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The Test of English Language  Section of Success Bureau Study Material covers the complete syllabus and includes  Often Asked Questions ( OAQs)  in the Competitive Examinations . 

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Here , we have included the Sentence Correction sections in our Sample Study Material .

Sentence Correction - Part 1

DIRECTIONS : 1 – 10 :      Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is E.

  1.   Earth / revolves / round / the Sun.

                    A                 B              C                D

  1.  The rich / should / help / the poor.

                        A               B             C            D

  1.  The women / of / this country / are brave.

                           A              B                C                       D

  1.   Dog / is / a faithful / animal.

                  A       B           C               D

  1.  He worked / for / the benefit / of disabled.

                            A             B                   C                     D

  1.   My brother is / most popular student / in / his Class.

              A                                B                        C             D

  1.  The more /you work, the / more / you get .

                           A                    B                       C              D

  1.  The / Judge in him /condemned him / to death .

                 A                     B                              C                           D

  1.  He has / no / scruples for / begging .

                      A         B                 C                     D

  1.  He would / flatter you / on / your face .

                       A                     B                  C            D

 

Explanatory Answers

  1. A ( Use article ‘The’ before )

 The names of unique things ( the sun, the moon ) .

  • The Superlative degree ( e.g. the best , the worst ) .
  • The name of states , countries etc., having a descriptive     name ( e.g. Punjab, U.K. ) .
  • The name of scriptures ( g. Gita , Ramayana )  .
  • The name of newspapers.
  • The name of famous buildings.
  • The name of rivers, canals, seas, ocean, group of islands etc.
  • The name of nationals, sects and communities etc.
  1.  E No Error
  2.  A
  3.  A          ‘The dog’ To denote the class of dog  .
  4.  D          ‘The disabled’ To denote the class of disabled  .
  5.  B          The most  .
  6.  E          No Error
  7.  E          No error
  8.  C          ‘scruples in’  .
  9.  C ‘to your face’  .

Sentence Correction - Part 2

DIRECTIONS : Q. 1 – 10 : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer as E  .

  1.  Unless he / will be / more careful, he / will not recover .

                     A                  B                       C                                D

  1.  Wait here / Until your brother / do not return .

                        A                                 B                                    C

  1.  Work hard / lest you / may not fail.

                          A                   B                       C

  1. He talked / as if / he had been mad.

                           A             B                C

  1.  He was driving / some one else / car, not ours.

                               A                               B                              C

  1.  Rajiv is / more abler / than / his friend.

                       A                   B                  C               D

  1.  His brother is / junior than / mine.

                            A                          B                      C

  1.  It would be a great advantage / if industrial management took  long / hard look / at the information provided .

                                           A                                                                      B                                                        C                                        D

  1.  I  missed the train / that I usually catch / and have to travel by  next / which was a slow train .

                                   A                                     B                                                C                                                        D

  1.  Ritu is prettier / than any other / woman member / of the family .

                          A                                 B                                      C                                D

Explanatory Answers

  1.  A “Unless he is ……………..”  .
  2.  C “Until your brother returns”, Use of not is not   allowed with unless, lest and until because they  are already in the negative sense  .
  1.  C “lest you should fail”. Lest is always followed by should and is used in the sense of so that ………….not .
  1.  No error. “As if” is used in the sense of pretension .
  2.  B “someone else’ s car………………….”  .
  3.  B “more able”, . ‘Double comparative’ or  ‘Double superlative’ should not be used  .
  1.  B ‘junior to …………’. .

Comparatives as superior, inferior, prior , senior, posterior, anterior etc. ending in the suffix “or” are followed by “to”.

  1.  B “…………………took a long hard look …………..”
  1.  C Instead of ‘have’ it should be ‘had’ to agree with  the form of verb in previous clause .
  1.  C “Any other woman of the family” .

Sentence Correction - Part 3

DIRECTIONS : Q. 1 – 10 :   Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is E .

  1. We saw / every man and every body / busy with / their work / No Error .

                       A                                 B                                             C                       D                  E

  1. Either of the two / roads lead / to/ the railway station / No Error .

                                A                            B                C                        D                           E

  1. There was / only / a boy and a girl / in the class / No Error .

                        A              B                     C                                 D                       E

  1. In my work / I have not to / do a thing / the whole afternoon / No Error .

                            A                      B                            C                                  D                               E

  1. Her face / is / more beautiful / than your / No Error.

                   A              B                   C                           D                     E

  1. She is one of those / women who / never/ gets tired / No Error .

                                   A                                 B                     C                   D                     E

  1. This is more / interesting of / the / two books / No Error.

                             A                       B                     C                    D                 E

  1. She prefers to be / poor and honest / than to be / rich dishonest / No Error .

                               A                                        B                            C                           D                          E

  1. Neither / of the four cars / is / worth purchasing / No  Error .

                      A                          B                 C                      D                                E

  1. My house / and / your are / white washed / No Error.

                      A               B              C                           D                     E

Explanatory Answers

          1.   D     Say , ‘his work’ . If two singular nouns are   preceded by ‘Each’ or Every’ and are joined by   ‘and’ the pronoun for them must be in singular  .

