SOLUTION SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT PRACTICE SET 11 SOLVED IN ENGLISH
SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT Practice Set 11 SOLVED IN HINDI & ENGLISH (with options)
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1. The girl filled the pitcher for water.
Answer: B
Explanation: Option ‘B’. Prepositional error. Correct phrase is ‘fill something with something’; e.g.
She filled the bowl with warm water.
2. My hair stood off ends when I saw the horrible sight.
Answer: B
Explanation: Option ‘B’. Correct phrase is ‘stand on end’ (not ‘stand on ends’). Stand on end = to be very frightened.
3. It became clear that the strangers were heading into a serious disaster.
Answer: C
Explanation: Option ‘C’. Head for = likely to experience a bad situation; e.g.
i) They’re heading for disaster if they’re not careful.
ii) The country is heading for recession.
iii) I’ve told him that he’s heading for trouble, but he doesn’t listen.
iv) You’ll be heading for trouble if you don’t get those brakes fixed.
4. Too much worry is not good for our health.
Answer: D
Explanation: Option ‘D’. Option ‘B’ is incorrect as when a thing is harmful for people we can use the preposition either ‘for’ or ‘to’; and for things we use only ‘to’. ‘Health’ is a thing; therefore you can’t use the preposition ‘for’ before it; e.g.
Too much salt can be harmful for a young baby.
= Too much salt can be harmful to a young baby.
INCOORECT: Excessive amounts may be harmful for the skin.
CORRECT: Excessive amounts may be harmful to the skin.
Option ‘C’ is incorrect as we use ‘hurtful’ if one is emotionally hurt; e.g.
i) She can’t forgive him for the hurtful things he said.
ii) Their comments were really hurtful to me.
5. I have seen the movie and she also has.
Answer: B
Explanation: Option ‘B’. ‘I have seen the movie’ is an affirmative remark. According to the given sentence and the answer options it’s clear that we have to add an affirmative addition to the given remark. ‘Affirmative Additions’ to ‘Affirmative Remarks’ are made in the following manner:
| Subject | + | Helping verb of the remark | + | Too/Also |
| OR | ||||
| So | + | Helping verb of the remark | + | Subject |
a) Mohan would like it and Rahul would too/also.
= Mohan would like it and so would Rahul.
b) Sohan likes to play cricket and Pankaj does too/also.
= Sohan likes to play cricket and so does Pankaj.
c) I’m going to invite her for lunch tomorrow. — I’m too/also.
= I’m going to invite her for lunch tomorrow. — So am I.
Therefore, according to the give rule option ‘B’ is only correct.
6. We are looking forward for good rains this year.
Answer: A
Explanation: Option ‘A’. The correct phrase is ‘looking forward to’ (not ‘looking forward for). Look forward to = to be pleased or excited that it is going to happen; e.g.
I’m looking forward to the holidays. [मैं होने वाली छुट्टियों को लेकर बड़ा उत्तेजित हूँ. (अर्थात बड़ी बेसब्री से मैं छुट्टियों का इन्तजार कर रहा हूँ.]
7. From among various alternatives we should choose the one which is viable and consumes less time and energy.
Answer: D
8. I was pitying the small children, when I heard that their parents had died in an accident.
Answer: D
Explanation: Option ‘D’. Verb ‘pity’ is not used in the continuous form. Pity = किसी की खराब स्थिति पर दया खाना; किसी से सहानभूति होना
9. It was mere affection that stopped him from beating his son.
Answer: D
Explanation: Option ‘D’. In one of the meanings ‘mere’ = to emphasize how strongly someone feels about something.
Hindi translation of the given sentence: ये मात्र (mere) प्रेम ही था जिसने उसको उसके पुत्र को पीटने से रोक दिया.
10. He is ill for a week when his brother came.
Answer: C
Explanation: Option ‘C’. When there is ‘for + time’ in a clause of a sentence we use the Present/Past Perfect Tense or the Present/Past Perfect Continuous Tense in the other clause. Here the clause ‘when his brother came’ is a past event; therefore here we need the Past Perfect Tense in place of ‘is ill’ means we’ll use ‘had been ill’.
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