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

(a) did see

(b) have seen

(c) saw

(d) No improvement

The correct answers to the above question in:

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’.

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Question : 1

Being injured, one of the migratory birds have not flown south.

a) have not flown

b) have not flew

c) does not flew

d) has not flown

e) No correction required

Answer: (d)

'One of the migratory birds' means ‘one bird out of many birds’.

Hence, for one bird singular verb must be used. The singular of ‘have’ is 'has'. Hence (d) is the correct choice.

Question : 2

 We must realize that learning from mistakes is an important part of life.

a) mistakes has an

b) mistake are a

c) mistakes are a

d) mistakes are an

e) No correction required

Answer: (e)

Question : 3

She and Dad would has had loved Amit.

a) has loved

b) have loved

c) to loved

d) No improvement

Answer: (b)

When the subject is plural (she + dad) the verb must also be used in plural form.

Therefore, “has had loved” is replaced by “have loved”

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

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

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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