Sentence Correction MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Sentence Correction - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is '3' i.e. higher than any other building .

Key Points

• The given sentence mentions a comparison of the NYC building with all other buildings in the United States.
• The phrase "higher than any other building" is correct because it indicates the NYC building is taller than all other buildings explicitly.
• The option "high than every other building" is grammatically incorrect.
• The phrase "as high as every other building" implies equality, which is not suitable if the building is being described as the tallest.
• "No improvement" is incorrect because the original sentence is ambiguous and can be improved.

Correct sentence: The NYC building at New York City is higher than any other building in the United States of America.

Additional Information

• Comparative Adjectives:
  • Used to compare two things.
  • Structure: Adjective + -er or more + adjective.
  • Example: This building is taller than that one.
• Superlative Adjectives:
  • Used to describe the highest degree of a quality among three or more things.
  • Structure: Adjective + -est or most + adjective.
  • Example: This is the tallest building in the city.

The correct answer is '1' i.e. No correction required .

Key Points

• The sentence "I.T. experts may have to stop hunting for better job opportunities as these are not so easily available now" is grammatically correct and does not require any improvement.
• The use of "may have to stop hunting" is appropriate as it correctly conveys the possibility or necessity of stopping an ongoing action.
• The options provided introduce grammatical errors or change the intended meaning of the sentence.

Correct sentence: I.T. experts may have to stop hunting for better job opportunities as these are not so easily available now.

Additional Information

• Option 2: "may be stopping the hunting" is incorrect because it uses "may be" (present continuous) incorrectly and "the hunting" is awkward and unnecessary.
• Option 3: "should have to stop hunt" is grammatically incorrect as "stop" should be followed by a gerund ("hunting") instead of an infinitive ("hunt").
• Option 4: "might have to stop hunting" is grammatically correct but slightly changes the meaning. "Might" implies a weaker possibility compared to "may."

The correct answer is '3'.

Key Points       

• The original sentence contains an ambiguity due to the placement of the adverb "only." The word "only" should ideally be placed immediately before the word or phrase it modifies for clarity.       
• In "They only work when they have no money," "only work" can ambiguously mean either:
  • They do *nothing but work* when they have no money (i.e., it's their sole activity).
  • They *work exclusively when* they have no money (i.e., their working is restricted to that condition).       
• To convey the more common and precise meaning (that their working is restricted to the condition of having no money), "only" should modify the clause "when they have no money."

Corrected sentence: They work only when they have no money.

Additional Information  

• Option 1: "When they have no money, they only work."                               
  • While the initial placement of the 'when' clause is fine, the ambiguity of "only work" remains. This structure still suggests that 'working' is the *sole* activity they do.            
• Option 2: "they only work"                               
  • This is an incomplete phrase and does not offer a complete sentence improvement.              
• Option 4: "No improvement"                               
  • This is incorrect because the original sentence contains an ambiguity that can be improved for clarity and precision.      

The correct answer is '1' i.e. had never been .

Key Points

• The sentence is in the past perfect tense because it describes an action completed before another past event. In this case, her uneasiness occurred because she had not experienced being on a plane before.
• The correct form of the verb is "had never been", which indicates her lack of experience before the time of the event.
• The phrase "she never be on a plane before" is grammatically incorrect and needs improvement.

Correct sentence: She was uneasy because she had never been on a plane before.

Additional Information

• Past Perfect Tense:
  • Structure: Subject + had + past participle.
  • Usage: Describes an action that was completed before another action or time in the past.
  • Example: She had finished her homework before going out.
• Common Error:
  • Using incorrect verb forms (e.g., "never be") instead of the correct past participle.
  • Not matching the tense to the context of the sentence.

The correct answer is  Option '3'.

Key Points       

• The original sentence contains a grammatical error in the phrase "because of they dislike him."       
• The phrase "because of" is a **prepositional phrase** and must be followed by a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun (e.g., "because of the rain," "because of his absence").       
• The word "because" is a **conjunction** and must be followed by a full clause (i.e., a subject and a verb) (e.g., "because it was raining," "because he was absent").       
• In the original sentence, "they dislike him" is a complete clause (subject "they," verb "dislike"). Therefore, "because of" is used incorrectly before a clause. It should be replaced with "because".

Corrected sentence: They could not admire his bright performance because they dislike him.

Additional Information       

• Option 1: "because of their disliking of him"                               
  • This option is grammatically correct as "their disliking of him" functions as a noun phrase (with "disliking" as a gerund). However, it is more verbose and less direct than simply using "because + clause." In a question asking for the best improvement, conciseness is often preferred.             
• Option 2: "because of their dislike him"                               
  • This is grammatically incorrect. "Dislike" as a noun would require a preposition (e.g., "dislike *of* him" or "dislike *for* him") to form a proper noun phrase after "because of."              
• Option 4: "No correction required"                               
  • This is incorrect because the original sentence contains a grammatical error as explained above.       

The correct answer is 'Tremendous'.

Key Points

•  In this given sentence, we need to substitute the 'ancient' word with the most appropriate word from the given options :
• Let's understand the meaning of the given words :
• Curt: short and not polite.(संक्षिप्‍त और रूखा)
• Bustling :to be full of people, noise or activity.(व्‍यक्तियों, शोर या गतिविधियों से भरा होना; हलचल होना)
• Prosperous: rich and successful.(समृद्घ (धनी और सफल)
• Tremendous(adjective): very great in amount, scale, or intensity(बहुत अच्‍छा, असाधारण).
  • Example:  Preparing from Testbook.com is giving us tremendous pleasure in our preparation.
• ​From, the given meanings of all the four options and the example sentence given above, the correct substitution for the given word is 'Tremendous '.
• The correct answer is option 3.

