sentence improvement Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ssc chsl 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 and wherever no improvement is needed choose 'No correction required' or 'No improvement' as the answer.

Question :6

Would you find me absent, please don't forget to leave a message behind.

Answer: (a)

Question :7

Wise men catch time by the forelock.

Answer: (a)

Though 'catch' and 'hold' convey the same sense, correct idiomatic usage is 'seize'.

Question :8

The cloud of misfortunes appears to have blown out.

Answer: (a)

'Blown over' means passed away or died down. 'Blown out' is to have become extinguished. 'Blown up' is 'come suddenly into prominence' or 'exploded'. 'Blown away' means 'disproved' or 'killed' (slang).

Question :9

He stayed back so that it can look as if he was unaware of the entire incident.

Answer: (a)

Question :10

Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.

Answer: (c)

The sentence construction demands use of a past continuous tense, as an action at a particular point of time in the past is being referred to. 'Five years ago today' means 'Five years ago from today'.

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