Sentence Improvement Quiz 10

(d) No improvement

(c) hardly (Adv.) : used for saying that something has
just begun, happened etc.
Hardly — when are the right pair of Correlatives.
Hardly had the dividend been declared than the notices
were sent out— is the right option

(b) The tiger jumped at him while he was riding upon
his horse is the right option

(c) in black and white (Idiom) : in writing or printing
I must have your terms down, in black and white is
the right option

(d) No improvement

(c) Questions beginning with what will end with a preposition.
l What music are you listening to (Prep.) ?
What do you go to school for ? — is the right option

(b) in good time (Idiom) : early ; with enough time so
that you may not be in a hurry
He completed his report in good time and this pleased
the directors is the right option

(c) all day long (Idioms) : throughout the day
The courtiers used to tell the king all day long how
efficient an administrator he was is the right option

(d) No improvement
shopping is a Gerund.

(c) ourselves (Ref.Pro.) : used when you are affected
by an action.

(b) For good (Idiom) : permanently
l This time she’s leaving for good (she will never return)
He has left India for good— is the right option.

(d) No improvement
credibly (Adv.) : in a way that is easy or possible to
believe
give somebody up (Idiom) : to offer somebody to be
captured (caught)

(a) student will be used in Plural (students)
one of is followed by PluN.
one of the most intelligent students of the school
— is the right option.

(a) whose (Pro., Det.) : used for saying which person
or thing you mean
which (Pro., Det.) : used to be exact about the thing
l It was a crisis for which she was totally unprepared.
Here, the name of which is the right usage.

(c) He won both a medal and a scholarship is the right
option

(a) A sikh, taller than any of his comrades, rushed
forward is the right option

(c) An author who was famous in the reign of Queen
Anne, lived in a cottage is the right option

(c) He would have lost the election if you had not supported
him is the right option

(a) My uncle is rich enough to buy a car is the right
option.

(c) The lorry ran over an old man walking along the
road is the right option