sentence improvement Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ssc cgl tier 1 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 :6

He paid the caretaker for his board and lodging.

Answer: (d)

'Board' means 'provision of meals for money'; 'lodging' means providing temporary accommodation. 'Boarding' is usually used with 'house' or 'school' to mean a place where one lodges and gets one's meals for money.

Question :7

You called on me when I was not at home, don't you?

Answer: (a)

'Didn't' is a negative interrogative. That is, it is used with a sentence which has 'not'. 'Don't you' is also a negative interrogative but it is in the present tense. See this interrogative statement: You call on him when he is not at home, don't you?

Question :8

Sumit would have been looked smart in traditional clothes.

Answer: (d)

Question :9

His father won't be able to leave for Varanasi until they have arrived.

Answer: (c)

Question :10

I am sorry, but I don't believe what you say.

Answer: (d)

No improvement

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