol. why you did not speak. Statement form
of the sentence will be used after ‘why’. Means subject + verb.

S5. Ans.(b) 
Sol. are not aware of. ‘beware’ is a
verb while ‘aware’ is an adjective.  

S6. Ans.(a) 
Sol. did you not throw. We use first
form of the verb with (do, does, did)


S7. Ans.(a) 
Sol. depend on them. ‘dependent’ is an
adjective.

S8. Ans.(d) 
Sol. is really a wastage.

S9. Ans.(b) 
Sol. were delighted. In passive form,
we use past participle.

S10. Ans.(c) 
Sol.  Does. Present
tense verb will be used.

S11. Ans.(a) 
Sol.  why he was. ‘that’
will not be used with ‘why’. Subject will be used before ‘verb’.

S12. Ans.(c) 
Sol.  who
accompanied you’.

S13. Ans.(d) 
Sol.  came to a
halt before. Is correct word order.

S14. Ans.(e) 
Sol.  No
correction required. The given sentence is grammatically correct.  

S15. Ans.(b) 
Sol.  did you not
speak. Use base form of the verb with ‘did’.

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