sentences improvement section 9 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Answer: (a)

When there are two actions taking place in the past, the past perfect tense is used for the first action and past indefinite tense for the second action

Answer: (a)

‘With a view to’ is a phrase. We must not confuse that after ‘to’ it should be V. Here ‘to’ has not been used as infinitive, rather it is a part of phrase ‘with a view to’.

Therefore, after ‘with a view to’, the verb will take its V₄ form. Hence replace ‘to improve’ with ‘to improving’.

Answer: (e)

No correction required

Answer: (b)

The given sentence is a negative sentence as also it is giving a prohibitive command. As the given sentence is written in Indirect Speech, option (b) cannot be correct. Option (c) fits in place of the bold part correctly.

Therefore, we should go with it. Option (a) is apparently absurd.

Answer: (a)

The given sentence is ‘assertive’ not an ‘interrogative’ one. In an assertive sentence, the auxiliary verb comes after the subject, whereas in an interrogative sentence the auxiliary verb comes just after the question word. For example: Why were you absent from the class? – Interrogative Sentence

Why he was absent, asked his friend. – Assertive Sentence

In the light of the above examples, the given sentence is an assertive sentence. Therefore, option (a) is the correct option to replace the phrase in bold. All other options can easily be excluded by applying the principle of least deviation.

Answer: (b)

Option (b) correctly replaces the phrase in bold. Other options are widely deviated and distorted.