Verbal Ability

Sentence Correction - 1

Directions to Solve

Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

11.  Most of the Indian workers are as healthy as, if not healthier than, British workers.
A. as if healthy as not healthier
B. healthier but not as healthy
C. as healthy, if not healthier
D. so healthy, if not healthier
E. No correction required
12.  I have got some tea, but I do not have a sugar.
A. some
B. got
C. more
D. any
E. No correction required
13.  The long or short of it is that I do not want to deal with that new firm.
A. The long and short of it
B. The long and short for it
C. The long or short for it
D. The shot and long for it
E. No correction required
14.  Can you tell me why did you not speak the truth?
A. why did not you speak
B. that why did you not speak
C. why you did not speak
D. why did you not spoke
E. No correction required
15.  They examined both the samples very carefully but failed to detect any difference in them.
A. some difference in
B. some difference between
C. any difference between
D. any difference among
E. No correction required
16.  What happens to all those travellers on the ship was not known?
A. What happened of
B. What happened in
C. What is that happens to
D. What happened to
E. No correction required
17.  "Friends and comrades, the light has gone away from our lives and there is darkness everywhere"
A. off
B. out of
C. out from
D. out off
E. No correction required
18.  The tea-estate administration is in such mess there is no leader to set the things right.
A. in such a mess here
B. in a such mess that here
C. in such a mess that there
D. with such a mess that there
E. No correction required
19.  They have a scheme of rewarding the best of the performers every year.
A. a best performer
B. the best among the performer
C. a best among performer
D. the best of the performer
E. No correction required
20.  Because of his ill health, the doctor has advised him not to refrain from smoking.
A. to not refrain from
B. to resort to
C. to refrain from
D. to be refrained from
E. No correction required

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