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.
Try to be diplomatic when you refuse any invitation, so for not to cause bad feeling
as far not
so as not
if as far not
since then not
Correct Answer :
B. so as not
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Underestimating its value, breakfast is a meal many people skip .
Underestimating its value, breakfast is a meal many people skip.
Breakfast is skipped by many people because of their underestimating its value.
Many people, underestimate the value of breakfast and skip it.
Many people skip breakfast because they underestimate its value.
She is quite well now, except a slight cold .
except have a slight cold
excepting a slight cold
except for a slight cold
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The gentry of the town was invited .
is invited
has been invited
were invited
No improvement.
Sumit would have been looked smart in traditional clothes.
was looked
would be looked
had looking
would have looked
One of the men gave first aid to Hitesh who is injured in a road accident.
who had injured
who was injured
which was injured
as he was to injure
His father won't be able to leave for Varanasi until they have arrived .
until they arrive
until they will arrive
until they will have arrived
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The actress said that it sometimes took her two hours to put her make -up.
put over
put up
put on
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Since 1986, there is no earthquakes here.
have been
are
were being
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The need of the hour was some fast action on the part of the leaders.
needed
needing
needs
No correction required
Old habits die hardly.
hard
too hard
much hardly
No improvement
If you had told your problem yesterday, we might had helped you
would have
might have been
would have been
No correction required
Although gale force winds often pass through the Eiffel Tower, causing it to sway no more than four inches .
causing it to sway no more
and yet it sways no more
they do not cause it to sway more
and they do not cause it to sway
When I was fourteen, I sat the entrance examination for senior secondary school.
sat for
sat in
sat at
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The war was a time of tribulations for all of us.
intimacy
placidity
stupidity
No improvement
As a child, my parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother .
When I was a child, my parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother
My parents took me, as a child, to Jammu to visit my grandmother
My parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother as a child.
A child, my parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother
I have not written many letter to him since my father had died .
died
was dead
has died
No improvement
The easiest way for prevent stress caused by work or home pressures is to indulge in high levels of physical activity.
easily way to
easier ways for
easiest way to
easier way from
The manager was given a holiday and so he decided to go to the hitch-hiking .
for the hitch-hiking
for hitch-hiking
hitch-hiking
No improvement
The members of the student's union did not give the examination in protest.
did not write
did not sit for
did not show up for
No improvement
It is long since I last saw you.
long time
long before
long ago
No improvement
Hardly had I finished writing the letter before Anil arrived.
then
while
when
as
She was kept from her assignment because of her loquacious room-mate.
noisy
irritating
talkative
No improvement
The businessman is respectively connected.
respectfully
respectably
receptively
No improvement
This is the late edition of the Shakespearean play which was originally published in 1603.
later
latest
latter
No improvement
He will revise it when he is comes back.
when he come back
on coming back
when he came back
No improvement
Start the motor, and then you should remove the blocks .
Start the motor, then removing the blocks
Starting the motor, the blocks should then be removed
Start the motor and then remove the blocks
Starting the motor remove the blocks
Anand has the guts to rise from the occasion and come out successful.
to rise against
to rising from
to rise to
to rise with
After the written exam, you will also have an oral exam .
practical
viva voice
vocal
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Bad habits must be nipped at the bud .
nipped off the bud
nipped in the bud
nipped on the bud
No improvement
Sohan is pleased at the news yesterday.
has been pleased
had been pleased
was pleased
No improvement