Sentence Improvement Questions with Solutions
Sentence improvement questions underline part of a sentence and ask you to choose the option that makes it grammatically correct or clearer. One option is usually "no improvement", which you should choose only if the original is already correct. The errors tested most often are subject-verb agreement, wrong tense, incorrect prepositions, misused comparatives and superlatives, wrong pronouns, unnecessary words, and incorrect idioms or phrasal verbs. Read the full sentence to understand the intended meaning, identify the error type, and then compare the options. Replacing the underlined part with each option and reading the sentence aloud in your head often reveals the correct choice. Practise the sentence improvement questions below. Each solution names the error and explains the correct answer.
- Q1.
Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined part of the sentence. If no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’. ‘Meera has a friend who parents live in Dubai.’ (Underlined: has a friend who parents live)
A. has a friend which parents liveB. have a friend whom parents liveC. has a friend whose parents liveD. No improvementmediumAsked in SSC CGL 2019View solution › - Q2.
Choose the correct replacement for the words after 'It was' in the sentence below. It was us who had left before he arrived.
A. We who had left before time he had arrivedB. Us who has went before he arrivedC. Us who had went before he had arrivedD. We who had left before he arrivedmediumAsked in NIMCET 2010View solution › - Q3.
Directions: Choose the best replacement for the part given in brackets. If no improvement is needed, choose 'No improvement'. Neither of the two boys have done their homework. (Part: have done their homework)
A. have done his homeworkB. has done their homeworkC. has done his homeworkD. No improvementmediumView solution › - Q4.
Read the following sentence and identify the grammatically incorrect part. Choose the correct replacement from the options given. The crops are dying; it must be no have rained.
A. Must had notB. Must not have beenC. Must not haveD. Must not bemediumAsked in MAH LLB 3 Year CET 2026View solution ›