Direction.
In the following questions, in the given sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative.
with
from
at
No improvement
B. from
needed
needing
needs
No correction required
respectfully
respectably
receptively
No improvement
will remain safe
are safe
may remain safe
No improvement
sat for
sat in
sat at
No improvement
imperative
indispensable
urgent
No improvement
contagious
quarrelsome
content
No improvement
out
in
down
No improvement
No sooner I had seen
No sooner did I see
As soon as I saw
No improvement
will helping us
will help us
would helped them
will helped us
recollecting
recapitulating
revising
No improvement
noisy
irritating
talkative
No improvement
nipped off the bud
nipped in the bud
nipped on the bud
No improvement
picking up
picked on
picked
has picked up
appeal
beset
confront
No improvement
only long as
too long as
so long as
No improvement
heating
steaming
blazing
No improvement
except have a slight cold
excepting a slight cold
except for a slight cold
No improvement
though
and
but
No improvement
who had injured
who was injured
which was injured
as he was to injure
until they arrive
until they will arrive
until they will have arrived
No improvement
observed
saw
felt
No improvement
has learned
learnt
was learning
No improvement
had rush
have rush
had rushed
rushed
would have
might have been
would have been
No correction required
more likely for
mostly likely to
most likely for
No correction required
have been
are
were being
No improvement
tried
trying
tired
tyring
nor did I
nor I like it
nor I liked it
No improvement
different from the others, he hardly had any friends except I
different than the others, he hardly had any friends except me
different than the others, he hardly had any friends except I
different from the others, he hardly had any friends except me
Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it had been an unathorised act.
ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it was an unauthorised act.
Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it was an unauthorised act.
Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from those maintaining that it was an unauthorised act.