sentences improvement section 3 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Answer: (b)

For deleting/removing someone’s names the appropriate phrase is ‘strike off’. Therefore, replace ‘cut off’ with ‘struck off’.

Answer: (c)

When manner, place and time are given in a sentence, ‘manner’ comes first thereafter ‘place’ followed by ‘time’. But, when only one of them is given, it must come in the end of the sentence.

Since ‘carefully’ is a manner, it should come in the end of the sentence. Therefore only options (b) and (d) are to be considered for their validity. Now, as the given sentence is in the present tense ‘planned’ should be replaced with ‘plan’. Thus, it is clear that only (b) is the correct option.

Answer: (b)

Usually comparison is done between two similar things. Here comparison of population of Tokyo is being done with the population of any town of India. It is better to write ‘that of’ for population, rather than writing ‘population of’ twice.

Therefore replace bold part with ‘that of any town’.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

To ask politely for someone’s permission, the phrase “would you mind + if” is used but to politely ask someone to do something the phrase “would you mind + gerund” is used. Therefore, “to carrying” is replaced by “carrying”