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Directions:

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 : The Minister said that he Is proud of the people of his constituency.

(a) it is he to be proud of

(b) he had pride for

(c) he was proud of

(d) he should be proud of

e) No correction required

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

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Question : 1

The government has announced several initiatives benefiting to factory workers.

a) which will benefit

b) beneficial

c) for benefiting to

d) benefited to

e) No correction required

Answer: (b)

Option (a) is correct. All other options are incorrect because of superfluous use of ‘to’.

Question : 2

The corruption charges were a huge blow to his reputation and his business suffered to a great extent.

a) his business suffers on

b) his business suffering to

c) his business suffered on

d) his business suffers to

e) No correction required

Answer: (e)

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

You should not boasting of your achievements.

a) boast for

b) boast at

c) boast of

d) No improvement

Answer: (c)

Question : 5

When Rip Van Winkle awoke from his long sleep, he asked where I am.

a) he was

b) I was

c) am I

d) No improvement

Answer: (c)

The given sentence is an example of Indirect Speech. We know that in Indirect Speech, ‘I’ should be changed to ‘he’ and the Present Indefinite Tense should be changed to Past Indefinite Tense.

Hence ‘am’ should be changed to ‘was’. Therefore, the bold part should be replaced with option (c), ie ‘he was’.

Question : 6

The people of Japan are wiser than America.

a) wiser than that of America.

b) wiser than those of America.

c) wiser to that of America.

d) No improvement

Answer: (b)

There is a comparison between people of Japan and people of America.

Since the comparison is between plurals, “those of” instead of “than of” which is used with singular

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