Sentence Improvement Quiz 17

(a) Present Perfect Continuous Tense-have been
working here since is the right usage.
since (Prep.) : from a point in the past until now
l We’ve been living here since .

(c) myself (Pro.) : the Reflexive form of I
I (Pro.) : used as the Subject
Hence, I am is the right usage.

(a) Simple Past Tense-gave is the right usage.

(d) No improvement
have/had is used with food and drink (a meal, breakfast,
lunch, dinner, a snack, a cup of tea)
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(b) unless (Conj.) used in a negative sense.
Hence, an Affirmative Sentence will be used.
Hence, unless you is the right usage.

(b) have (Stative Verb) expresses a state/condition
rather than action
will not be used in Progressive Tense
Hence, have is the right usage.

(b) tonight (Adverb) : today’s night; on or during the
evening or night of today
Hence, tonight is the right usage.

(c) too (Adv.) : used before Adjectives and Adverbs
to say that something is more than is good, necessary,
possible, etc.
Sentence structure will be as follows :
Subject + Verb + too + Adj+ Inf.
The offer is too good to
l He’s very scaredHe can’t move.
l He’s too scared to move.
Adj./Advdenotes cause
Infdenotes effect
Hence, too good to is the right usage.

(d) No improvement
to (Prep.) : used for showing a relationship between
one person/thing and another
Sujata junior me (shows the relationship between
Sujata and me)

(d) No improvement

(b) one of (Pro.) : a person or thing belonging to a
particular group
l It’s a present for one of my children.
one of is followed by a Plural Noun/Pronoun.
Hence, my teachers is the right usage.

(a) Past Perfect Tense (would have surely brought)
will be used with this Conditional Sentence (that starts
with an if)
The sentence structure will be as follows :
If + Past Perfect (had gone) …would + have + Past
Participle-brought

(c) ringing and ringing : ringing again and again ; ringing
repeatedly
repeatedly (Adv.) : many times ; happening again and
again
Hence, was ringing repeatedly is the right usage.

(d) No improvement
Positive Statement Negative Tag (with Auxiliary)
Tag structure First Auxiliary (has) + not (hasn’t)
he ?

(c) Here, One of the factors is the right usage.

(b) handsome (Adj.) : large in amount or quantity
l a handsome profit/cheque
Hence, a handsome is the right usage.

(a) The sentence structure will be as follows :
watched + him + fall
Special Verb Direct Object Inf(– to)
Infis the base form of the Verb.

(b) determined (Adj.) : to make a firm decision to do
something and not to let anyone prevent you
stubborn (Adj.) : determined not to change your opinion
or attitude
Here, determined is the right usage.

(c) Here, to be a person is the right usage.

(d) envisaged (Verb) : to imagine what will happen in
the future.
imagined (Verb) : to form a picture in your mind of
what something might be like
think (Verb) : to have a particular idea or opinion
about something/somebody
forecast (Verb) : to say what you think will happen in
the future based on information that you have now ;
predict
Here, envisaged is the right usage.