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VA – 18
Grammar - 5
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In this class we will study Modifiers. This concept is important from the management
examinations‘ perspective as a lot of questions based on Grammar employ the concepts

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of Modifiers. This exercise will help you get a thorough understanding of the rules
governing Adjectives, Adverbs and Modifiers.

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Modifiers are words or phrases that describe and enhance the meaning of another word
or phrase in a sentence. Adverbs and adjectives are the most common forms of

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modifiers. Sometimes, phrases also act as modifiers. Modifiers should always be placed
near the word or words they are intended to modify, otherwise they might change the
meaning of the entire sentence.

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Correct the errors, if any, in the following sentence.

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After finishing his speech, the audience was invited to ask questions.

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Correct the errors, if any, in the following sentence.

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He is enough tall to play basketball.
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Question – 2
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Correct the errors, if any, in the following sentence.

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Scarcely had I reached the station then the train left.
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Question – 3
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Correct the errors, if any, in the following sentence.

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I bought a four-hundreds-years-old painting from Germany.
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Question – 4
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Correct the errors, if any, in the following sentence.

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She was sitting closely beside him.
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Question – 5
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Correct the errors, if any, in the following sentence.

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Having ruled since the sixth century, the present emperor of Japan has a long tradition.

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Question – 6
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Built on 230 acres, the palace of Udaipur is one of the showplaces of Rajasthan.

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Question – 7
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Correct the errors, if any, in the following sentence.

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Adopted by the Favorleigh family, high society was entered by Angela.

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Question – 8
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Choose the appropriate verb to be used in the following sentence.

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Unaccustomed to working late in the office, it was difficult to adjust in his new
environment.

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Choose the appropriate verb to be used in the following sentence.

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Standing in a line, the teacher took the children inside McDonald‘s.a
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Question – 10
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Correct the errors, if any, in the following sentence.

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Wounded by an Asian‘s bullet while he was watching a play at the Ford Theater, death

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came to Lincoln a few hours after being shot.

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Question – 11
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Correct the errors, if any, in the following sentence.

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While viewing the object under the microscope, living things were discovered by Diana
Scully.

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Correct the errors, if any, in the following sentence.

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Trying to keep her balance on the icy surface, the last competitor's ski-tip caught the
pole and somersaulted into the soft snow.

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In Chinese restaurants many people eat in London.
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Question – 14
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Correct the errors, if any, in the following sentence.

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When you enter, please hand standing at the door, your tickets to the man.

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Question – 15
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In the following question, a sentence is given in five different forms. From among the

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given choices, choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

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(1) The man received a punishment of ten years in jail that the policeman caught.

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(2) The man in jail received a punishment of ten years that the policeman caught.

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(3) The man that the policeman caught received a punishment of ten years in jail.
(4) The man received the policeman a punishment of ten years caught in jail .

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(5) The man caught in jail that the policeman received in ten years.

Question – 16
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In the following question, a sentence is given in five different forms. From among the

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given choices, choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

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(1) Rahul looked at thirty televisions shopping on Saturday. l
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(2) Rahul looked at thirty televisions when he went shopping on Saturday.

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(3) Thirty televisions looked at Rahul shopping on Saturday.
(4) Thirty televisions, shopping on Saturday looked at Rahul.

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(5) Shopping on Saturday, thirty televisions looked at Rahul.

Question – 17
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In the following question, a sentence is given in five different forms. From among the

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given choices, choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

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(1) Even as an athlete who has competed in the 400 mile run, the dog was able to run

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faster than me.

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(2) Even as an athlete, the dog was able to run faster than me who has competed in the
400 mile run.
(3) Even the dog was able to run faster than me, as an athlete who has competed in the
400 mile run.

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(4) Even competing in the 400 mile run, the dog as an athlete was able to run faster
than me.
(5) The dog was able to run faster than I, an athlete who has competed in the 400 mile
run.

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In the following question, a sentence is given in five different forms. From among the

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given choices, choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

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(1) Sparkling with flames, the water was used to extinguish the fire.

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(2) The water, sparkling with flames was used to extinguish the fire.

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(3) The water was used to extinguish the fire, sparkling with flames.
(4) The water, sparkling with flames, was used to extinguish the fire.

