SSC Sentence Improvement Quiz 19

(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) Inf(to) will be used with prefer (Verb) and not
rather than.
rather than (Idiom) : instead of somebody/something
l I’ll have a cold drink rather than coffee.
Hence, to (Prep.) is the right usage.

(c) In Indirect Speech-will changes to would when
the Reporting Verb is in Past Tense.
Hence, would will replace will be.

(c) motive (Noun) : intention ; a reason for doing something
Here, motive is the right usage.

(c) upbringing (Noun) : the way a child is brought up
bring up (Phr.V.) : to care for a child, teaching him/
her how to behave, etc; raise ; upbringing
Here, upbringing is the right usage.

(d) No improvement
declared (Verb) : Stated in an open way so that people
may know about it ; to say something officially/publicly
proposed (V.) : declare a plan for the future
decreed (V.) : decide with authority by order/command
order (V.) : impose regulations on

(c) Stative Verbs describe a state rather than an
action-like, understand, seem, love, hate, have, own, etc.
They are not used in Progressive Tenses.
Hence, loves is the right usage.

(a) Present Perfect Continuous Tense-has been teaching
is the right usage.

(c) hang by a thread (Idiom) ; to be in great danger
Hence, by (Prep.) is the right usage.

(b) assured (Verb) : to tell somebody that something is
definitely true or is definitely going to happen, especially
when he has doubts about it
consoled (Verb) : to give comfort/sympathy to somebody
who is unhappy or disappointed ; comfort
guaranteed (Verb) : to promise to do something
confided (Verb) : to tell somebody secrets and personal
information that you do not want other people to know
Here, assured is the right usage.

(d) No improvement
would (Mod.V.) : used in polite offers or invitations.

(a) in the back is the right usage.

(c) a few (Det ; Adj.) : a small number ; some
few (Det ; Adj.) : not many
Hence, a few is the right usage.