Sentence Improvement Examples Page 2

In the following question, a sentence/a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B), (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (D).

Click on the options to check whether it is right or wrong.

6. I sat down on the bench to look at the trophy I won as a prize.

1. I sat down on the bench to look at the trophy I had won as a prize.
2. I sat down on the bench to look at the trophy I have won as a prize.
3. I sat down on the bench to look at the trophy I had to win as a prize.
4. No improvement.

7. If the room had been brighter, Shweta would have been able to read for a while before bedtime.

1. If the room was brighter, Shweta would have been able to read for a while before bedtime
2. If the room been brighter, Shweta would have been able to read for awhile before bedtime.
3. Had the room been brighter, Shweta would have been able to read for a while before bedtime.
4. No improvement.

8. I like tea and I like coffee.

1. tea to coffee
2. tea after coffee
3. both tea and coffee
4. No improvement

9. They are bringing down the old bridge to build a new one.

1. destroying
2. damaging
3. demolishing
4. No improvement

10. Maggie took a hot bath because she was working in the garden all afternoon.

1. is
2. has
3. had been
4. No improvement

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