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(5) As the house sparkled with flames, the fireman used the water to extinguish the fire.

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In the following question, a sentence is given in five different forms. From among the

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given choices, choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

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(1) I learnt to milk the cows and feed hens growing up in the country.

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(2) Growing up in the country, I learnt to milk the cows and feed the hens.

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(3) In the country growing up, I learnt to milk the cows and feed the hens.
(4) I learnt to feed the hens growing up in the country and milk the cows.

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(5) Feed the hens and milk the cows, growing up in the country I learnt.

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In the following question, a sentence is given in five different forms. From among the

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given choices, choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

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(1) I bought a new computer for my father which everyone in the house now uses.

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(2) A new computer I bought for my father which everyone in the house now uses.

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(3) I bought my father a new computer, which everyone in the house now uses.
(4) I, for my father which everyone in the house now uses, bought a new computer.

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(5) I which everyone now uses in the house bought my father a new computer.

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In the following question, five sentences are given. Choose the sentence that is

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grammatically correct. (From the point of view of the modifier)

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(1) The dilapidated beggar‘s house was an eyesore. l
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(2) This was a big shock for us as hardly we knew that a bunch of control freaks had

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been spying into our activities since March 2003.
(3) Rudra saw a huge man on his way home.

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(4) Upon sitting down at the table, the coffee was waiting for us.

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(5) When the game was over, Suzan told her son that she would play with him.

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In the following question, five sentences are given. Choose the sentence that is

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grammatically correct. (From the point of view of the modifier)

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(1) Floating down the river, the police saw the corpse. l
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(2) Manish, having removed the femur bone in the operation, the doctors advised him to

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walk around using braces and a walking stick.
(3) Though only sixteen, JNU accepted Shruti‘s application.

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(4) While I was changing the baby‘s dress, the powder fell on the floor.

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(5) To eliminate the errors, the paper needs to be rewritten.

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In the following question, five sentences are given. Choose the sentence that is

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grammatically correct. (From the point of view of the modifier)

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(1) At the age of six, my family moved to Mumbai. l
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(2) Leaping across the road, we saw two deer across the road.

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(3) Being a rainy day, I decided to stay indoors.
(4) There is a file on my desktop that cannot be attached.

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(5) The child had its body covered with woollies in winter.

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In the following question, five sentences are given. Choose the sentence that is

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grammatically correct. (From the point of view of the modifier)

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(1) A community cannot survive on long hatred alone. l
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(2) My all bags have to be picked up from the station.

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(3) Having recognized the mistake, the problem seemed much easier to fix.
(4) As she had applied to 15 colleges, funds had become a problem for Sanjana.

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(5) While learning how to ride a bicycle, my knees got skinned up quite a bit.

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In the question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph.
Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of
grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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A. A Farewell to Arms is a very dramatic book.

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B. Many scholars, such as Ray B. West Jr., have compared its five-book structure to
the traditional English five-act play.
C. There are similarities to be drawn between the structure of the novel and tragic
drama.

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D. The first book, like the first act in a play, introduces the characters and the situation
of the story, and in the second book the romantic plot is developed.
E. Book III provides the climactic turning point: Frederic‘s desertion of his post in the
army and his decision to return to Catherine.

(1) C and E (2) A and D

(3) B and D (4) B, C and D

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In the question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph.
Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of
grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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A. ‗Friends‘ reflects a trend that becomes increasingly common in most of the world,

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B. a phase of life after adolescence and before adulthood.
C. This phase has been explored by academics and commentators recently and has
been now popularly called ‗the odyssey years‘,

small rites of passage.

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D. since it consists mainly of wandering, an aim to discover and overcoming several

E. In this phase, 20-somethings live, seemingly, with no clear sense of direction.

(1) Only A (2) A and C

(3) D and E (4) A, C and D

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In the question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph.
Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of
grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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kidnapping.
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A. Bank employees faced very real risks of being targeted for bribing, extortion, and

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B. The committee had released a damning report on Monday, which detailed a
collapsing of HSBC‘s compliance standards.

