Sentence Correction Exercises

81. They are yet to decided about buying the new furniture.

(a) still decide

(b) yet to decision

(c) yet to decide

(d) still decided

(e) No correction required

82. Rohan’s mother was feed up of his laziness.

(a) fed up in

(b) fed off

(c) feeds up of

(d) fed up of

(e) No correction required

83. She was just looking outside the window when a beautiful bird caught the eye.

(a) catch the eye

(b) eye catching

(c) caught her eye

(d) catch her eyes

(e) No correction required

84. They sent out the invitations last evening.

(a) send out

(b) sending out

(c) sent at

(d) sending in

(e) No correction required

85. He had to bear the brunt of his father’s mistakes.

(a) bear the burnt

(b) bear the burns

(c) bear a brunt

(d) bear and burn

(e) No correction required

86. The regular use of alcohal, only in small quantities, tends to cause mischief in many ways to various organs of the body.

(a) though in small quantities

(b) even in a little quantity

(c) even in small quantities

(d) No improvement

87. If you were the Prime Minister of India what steps would you have taken to end unemployment?

(a) will you take

(b) will you be taking

(c) would you take

(d) No improvement

88. A high school student is not even understanding the basics of Chemistry and Physics.

(a) does not understand even

(b) was not even understanding

(c) has even not understood

(d) No improvement

89. He will revise it when he is comes back.

(a) when he come back

(b) on coming back

(c) when he came back

(d) No improvement

90. The members of the student’s union did not give the examination in protest.

(a) did not write

(b) did not sit for

(c) did not show up for

(d) No improvement

91. We asked her that how she got time to write all these books.

(a) that how did she got

(b) that how she was getting

(c) how did she get

(d) how she got

(e) No correction required

92. Studies in the past have shown that those who limit their activity span during the day in winters are more likely to suffer from depression.

(a) more likely for

(b) mostly likely to

(c) most likely for

(d) most likeliest for

(e) No correction required

93. In some cases, factors like low salary, lack of growth prospects and lack of motivation compel all employee to look for a change.

(a) compel those employees

(b) compelling all employees

(c) compelling the employee

(d) compel employees

(e) No correction required

94. Living with compassion and contributing to others lives would helping us add happiness to our lives as well.

(a) will helping us

(b) will help us

(c) would helped them

(d) will helped us

(e) No correction required

95. The easiest way for prevent stress caused by work or home pressures is to indulge in high levels of physical activity.

(a) easily way to

(b) easier ways for

(c) easiest way to

(d) easier way from

(e) No correction required

96. The trek is difficult but it is worth well the endeavour.

(a) well worth the endeavour

(b) worth the endeavour well

(c) the endeavour well worth

(d) No improvement

97. The manager was given a holiday and so he decided to go to the hitch-hiking.

(a) for the hitch-hiking

(b) for hitch-hiking

(c) hitch-hiking

(d) No improvement

98. Goaded to frenzy, the bull charged its tormentors.

(a) the tormentors were charged by the bull

(b) the tormentors were being charged by the bull

(c) the bull charged on its tormentors

(d) No improvement

99. The war was a time of tribulations for all of us.

(a) intimacy

(b) placidity

(c) stupidity

(d) No improvement

100. The temptations that bestow young people today are ruining them.

(a) appeal

(b) beset

(c) confront

(d) No improvement