sentences improvement section 5 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Answer: (b)

Surprise is a non continuous verb. So “was surprising” is replaced by “were surprised”.

Answer: (d)

Generally, to mention the position of a thing we use ‘where’. Hence in the phrase given in bold ‘that’ should be replaced with ‘where’.

This has been done in option (d). Hence this is the correct option. Other options are widely deviated.

Answer: (b)

‘All this’ signifies the whole entity. The whole entity can be assumed to be one unit and hence it will agree with singular verb.

Therefore ‘mean’ should be replaced by ‘means’. It is evident from the given options that (a) only has ‘means’. Hence go with option (a).

Answer: (b)

The correct for mat should be “not only + preposition…..but also + preposition” as both the clauses should end with the same part of speech (here preposition).

Answer: (d)

To connect the phrase in bold with the main sentence, we require the preposition ‘of’ which is given in option (d), hence it is the correct option.

Answer: (c)

To give a complete sense to the sentence there must be something after ‘throw’. To consider the correct option let us consider all the options one by one. a) ‘Throw down’ means ‘throw on the ground’. b) ‘Throw out’ means ‘throw something outside something’. c) ‘Throw away’ means ‘throw something very quickly’. Here, in the light of the meaning of the sentence, the dirty insect is thrown away very quickly.

Therefore, it should be ‘throw it away’ in place of ‘throw it’.