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Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c), (d) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e) ie ‘No correction required’ as the answer.

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Questions : She has not written to me or to some of her other friends since leaving the country.

(a) none of her

(b) one of her

(c) any of her

(d) No improvement

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

‘some of her’ conveys the meaning of some friends out of many. But the writer wants to convey that “she has written to no one”.

Therefore, the correct substitute for ‘some of her’ is ‘any of her’.

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Question : 1

They were then asked to write a short account of what they have seen.

a) had seen

b) were seen

c) had been seen

d) No improvement

Answer: (c)

The given sentence is in Past Tense. Hence it should be ‘had seen’ in place of ‘have seen’.

Question : 2

The surface of the road has got severe damage during the heavy rains last week.

a) has severe damage

b) getting severely damaged

c) is been damaged severely

d) was severely damaged

e) No correction required

Answer: (d)

The 'Last week' suggests the event of past tense. Therefore, ‘getting is’ and ‘getting has ’ used in options (a), (b) and (c) respectively make them grammatically incorrect, hence they are ruled out. Thus, only option (d) is correct.

Question : 3

I had liked her since the first time I had seen her.

a) did see

b) have seen

c) saw

d) No improvement

Answer: (b)

I started liking since I saw him. The process of seeing got completed in past. Therefore, V 2 of the verb ‘see’ should be used in place of ‘had seen’.

Hence the bold part should be replaced with ‘saw’.

Question : 4

You would have succeeded if you acted upon my advice.

a) have acted

b) had acted

c) would have acted

d) No improvement

Answer: (a)

The correct combination of conjunction is “had... would have”. Here, in the given sentence ‘would have’ has been used in the beginning of the sentence, therefore it should be ‘had’ before ‘acted’ Therefore the correct option is ‘had acted’.

Question : 5

William Shakespeare is the greatest of all other writers.

a) all the

b) any other

c) the other

d) No improvement

Answer: (a)

The superlative degree is followed by of all + plural noun.

Question : 6

The battle to rage for some time.

a) is raging

b) has been raged

c) had been raging

d) No improvement

Answer: (c)

“For” and “Since” are used with perfect or perfect continuous tenses.

The correct tense to be used in the given sentence is past perfect continuous tense. The correct form of the verb is “had + been + raging”

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