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C. The report showed executives at the bank had consistently warned of problems.
D. At its Mexican subsidiary, one executive had warned the bank was rubber-stamping
unacceptable risks.
E. HSBC‘s Mexican operations were moving $7bn into the bank‘s US operations, and
according to its own staff, much of that money was tied to drug traffickers.

(1) A and D (2) C and D

(3) A, B and E (4) B, D and E

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In the question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph.
Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of
grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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A. During meeting with the minister, people said they were able to get medicine and
food but complained about not receiving sufficient clothes.

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B. Chidambaram then directed the Assam relief commissioner to make arrangements
for clothes for affected.

violence.

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C. He also met other people in Kokrajhar district, which was the epicentre of the

D. The home minister asked the people of both the communities to live in the peace.
E. Chidambaram also held a review meeting with the district administration officials
about relief and the rehabilitation work.

(1) A and E (2) A and B

(3) A, B, D and E (4) A, C, D and E

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In the question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph.
Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of
grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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since the past 20 days.
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A. The Indian Air Force has evacuated over 400 flood-affected persons across Assam

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B. Air Commodore P E Patange said beside airlifting 400 marooned persons the IAF
also airlifted dozens of tonnes of relief materials for distribution.

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C. Patange told reporters that a disaster management cell was operative outside the
Eastern Command headquarters in Shillong.

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D. Cells have also been formed over various places in Assam, he said.
E. The IAF was put under alert on June 21 after it received request for help from the
state government of Assam.

(1) All of the above (2) A and B

(3) C and E (4) A, C and D

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In the question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph.
Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of
grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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working smoothly.
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A. London‘s whingers are legion, but belying her criticism, the airports have been

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B. Foreigners I met at the Olympic Park had only good things to say about airport
immigration.

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C. Its clear that the authorities have taken every possible step to make the Games an
unforgettable experience for tourists.
D. A high-speed train from St Pancras station in central London to the Olympic Park in
Stratford takes only seven minutes.
E. From the minute you step into the station, one‘s entire day is guided by thousands of
helpful, knowledgeable and cheerful unpaid volunteers.

(1) A, C and E (2) B only

(3) C and D (4) D and E

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In the question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph.
Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of
grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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A. Development is a process whereby insignificant and imperceptible

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B. quantitative changes lead to fundamental, qualitative changes.
C. The latter occur not gradually, but rapidly and abruptly, in the form of a leap from one
state to another.

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D. A simple example from the physical world might be the heating of water: a one-
degree increase in temperature is a quantitative change,
E. but on 100 degrees there is a qualitative change-water to steam.

(1) A, C and D (2) A and D

(3) C only (4) E only

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In the question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph.
Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of
grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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farmlands.
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A. The next step towards globalisation comes from an unexpected quarter–global

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B. Stung by growing food shortages, the Chinese government is encouraging
C. its agricultural firms to buy or lease farmlands in Africa

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D. and South America to bolster food security back home. The new government policy
comes in the wake of higher income levels that encourage
E. spending away from staple rice diets and towards increasing consumption of meat.

(1) C and E (2) A and C

(3) B, C and D (4) None of the above

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In the following question, four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are

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given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of

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grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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A. It is undisputable that in order to fulfill its many functions, water should be clean and
biologically valuable.

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B. The costs connected with the provision of biologically valuable water in food
production with the maintenance of sufficiently clean water, therefore, are primarily

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production costs.
C. Purely ‗environmental‘ costs seem to be in this respect only costs connected with the

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safeguarding of cultural, recreational and sports functions.
D. This is fulfilled by water courses and reservoirs both in nature and human
settlements.

(1) D and A (2) C and B

(3) C and D (4) A and B

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In the following question, four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are

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given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of

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grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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A. The pollution problem of the atmosphere resemble those of the water only partly.

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B. So far, the supply of air has not been deficient as was the case with water, and the
dimensions of the air-shed are so vast that a number of people still hold the opinion
that air need not be economized.

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C. However, scientific forecasts have shown that the time may be already approaching

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when clear and biologically valued air will become Problem No. 1.
D. People are particularly sensitive about any reducing in the quality of the atmosphere,
the increased contents of dust and gaseous exhalations and particularly about the
presence of odors.

