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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 : This milk has got a funny taste — it can have gone sour.

(a) may have gone sour

(b) can go sour

(c) had soured

(d) No improvement

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

‘Can’ gives a sense of more certainty than ‘may’. The milk may or may not have gone sour.

There is a doubt. We can not say with certainty that milk has gone sour. So it is better to use ‘may have gone sour’ than ‘can have gone sour’.

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Question : 1

Will you type these letters now ?

a) Could

b) Can

c) Shall

d) No improvement

Answer: (a)

Question : 2

It has being too dangerous for too many people.

a) to be

b) become

c) be

d) No improvement

Answer: (b)

“Has” should be followed by the past participle form of the verb which is “become” here.

Question : 3

You wont tell them what has happened, wouldn’t you ?

a) wont you

b) isn’t it

c) will you

d) No improvement

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

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 : 5

 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 : 6

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.

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