SBI Clerk Pre Quiz- Sentence Improvement | 14th May

Read the expression given in bold carefully, the question begins with a modal verb “can” which should be followed by the first form of the verb (i.e., base form). Thus, the use of the verb “offered” makes the sentence grammatically incorrect. Moreover, the word “offer” is contextually incorrect as it doesn’t give a meaningful sense to the sentence. In the context of the sentence, the most suitable word is “deliver” or “furnish”. Thus, both the expressions (I) and (II) can be used as replacements to the highlighted one. Hence option (c) is the correct choice.

The highlighted expression used in the sentence is grammatically correct and at the same time gives a meaningful sense to the sentence. Hence option (e) is the correct choice.

The sentence can be made grammatically correct and contextually meaningful by replacing the phrase given in bold “to have been true” with “to be true”. It is to be noted that the correct grammatical syntax requires [too + positive degree + to + V1] which is not provided in the given sentence. Only option (a) perfectly fits in the absolute grammatical syntax of the sentence, hence, it becomes the most suitable answer choice.

Read the sentence carefully, it clearly expresses a wish which is cannot be fulfilled. In cases like these, “if I were you” is used to express subjunctive mood. Usually we use ‘was’ if the condition is possible but not true. Like if I was a pilot but in reality, I'm not. But I can never be you so then we should use “were”. Moreover, the sentence is expressing an impossible condition in the past and its probable result in the past. These sentences are truly hypothetical and unreal, because it is now too late for the condition or its result to exist. Thus, with both the rationale alternative (I) and (II) becomes correct. Hence, option (b) becomes the most suitable answer choice.

To make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, replace the phrase given in bold with “you study”. It is to be noted that when two events of future have been mentioned, the clause starting with “if, when, as long as, before, after, unless” etc., take the syntax of simple present tense; while, the main clause will be moulded in future tense. For ex., “If he comes here, I will help you”. Hence, option (b) becomes the most viable answer choice.

The highlighted expression used in the sentence is grammatically correct and at the same time gives a meaningful sense to the sentence. Hence option (e) is the correct choice.

To make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, replace “to walk than to drive” with “walking to driving”. It is to be noted that with some verbs and word-groups, such as “to be afraid, to forget, to hate, to like, to dislike, to prefer” the infinitive is mostly used with reference to a special occasion, the gerund being more appropriate to a general statement. Since the speaker is making a general statement about his preference, Present Participle (V4) should be used which takes the form of gerunds. Moreover, ‘prefer’ is followed by the preposition ‘to’. Hence, option (a) becomes the most suitable answer choice.

The sentence can be made grammatically correct and contextually meaningful by replacing the phrase given in bold with either expression (I) or (II). Both the expressions provide absolute contextual meaning to the sentence. The adverb ‘however’ is used to express in whatever way; regardless of how; while, ‘notwithstanding’ expresses nevertheless; in spite of this. Hence, option (c) becomes the most feasible answer choice.

The highlighted expression used in the sentence is grammatically correct and at the same time gives a meaningful sense to the sentence. Hence option (e) is the correct choice.

To make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful eliminate ‘most’ from the phrase given in bold. It is not correct to use ‘most unique’ or ‘very unique’ since unique means one of a kind, not rare or unusual. Therefore, words like ‘unique, universal, impossible’ are not used in superlative or comparative degrees. Hence, option (a) is the most suitable answer choice.

To make the sentence grammatically correct, replace the phrase given in bold with [has already begun]. Here, “already” is an adverb which should be placed in the mid position in the sentence i.e., after the first auxiliary verb or after a modal verb when more than one verb is present. Moreover, the subject [The banking industry] is singular, therefore, the verb associated with the subject should also be in its singular form. Hence, option (b) becomes the most suitable answer choice.

The sentence can be made grammatically correct and contextually meaningful by replacing the phrase given in bold [she had done hurrying] by [she could do to hurry]. All the other given expressions fail to be grammatically correct. Hence, option (d) becomes the most suitable answer choice.

When the actions performed by the doer is more than one then we use active voice for those actions.

The correct phrase that should replace the incorrect phrase given in bold should be “Henry’s life changed drastically”. It is to be noted when a living thing owns something, apostrophe (‘) and “s” is used while when a non-living thing “owns” something, “of” is used; example– “Mr. Sharma’s hat” and, “The cap of the pen”. Therefore, option (b) becomes grammatically as well as contextually correct answer choice.

The given sentence is grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. As, the phrase given in bold completely justifies the grammatical and contextual structure of the sentence, it does not require any correction or replacement. Hence, option (e) becomes the most suitable answer choice.