(1) B, C and A (2) A, D and C

(3) B, D and A (4) C, D and B

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In the following question, four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are

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given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of

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grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

A. But I don‘t care!

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B. On going fast, that is.
C. I care about feeling in control and enjoying the act of driving.

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D. If I owned a Tribeca I‘d tape the ―off‖ button down.

(1) A only
(3) C only
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(2) A and B
(4) B only

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In the following question, four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are

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given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of

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grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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A. The United States aren‘t de-industrializing.

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B. Rather, many of its historic industries is getting smaller, and the jobs they offer are
declining in quality.
C. The scary thing is that this re-proletarianization of industrial work is moving up the
value chain.
D. Where‘s it going next?

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(1) A, B and C (2) A and B
(3) B and D (4) C and D

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In the following question, four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are

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given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of

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grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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A. Over 50 years after his death, the spectre of Jinnah seems to be playing a very
active role in our politics,

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B. with Advani barely escaping his marauding clutches and Jaswant Singh succumbing,
while donning an air of gravelly martyrdom.

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C. After so many years of not caring about the past, why is it so important what Jinnah

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did or Patel said or did not say?
D. As a party spokesperson admitted, Jaswant Singh‘s characterization of Jinnah ran
counter to the popular perception that Indians have of him.

(1) A and B (2) B and C

(3) A, B and C (4) B, C and D

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In the following question, four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are

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given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of

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grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

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A. Who, by and large, are the men whom the gallow swallow?

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B. The white-collar criminals and the corporate criminals whose willful economic and
environmental crimes inflict mass deaths or who hire assassins to murder people by
a remote control?

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C. Rarely. With a few exceptions, they hardly fear the halter.

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D. The feuding villager, heady with country liquor, the striking workers desperate with
defeat, the political dissenter and sacrificing liberator intent on changing the social
order from satanic misrule, the waifs and strays whom society has hardened by
neglect into street toughs, and the poor householder-husband or wife driven by dire
necessity or burst of tantrums- it is this person who is the morning meal of the
macabre executioner.

(1) Only D (2) Only A

(3) Both B and C (4) Both A and D

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In the following question, five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are
given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentences that is/are correct in terms of

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grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency.) Then,
choose the most appropriate option.

A. What lies in this loss of faith?

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B. One cause is the feeling that an overly loose monetary policy got the economy into
this mess.

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C. Repeated cuts in interest rates during the last downturn, while in 2000-03, fuelled the
D. housing and credit bubbles that are now bursting to such damaging affect.
E. The legacies of that boom—falling asset prices, high consumer debt and bank
losses—may now hamper the ability of central banks to prop the spending.

(1) A and B (2) B, C and E

(3) C and D (4) B only

Question – 40
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In the following question, five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are
given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentences that is/are correct in terms of

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grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency.) Then,
choose the most appropriate option.

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A. Russia makes some good equipments, such as air-defence systems.

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B. The infusion of money helps it exercise its atrophied military muscles.
C. A growing proportion of soldiers are volunteers (known as kontraktniki), who is more

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disciplined than much-abused conscripts.
D. The slow move to smaller, all-professional army in place of the million-strong,
E. largely conscript force is made more urgent by Russia‘s demographic decline.

(1) A and B (2) A, C and D

(3) B and E (4) C and E

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In the following question, five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are
given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentences that is/are correct in terms of

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grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency.) Then,
choose the most appropriate option.

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A. Opponents of Mr. Samak, including the protesters who have been occupying his

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office for the past
B. fortnight, will see this, the latest in a string of rulings against

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C. him and his allies, as vindicating their demands for his resignation.
D. However, his supporters will just as predictably see it as a further example of a
conspiracy
E. by Bangkok‘s royalist establishment to bring down the elected government with all
means possible.

(1) B, C and D (2) A, B and C

(3) A, B, C and D (4) All of the above

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In the following question, five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are
given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentences that is/are correct in terms of

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grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency.) Then,
choose the most appropriate option.

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A. Mediocrity acknowledges nothing above itself, while

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B. talent, on the other hand, instantly recognises its kin.
C. What are we to think of he who claims talent

E. anybody but himself.

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D. and still have nothing but scorn for

(1) A, B, C and E (2) A, B and C

(3) A, B and E (4) A and B

Question – 43
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In the following question, five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are
given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentences that is/are correct in terms of

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grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency.) Then,
choose the most appropriate option.