The correct answer is- 'this work gets completed by next week.'

Key Points 

• The error lies in the part "get" of the sentence.
• The first part of the sentence is in the Present Tense, therefore need to maintain the tense in the whole sentence.
• Also "this" refers to a singular noun that is near in time or space. 
  • Example: This cupcake is delicious.
• The singular form of the verb "get" in the present tense is "gets."
• Therefore, we need to replace the phrase "this work get completed by next week" with "this work gets completed by next week." 
   

Correct sentence: You have to make sure that this work gets completed by next week.

The correct answer is 'These flowers smell sweet'.

Key Points

• The word 'sweetly' is inappropriate.
• Here, the smell of the flowers are being described. So, an adjective should be used instead of an adverb.
• The word 'sweet' should replace 'sweetly'.
• Hence, option 4) is the answer.

Correct sentence: These flowers smell sweet and are sold at high prices in the market.

Additional Information

An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun.

• Example: Testbook is an amazing online learning platform.

The correct answer is 'Naresh does not believe in God'.

Key Points

• The formation of the negative sentence in the simple present tense is: 'Subject + do/does + not + base form of the verb + object'.
  • Example - He doesn't speak English.
• Many sentences in the English language contain articles.
• However, there are certain circumstances where an article is not used.
  • Articles are not used before a Common noun is used in its commonest sense.
  • Articles are not used in front of Proper nouns.
  • Articles are not used before languages.
  • When words like school, college, church, hospital, prison, temple, etc. are used for their primary purpose.
  • We don't use any article before the word 'God'.
• Thus, according to the given rule, the grammatically correct sentence will be: 'Naresh does not believe in God'.
  Hence, the correct answer is option (1).

The correct answer is 'the sun rises in the east'.

Key Points

• There is an error in the verb usage in the underlined segment of the given sentence. 
• The segment incorrectly uses the verb raise.
• Raise is a transitive verb that is it must have a direct object.
  • If you raise something, it means that you elevate it - you move it up or lift it to a higher level. - If you have a question, please raise your hand.
• But in the given segment raise does not have a direct object. 
• The correct verb, in this case, is the intransitive verb rises. If something rises, it means that it elevates itself - it goes up itself. No external force is needed to lift it.
• Hence, option 2 , or the sun rises in the east is the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Correct sentence - The teacher said, “the sun rises in the east every day”.

The correct answer is 'information'.

Key Points The meaning of 'suspension' is to tell information or facts that should kept secret.

So, the correct word for improvement of this sentence would be information.

Additional Information Let's look at the other options,

• Dereliction means no longer used and in bad condition.
• Revolution means action taken by a large group of people to try to change the government of a country, especially by violent action.
• Benediction means the utterance of a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service.

The correct answer is option 3.

Key Points

• The given sentence is a complex sentence as it has two clauses.
• We will use a tense that fits the logic of the sentence.
• Option 3 is the most suitable option as it states that the action occurring in the past is responsible for the present condition i.e. she misses her dog now who had died.
• No other option makes the correct sense.

Correct sentence- Martha misses her dog who died of skin infection at a very young age.
 

• In general, present tenses may be followed by a wide variety of tenses as long as the sequence fits the logic of the sentence.
• When the verb in an independent clause is in the past tense, the verb in the dependent clause is normally in the past tense as well. The past tenses are the simple past, past progressive, past perfect, and past perfect progressive.

The correct answer is 'I have been working for you for the last three months.'

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the Present Perfect Continuous tense.
• The Present Perfect Continuous tense is used for an action that began at some time in the past and is still continuing.
  • The structure of the given tense is: Subject + have/has + been + present participle (verb + ing) + the rest of the sentence
  • Example - They have been building the bridge for several months.
• The Prepositions 'for' and 'since' are used in the Present Perfect Continuous tense to express events that started in the past and are still in progress in the present.
  • The use of 'For'
    • We use 'For' when we measure the duration – when we say how long something lasts.
    • Example - He has been living in Turin for three months.
  • The use of 'Since'
    • 'Since' gives the starting point of actions, events, or states.
    • It refers to when things began.
    • Example - I've been waiting since 7 o'clock.
• In the given sentence, 'for' is used to express the time duration in which he was working.
• Thus, the grammatically correct sentence is 'I have been working for you for the last three months.'

Hence, the correct answer is option (2).

The correct answer is 'No improvement'.

Key Points

• The underlined segment is absolutely free from grammatical errors. Hence, no improvement is required here.
• While means 'during', 'when', or 'at the same time'.
• While can also be a noun that would be translated as 'a short period of time' (this is not the case with 'whilst').
• Note that while must be followed by a verb.
• So, option 1), i.e. 'No improvement' is the answer.

The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. 'are fattened'

The concept is: 'Fat' is a transitive verb and it means 'to make fat' but we need an intransitive verb here because there is no object. 
'Fatten' is an intransitive verb that means 'to become fat' hence we can use this verb in the present progressive tense. As this verb is an intransitive verb.
Note: Transitive verbs are those verbs that do have an object and Intransitive verbs are those verbs that do not have an object. In the given sentence, 'Nicely' is an adverb. and there is no object in it.

So the correct sentence is:
The chickens on his farms are fattened up nicely.