sentence improvement Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ibps so prelims 2023

Directions:

In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence has been italicised. Below are given alternatives to the part italicised which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative; wherever no improvement is needed choose 'No correction required' or 'No improvement' as the answer.

Question :16

By temperament, the English are reserved, so they prefer to live in solitary houses.

Answer: (d)

'The English' refers to the English people; it'll carry a plural verb (as in the given sentence).

Question :17

I have been working on this job for the last ten days.

Answer: (d)

No improvement.

Question :18

The greatest thing in style is to have a use of metaphor.

Answer: (c)

Though 'command of' also means 'knowledge of', it carries more weight and is appropriate in the context of 'the greatest thing in style'.

Question :19

The question is, how was the motive of the robber in this particular case?

Answer: (c)

'How' (adv. and conj.) means 'in what manner'. 'What' (pron.) is used to form questions about identity, nature, value, selection from an indefinite number, etc.

Question :20

The man to who I sold my house was a cheat.

Answer: (d)

The pronoun 'who' is in the subjective (he/she) case; it is used as the subject ('who' is going there?) or after a linking verb. The pronoun 'whom' is in the objective (him/her) case; it is used as the object of a verb or the object of a preposition (as in the given sentence).

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