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A. Ram failed to understand what had come over his otherwise

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B. very reasonable wife that she starts asking him to go after
C. some unknown animal that was apparently an illusion.

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D. Moreover, it was getting dark and she clearly knew that darkness
E. is something that can cause one to lose one‘s way.

(1) A ,C, D and E (2) B, C, D and E

(3) A, C and D (4) C and D

Question – 44
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In the following question, five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph are
given. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentences that is/are correct in terms of

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grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency.) Then,
choose the most appropriate option.

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A. The gratitude of every home in our Island

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B. goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds,
C. are turning the tide of the World War by their prowess

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D. and by their exemplary courage.
E. Never has so many owed so much to so few.

(1) A, B, C, D and E (2) A, C, D and E

(3) A, B, C and D (4) A, B, C and E

Question – 45
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is
underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of

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grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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Seeming almost unimaginable now, Britain's political elite once had deep roots.

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(1) Seeming almost unimaginable now, Britain's political elite
(2) It seems almost unimaginable now, but Britain's political elite
(3) Seemingly unimaginable, Britain's political elite
(4) Britain's political elite, which seems almost unimaginable now,
(5) The unimaginable political elite of Britain

Question – 46
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is
underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of

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grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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The Primrose League - built to foster popular Conservatism, at its height early last
century, to "embrace all classes and all creeds except atheists and enemies of the

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British empire" - achieved a membership of 2 million.
(1) The Primrose League - built to foster popular Conservatism, at its height early last
century,
(2) At the height of early last century, the Primrose League - built to foster popular
Conservatism,
(3) At its height early last century, the Primrose League - built to foster popular
Conservatism,
(4) In the height of early last century, built to foster popular Conservatism, the Primrose
League
(5) Built to foster popular Conservatism, the Primrose League was at its height early last
century

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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is
underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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Sustained by a trade union movement that, at its peak, represented about half the

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workforce, the party itself was once a million-strong.

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(1) Sustained by a trade union movement that, at its peak, represented about half the
workforce, the party itself was once a million-strong.
(2) A trade union movement that, at its peak, represented about half the workforce was
sustained by a party which was itself once a million-strong.
(3) The party itself once being a million-strong sustained a trade union movement that,
at its peak, represented about half the workforce.
(4) A trade union movement that represented about half the workforce at its peak
sustained the party which was itself once a million-strong.
(5) The party, sustained by a trade union movement at its peak and representing about
half the workforce, was itself once a million strong.
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is
underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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Their next by-election candidate is Mark Reckless, whose previous career was in the

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City, like that of yet another public school ex-Tory like Nigel Farage.

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(1) whose previous career was in the City, like that of yet another public school ex-Tory
like Nigel Farage.
(2) yet another public school ex-Tory whose previous career - like Nigel Farage - was in
the City.
(3) previously having a career in the City, is yet another public school ex-Tory like Nigel
Farage.
(4) a yet another public school ex-Tory having a career in the City, like Nigel Farage.
(5) having a previous career in the City like Nigel Farage, yet another public school ex-
Tory.

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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is
underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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The defense of Kobani, speaking in Cairo, Kerry said, does not define the international

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counterterrorism strategy.

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(1) The defense of Kobani, speaking in Cairo, Kerry said,
(2) Kerry's statement in Cairo about the defense of Kobani
(3) Kerry said, the defense of Kobani, in Cairo,
(4) Speaking in Cairo, the defense of Kobani,
(5) Speaking in Cairo, Kerry said the defense of Kobani

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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is
underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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There are other issues the U.S. hopes Turkey, beyond the training and bases, will agree

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to.

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(1) There are other issues the U.S. hopes Turkey, beyond the training and bases, will
agree to.
(2) Beyond the training and bases, the U.S. hopes there are other issues that Turkey will
agree to.
(3) It is hoped by the U.S. that there are other issues that Turkey will agree to, beyond
the training and bases.
(4) Beyond the training and bases, there are other issues the U.S. hopes Turkey will
agree to.
(5) Beyond the training and bases, Turkey will agree to other issues, the US hopes.

