Directions (1-15): In each question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below each sentence, some phrases are given which can substitute the bold part of the sentence. Find out the phrase which can correctly substitute that part of the sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No correction required’ or ‘No improvement’.
Q1. The company goes to great length to ensure that employees can be comfortable in their work environment.
(a) will be comfortable
(b) should be comfortable
(c) are comfortable
(d) No improvement
Q2. We should take up the first item, let us begin this song.
(a) this song begin us
(b) us begin with this song
(c) us beginning this song
(d) No improvement
Q3. All, but her, had made an attempt.
(a) all, but she
(b) all, but herself
(c) all, but she herself
(d) No improvement
Q4. The notorious dacoit, with all his gangsters, have been robbing banks for the last few months.
(a) is robbing
(b) has been robbing
(c) are robbing
(d) was robbed
Q5. Our team is likely to lose unless all members learn to cooperate with one other.
(a) with one and all
(b) with one another
(c) one other with
(d) No improvement
Q6. Any able bodied man is eligible for the job.
(a) any able bodied men are
(b) each able bodied man is
(c) any able bodied men have been
(d) No improvement
Q7. If a person studied this period of history, he would have wondered how such things had happened in India.
(a) a person had studied.
(b) a person would study
(c) a person could have studied
(d) No improvement
Q8. They succeeded without hardly making any effort.
(a) hardly without making
(b) with hardly making
(c) without making hardly
(d) No improvement
Q9. Governments in developing countries are under increasing pressure for the recruiting and training teachers to meet the demands of their rapidly expanding systems of education.
(a) so as to recruit and train
(b) to recruit and train
(c) in the recruiting and training of
(d) No improvement
Q10. The workers are hell bent at getting what is due to them.
(a) hell bent for getting
(b) hell bent on getting
(c) hell bent upon getting
(d) No improvement
Q11. Miss Pillai teaches very well, isn’t it?
(a) didn’t she?
(b) doesn’t she?
(c) wasn’t it?
(d) No improvement
Q12. It is high time he starts to look into his own flaws before speaking ill of others.
(a) started to look
(b) starts looking
(c) started looking
(d) No improvement
Q13. Mr Hyon and the other dissident leaders have taken shelter at the church last month after the authorities ordered their arrest.
(a) had taken shelter
(b) took shelter
(c) are taking shelter
(d) No improvement
Q14. When a man has to give evidence he must have a clean breast of the whole matter.
(a) make a clean breast
(b) obtain a clean breast
(c) possess a clean breast
(d) No improvement
Q15. He was so rude that they were compelled for asking him to leave.
(a) ask him to leave
(b) to ask him to leave
(c) him to ask to leave
(d) No improvement
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