  1.  B  Say , ‘roads leads …………..’ . when we use ‘Either of the two’ ‘or ‘Neither of the two’ , we in fact, refer to one  .
  1.  A  Say , “ There were ………….”  .
  2.  B  Say ,  “I do not have to ……………..”  .
  3.  D  Say ,  “ yours’ to convey the meaning of your  face ” .
  1.  D  Say ,  ‘ get tired ‘  .
  2.  A  Say , ‘ the more interesting ……………… .
  3.  C  Say , “ to being …………”  .
  4.  A  Say , “ None of the four ………….” .    ‘Neither’  is used for two persons or things  .
  1.   C  Say , “ My house and yours are ………….”

Sentence Correction - Part 4

DIRECTIONS : Q. 1 – 14 :   Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is E.

 

  1.  The man was / tired, irritable / and needed sleep .

                             A                           B                              C

  1.  A lot of people / say that a lot of sugar / is / wasted / No Error.

                               A                                    B                            C              D              E

  1.  He abused, / insulted and / I was irritated.

                         A                        B                             C

  1.  You said you would introduce me / to a friend of yours / who has a car / to sell / No Error.

                                                   A                                                             B                                     C                   D                 E

  1.  Due to / a breakdown / on the line, he was late / to the office / No Error.

                      A                        B                                      C                                       D                     E

  1.  The difficulty here is / due to / the oversight / already mentioned / No Error.

                                      A                            B                       C                                      D                        E

  1.  If you persevere / you may succeed / to go / to the office / No Error .

                                A                                       B                      C                   D                       E

  1.  Finishing his breakfast, / he started working / on the problem that had been awaiting /  disposal for a long time / No Error.

                                         A                                                 B                                                                    C                                                                        D                         E

         9.  In evaluating your progress, I have taken / into account your / class room performances,  your receptivity and / how you  have improved /    No Error.

                 A                   B              C            D               E

         10.  Entering the garret,/ we found/ Ramesh hanging/ from the Ceiling / No Error

                                     A                                B                          C                                     D                         E

        11.  I was excited, being / the first time for a few years at least /that I had travelled by sea /  to a foreign country / No Error.

                                 A                                                           B                                                                       C                                                     D                                  E

     12.  He behaves / as if / he were / a king / No Error.

                       A                  B               C                D               E

      13.  He loved her / as though / she had been / his wife / No  Error .

                          A                         B                         C                           D                E

       14.  The hero together with / his family was / present in / the party / No Error.

                A                      B                    C             D                 E

Explanatory Answers

  1.  D  Say ,  “and sleepy” ( To balance the sentence ) .
  2.  E  No error .

           ‘ A lot of  ’  takes a singular verb when used for uncountable things while it takes a plural   verb when used for countable things  .

  1.  C  Say , “and irritated me”  .
  2.  C  Say ,  “who had a car to ……………….”.    ( Past tense is required here ) .
  1.  A   Replace ‘Due to’ by ‘owing to’ .   ‘Due to’ should be used after verbs to be, seem or appear, otherwise, use ‘owing to’  .
  1.  E  No error .
  2.  C  Say , “you may succeed in going to …………”  .   The verb go, in this kind of sentences, must be replaced by a ‘Gerund’  .
  1.  A  Say ,  ‘ Having finished his breakfast, he ……..’  .
  2.  E   No Error.  
  3.  A  Say, “on entering the …………………” .
  4.  A  Say, “I was excited, it being ………………………..” .
  5.  E  No Error .   If the subordinate clause is introduced by ‘as if ’ or ‘as though’  use  Past  Tense for the ‘Present Time’ and  Past  Perfect for the ‘Past Time’ .
  6. No Error                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                14.   E   No Error   If two subjects are joined by ‘as well as’,  ‘ together with’ , ‘with’, ‘in addition  to’, ‘no less than’,  ‘in addition to ’ , ‘ and not ’    etc., the verb agrees with the first   subject .

SPECIAL NOTE

The Test of English Language  Section of Success Bureau Study Material covers  complete syllabus and includes  Often Asked Questions ( OAQs) in the Competitive Examinations . 

Hence, you are advised to properly learn  the contents .  You should not waste time in learning out dated  books .

The above  is given a small Sample of the Study Material provided to the students along with the Quizzes .

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