Question – 51
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is
underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of

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grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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Do It Yourself (DIY) is a fairly simple solution for all the hand-wringing about how to fight
the obesity epidemic and diet-related maladies like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

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(1) Do It Yourself (DIY) is a fairly simple solution for all the hand-wringing about how to

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fight the obesity epidemic and diet-related maladies like Type 2 diabetes and heart
disease.
(2) Do It Yourself (DIY) is a fairly simple solution of fighting the obesity epidemic and
diet-related maladies like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
(3) For all the hand-wringing about how to fight the obesity epidemic and diet-related
maladies like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, there is a fairly simple solution: Do
It Yourself (DIY).
(4) A solution for fighting the obesity epidemic and diet-related maladies like Type 2
diabetes and heart disease, there is Do It Yourself (DIY).
(5) For all the hand-wringing about a fairly simple solution for fighting the obesity
epidemic and diet-related maladies like Type 2 diabetes and heat disease, there is
Do It Yourself (DIY).
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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to
grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the

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most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of

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grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

Talking about cooking, something I've been doing for the better part of five decades, I

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don't mean creating elaborate dinner parties or three-day science projects.
(1) Talking about cooking, something I've been doing for the better part of five decades,
I don't mean
(2) When I am talking about something I've been doing for the better part of five
decades which is cooking, I am not talking about
(3) When I talk about cooking, something I've been doing for the better part of five
decades, I'm not talking about
(4) Cooking, something I've been doing for the better part of five decades, doesn't mean
(5) Something I've been doing for the better part of five decades, when talking about
cooking, I am not talking about

Question – 53
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is

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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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The right-wing Breitbart website, I having learned later, may have been one of them,
which has been tracking ammo sales to federal agencies.

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(1) The right-wing Breitbart, I having learned later, may have been one of them,
(2) It was learned by me that later one of them may have been the right-wing Breitbart
website
(3) Learning later, one of them may have been the right-wing Breitbart website,
(4) May be I learned later that one of them was the right-wing Breitbart website,
(5) One of them may have been the right-wing Breitbart website, I later learned,

Question – 54
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is

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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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Giving blind people dog toys in exchange for a day's work and wheelchair users shiny

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coins, cash would perhaps be done away with altogether by him.

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(1) Giving blind people dog toys in exchange for a day's work and wheelchair users
shiny coins, cash would perhaps be done away with altogether by him.
(2) Perhaps he would like to do away with cash altogether, giving blind people dog toys
in exchange for a day's work and wheelchair users shiny coins.
(3) Perhaps he would like to do away altogether with cash by giving blind people dog
toys in exchange for a day's work and wheelchair users shiny coins.
(4) Giving dog toys in exchange for a day's work to blind people and shiny coins to
wheelchair users, cash perhaps would likely be done away with altogether by him.
(5) Perhaps done away with cash altogether, blind people will be given dog toys in
exchange for a day's work and wheelchair users shiny coins.,

Question – 55
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is

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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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While giving birth to a new liberation, the working-class identity was destroyed by the

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social upheaval of the 70s and early 80s.

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(1) While giving birth to a new liberation, the working-class identity was destroyed by the
social upheaval of the 70s and early 80s.
(2) The working-class identity of the 70s and the early 80s was destroyed by a social
upheaval, but it gave birth to a new liberation.
(3) While destroying the identity of the working class, the social upheaval of the 70s and
the early 80s gave birth to a new liberation.
(4) While the social upheaval of the 70s and early 80s destroyed working-class identity,
it gave birth to a new liberation.
(5) Although the social upheaval of the 70s and early 80s caused the destruction of the
identity of the working-class, a new liberation was given birth.

Question – 56
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is

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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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At previews of both movies, many of the people who lived through these events have

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come out saying: it was like watching footage from 100 years ago.

