Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Sentence Improvement

1.

We were not the wiser for all this effort to explain the case to us.

  • (A) none
  • (B) neither
  • (C) nevertheless
  • (D) No improvement

2.

We have heard her lecture yesterday.

  • (A) were hearing
  • (B) would have heard
  • (C) heard
  • (D) had been hearing

3. I have lived

in Delhi since I was four.

  • (A) am living
  • (B) lived
  • (C) had lived
  • (D) No improvement

4.

The members attending the meeting were men on powerful positions, high in the councils of their respective governments.

  • (A) of
  • (B) with
  • (C) in
  • (D) No correction required

5.

We had nothing to eat since 8'o clock, this morning.

  • (A) have had nothing
  • (B) has had nothing
  • (C) did have nothing
  • (D) No improvement

6.

I would have waited for you at the station if I knew that you would come.

  • (A) had known
  • (B) was knowing
  • (C) have known
  • (D) No improvement

7.

I cannot put forth with this nasty fellow.

  • (A) put up
  • (B) put in
  • (C) put out
  • (D) No improvement

8.

Let he and I work together.

  • (A) him and I
  • (B) him and me
  • (C) he and me
  • (D) No improvement

9.

To get one's name in the Rowland Ward's book of hunting records was the hot ambition of every serious hunter.

  • (A) extreme
  • (B) burning
  • (C) high
  • (D) No improvement

10.

If you will pray sincerely, God will listen to your prayers.

  • (A) you pray
  • (B) you are paying
  • (C) you will be praying
  • (D) No improvement