SSC Sentence Improvement Quiz 16

(a) Gerund-painting is the right usage.

(a) Simple Present Tense-finishes will be used the
first sentence is in Simple Present Tense.
Here, finishes is the right usage.

(c) exceed (Verb) : to be more than a particular number
or amount
exceed and more than mean the same.
They cannot be used together.
Hence, exceed is the right usage.

(a) come across (Something) (Phr.V.) : to find something
Here, come across is the right usage.

(c) giving something for a noble cause is donating
(Verb)
Hence, donating is the right usage.

.(b) Present Perfect Continuous Tense (have been fishing)
is the right usage.
The structure of the sentence is as follows :
Subject + AuxV(have) + AuxV(be) + Main V.
¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
The fishermen have been fishing

(c) subscribe (to something) (PhrV.) : to pay an
amount of money regularly in order to receive or use
something.
Hence, subscribe to is the right usage.

.(d) No improvement
if (Conj.) : used after wonder to introduce one of two
or more possibilities ; whether
l I wonder if I should wear a coat or not.

.(d) No improvement
The Tense of the Verb remains unchanged.

.(d) No improvement
likely (Adv.) : very probably (used to say that something
is likely to happen)

.(c) The sentence structure of Interrogative Sentences
in Indirect Speech is as follows :
Subject + Reporting Verb+Wh-word + Object + Verb
¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
I asked where he was going
Hence, where he was going is the right usage.

.(c) is about kms away is the right usage.
away (Adv.) : to or at a distance from somebody/
something in space or time
from (Prep.) agrees with away

.(a) such an important is the right usageso important
a does not make any correct sense.

.(a) hand (Verb) : to pass or give something to somebody
l She handed the letter to me.
hand something – in (to somebody) : to give something
to a person in authority
l You must hand in your projects by the end of the next
week.
Here, handed in his homework is the right usage.

.(c) to-Infis used for indicating purpose or intention of
an action.
Gerund is used for indicating a cause.
Hence, went out to play is the right usage.

(c) Sentence structure will be as follows :
Subject + did + not + Verb
¯ ¯ ¯
Rakesh didn’t know
(Past Tense)
Hence, didn’t know is the right usage.

(c) would (Mod.V.) : used as the Past tense of will,
used for talking about the result of an event that you
imagine
l She would look better with shorter hair.
could (Mod.V.) : used as the Past Tense of canable
to cannot be used with could
Hence, would be able is the right usage.

(b) of (Prep.) will be used after worthy (Adj.).
Here of (Prep.) is the right usage.

(d) No improvement
alleviate (Verb) : to make something less severe
lessen (Verb) : to make something less important
minimise (Verb) : to reduce something

(c) set up (Phr.V.) : to create something or start it ; to
establish
established (Verb) : to start or create an organization,
a system, etc.; set up
formed (Verb) : to start a group of people, such as an
organization, a committee, etc.
created (Verb) : to make something happen
Here, set up is the right usage.