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(1) At previews of both movies, many of the people who lived through these events have
come out saying:
(2) Many of the people who lived through these events at previews of both movies have
come out saying:
(3) Living through these events, many of the people, at previews of both movies, have
come out saying:
(4) Living through these events, the previews of both movies had people coming out
saying:
(5) At previews of both movies, many people lived through these events and came out
saying:

Question – 57
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is

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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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Atlantic Ridge.
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Sitting atop a plume of hot material welling up through the mantle, Iceland boosts the
flow of molten material beneath the island even more than elsewhere along the Mid-

(1) Sitting atop a plume of hot material welling up through the mantle, Iceland
(2) A plume of hot material welling up through the mantle, Iceland sits atop that which
(3) Iceland, sitting atop a plume of hot material welling up through the mantle,
(4) Iceland sits atop a plume of hot material welling up through the mantle which
(5) Welling up through the mantle, Iceland sits atop a plume of hot material which

Question – 58
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is

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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to
grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the

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most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of

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grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.
United Nations-sponsored climate reports released over the past seven months which
form a trio point to a dangerously warming planet.

which form a trio

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(1) United Nations-sponsored climate reports released over the past seven months

(2) A trio forming the United Nations-sponsored climate reports, they were released over
the past seven months
(3) Sponsored by United Nations, climatic reports forming a trio released in the past
seven months
(4) A trio of United Nations-sponsored climate reports released over the past seven
months
(5) Released over the past seven months, United Nations has sponsored a trio of
climate reports which
Question – 59
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is

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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to
grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the

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most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of

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grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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The UNFCCC has hosted international summits on halting global warming aimed at
fostering worldwide agreements since the 1990s, with the next big one scheduled for
Paris in 2015.

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(1) on halting global warming aimed at fostering worldwide agreements since the 1990s,
(2) aimed at fostering worldwide agreements on halting global warming since the 1990s,
(3) halting global warming and aiming at fostering worldwide agreements since the
1990s,
(4) that foster world wide agreements and halt global warming since the 1990s,
(5) since the 1990s which have aimed at fostering agreements on halting global
warming,
Question – 60
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is

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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the

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most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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Though beginning by broadcasting his weekly sermons, he was quickly moved into
politics.

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(1) Though beginning by broadcasting his weekly sermons, he was quickly moved into
politics
(2) Broadcasting his weekly sermons in the beginning, he quickly moved into politics.
(3) Though he began by broadcasting his weekly sermons, he quickly moved into
politics.
(4) Beginning by broadcasting his weekly sermons, he was quickly moved into politics
though.
(5) While he began by broadcasting his weekly sermons, he proceeded quickly into
politics.
Question – 61
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is

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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the

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most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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As with much social change, a single, directly attributable cause for the decline in finding
American anti-Semitism is more or less impossible.

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(1) a single, directly attributable cause for the decline in finding
(2) the decline in finding a single, more directly attributable cause for
(3) finding a decline in the cause for a single, directly attributable
(4) finding a single, directly attributable cause for the decline in
(5) finding a single, directly attributable decline for the cause

Question – 62
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is

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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the

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most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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The UN reports have been aimed at world leaders largely attending the summit, the
most anticipated since a 2009 meeting in Denmark.

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(1) at world leaders largely attending the summit,
(2) at the summit largely attended by world leaders,
(3) largely at the summit attended by world leaders,
(4) at attending the summit largely by world leaders,
(5) largely at world leaders attending the summit,

Question – 63
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is
underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to

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grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of
grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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The two tectonic plates are spreading with Iceland that stands apart on the boundary,
with the North American plate moving westward and the Eurasian plate moving

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eastward.
(1) The two tectonic plates are spreading with Iceland that stands apart on the boundary
(2) Iceland sits on the boundary that are being spread apart by the two tectonic plates
(3) Iceland sits on the two tectonic plates on the boundary that is spreading out
(4) Spreading apart, Iceland sits on the boundary between two tectonic plates
(5) Iceland sits on the boundary between two tectonic plates that are spreading apart,

Question – 64
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Each of the sentence correction question presents a sentence, part or all of which is

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underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part.

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The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the
requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to
grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the

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most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of

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grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

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This "Living Planet Index" declined by 52 percent between 1970 and 2010, "a much
bigger decrease than has been reported previously," according to a report.

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(1) "a much bigger decrease than has been reported previously," according to a report.
(2) "a much bigger report than the previous," according to a report.
(3) "a decrease", according to the previous report, "much bigger than before".
(4) "much bigger than that previously reported", according to the report.
(5) "reported as much bigger than ever before," according to the report.

Question – 65