SSC Sentence Improvement Quiz 2

(b) Past Perfect Tense (had planned) will be used.
Sentence structure is as follows :
Subject + Aux.V+ Main V+ Object
+ he had planned _____
Before we arrived at school the class had started
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Second action First action
Hence, had planned is the right usage.

(c) fewer (Det., Adj.) : not many used for Countable Nouns.
Hence, no fewer is the right usage.
less (Det., Pro.) : a smaller amount of used for Uncountable Nouns
No less than (Idiom) : used for emphasizing a large
amount

(c) outstretched (Adj.) : spread out as far as possible
stretch out (PhrV.) : to lie down in order to relax or
sleep
Here, outstretched in the ditch is the right usage.

(a) presently (Adv.) : now ; currently; at the time you
are speaking
by this time : a particular allotted time
Here, presently is the right usage.

(a) cut down on (PhrV.) : to reduce
get rid of (PhrV.) : to make yourself free of something
that is annoying or that you do not want or do
not want to do
Here, cut down on is the right usage.

(c) irritates (Verb.) : to annoy somebody, especially
by something you continuously do or by something
that continuously happens
incessant (Adj.) : never stopping ; constant
annoys (Verb.) : to make some body slightly angry ;
irritates
Here, irritates is the right usage.

(a) Not only _____ but also are Correlative Conjunctions.
Sentence structure is as follows :
Not only + Auxverb + Subject
Not only + did + they
Hence, Not only did they go is the right usage.

(c) The basic sentence structure is as follows :
Subject Verb Object
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fill the sweet notes
Hence, fill the air by their sweet notes is the right
usage.

(c) power (Noun) : strength or influence in a particular
area of activity
giant (Noun) : a very large and powerful organisation
Here, power is the right usage.

(d) No improvement
many a (Det., Pro.) : a large number of
used with a Singular Noun and Verb
l Many a good man has been destroyed by drink.

(c) higher (Adv.)
the (IndefArt.) is used in the Comparative Degree
with Adverbs.

(a) prefer (Verb) : to like one thing or person better
than another
A Prepositional Phrase with to will be used.
Hence, riding to walking is the right usage.

(b) demand (Verb) : to ask for something firmly
Here, demanding is the right usage.

(a) International News is compared to National News.
Hence, National is the right usage.

(a) be angry with someone : to feel or express displeasure
be angry at something : to be irritated by
angry at what somebody does
angry with somebody about something or for doing
something
Here, angry with is the right usage.

(c) back out (Phr.V.) : to withdraw from something
Here, withdrew his support from is the right usage.

(d) No improvement
who (Pro.) : used for showing which person you mean

(a) neither (Adv.) : used for introducing a further negative
statement
l He didn’t remember, and neither did I
Hence, neither did I is the right usage.

(b) declined (Verb.) : refused politely to accept or to
do something
denied (Verb.) : said that something is not true
Here, declined is the right usage.

(a) don’t think so (Idiom) : used for saying very strongly
that you do not agree to something, or that something
is not possible
suspect (Verb.) : to be suspicious about something;
not to trust something
Here, don’t think is the right usage.