Sentence Improvement Quiz 5

(c) The sentence structure is as follows :
It’s high time + Subject (you) + Past Verb (went)
Refers to the present moment
Hence, went is the right usage.

(a) Here, a -feet long bath for males is the right
usage.

(d) No improvement
siphon something + off (Prep.) : to remove money from
one place and move it to another, especially dishonestly
or illegally ; divert

(c) emigrant (Noun) : a person who leaves a country
to live in another
migratory (Adj.) : wandering from one place to another
at different times of the year
immigrant (Noun) : a person who comes to a country
to live there
itinerant (Noun) : travelling from place to place, especially
looking for a job
Here, emigrant is the right usage.

(b) Neither do I nor does my friend is the right usage.

(a) Here, the poorer of is the right usage.
There is a comparison between two workers.

(c) than (Conj., Prep.) is used for indicating the second
part of a comparison
Hence, more than enough is the right usage.

(d) No improvement

(c) Negative Sentence Positive Tag
Tag Structure First Auxiliary (will)
Hence, will you is the right usage.

(a) The sentence is in Passive Voice, Present Continuous
Tense.
Hence, being disturbed is the right usage.

(d) No improvement.
Structure of sentence in Simple Future Tense is as
follows :
Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Main Verb
¯ ¯ ¯
I will reach

(b) each other (Pro.) shows that each member of a
group does something to or for the other member
l They looked at each other and laughed(A looked at
B and B looked at A)
one another (Pro.) is used when you are saying that
each member of a group does something to or for the
other people in the group
l We all try and help one another.
Hence, each other is the right usage.

(c) they only work : they do only work nothing else
work only when : never work, except when
l Call me only when your cold is unbearable.
Here, They work only when they have no money is
the right sentence.

(b) The structure of the sentence in the Past Continuous
Tense is as following :
Subject + Auxiliary Verb (be) + Main Verb + ing
¯ ¯ ¯
he was running
(Simple Past)
Hence, was running is the right usage.

(d) No improvement
discord (Noun) : lack of agreement among persons,
groups or things
A note of discord surfaced during the proceedings.

(a) The structure of the sentence is as follows :
if + Simple Past, Main clause with would + Infinitive
¯ ¯
if I dyed would laugh
Hence, would is the right usage.

(c) truant (Verb) : (of a child) to stay away from school
without permission
Positive Statement Negative Tag
The sentence structure is as follows :
Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Main Verb; Auxiliary +
The students X play do
not + Personal Pronoun same as subject
not they
do not don’t
Hence, don’t they ? is the right usage

(c) provide (someone) with (something) (Phr.V.)
l They provided him with money to buy new clothes.
l We are here to provide the public with a service.
provide (something) for (someone) (Phr.V.)
l The animals provide food for their young.
Hence, with (Prep.) is the right usage.

(b) vetted (Verb) : checked the contents, quality, etc.
of something carefully
doctored (Verb) : altered or modified
whetted (Verb) : increased your desire for or interest
in something
Here, vetted is the right usage.

(a) Can (Mod.V.) less polite
Could (Mod.V) more polite than Can
The sentence structure is as follows :
Could + Subject + Verb
Could you type ….
Hence, Could is the right usage.