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- Directions for individual questions:In the problems below, either a part or all of the sentence is underlined or bold . The sentence is followed by five ways of writing the underlined part. Option (A) repeats the original; the other answer choices vary. If you think that the original phrasing is the best, choose (A). If you think one of the other answer choices is the best, select that choice.
Sentence Correction (Level-3): Test-3
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Question 1 |
If would have realized  how close was to the accident site, I would have suffered a heart attack.
Had I been realized how close | |
If I had realized how to close | |
I would have realized if I was close | |
Had I realized how close | |
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Question 1 Explanation:
Conditional perfect tense required. So the construction would be – ‘Had I realized..i would have’. So the answer is option D.
Question 2 |
On discrete enquiry, the officials found that the storekeeper hadn’t hardly have any of those kind of compact discs.
hardly had any of those kinds | |
hadn’t hardly have any of those kinds | |
didn’t hardly have any of those kind | |
had not have any of hardly those kind | |
No correction required |
Question 2 Explanation:
Sentence is in past tense, the use of word ‘had’ is required to show possession. Affirmative had is required with ‘hardly’ So option A is the answer.
Question 3 |
The expedition did not enter the Himalayas because it believed that to do it endangers the teamand might cause fatal injuries.
to do it endangers | |
doing it endangers | |
to do this would endanger | |
doing so would endanger | |
to do it would endanger |
Question 3 Explanation:
The best answer is D. Choice D appropriately uses the adverb so to refer back to the verb accord.
Question 4 |
The rising of costs of petrol has created growing concern about the long-term consequences faced by the national economy.
The rising of costs | |
Rising costs | |
The rising cost | |
Because the rising cost | |
Because of rising costs |
Question 4 Explanation:
The best answer is C. Choice A is unidiomatic, and option B costs…has lacks subject-verb agreement. Choices D and E produce sentence fragments since Because makes the clause subordinate rather than independent.
Question 5 |
Able to out-maneuver other vehicles on uneven roads, it was decided that the administration would allot motorcycles to some of it’s staff.
it was decided that the motorcycle would by the administration to allot motorcycles to some of its staff. | |
the decision of the administration was to allot to some of its staff motorcycles | |
the administration decided to allot to its staff motorcycles. | |
some of its staff was allotted motorcycles by the administration. | |
motorcycles were allotted to some of the staff by the administration. |
Question 5 Explanation:
The best answer is E. Grammatically, the participial phrase beginning with able to must modify the subject of the main clause, the word motorcycles has to follow the comma to become the subject of that clause.
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