Sentence Correction

TO SUCCEED IN APTITUDE TESTS

Prepositional Phrase
After my success in the competitive examination, many
of friends called to me to congratulate and also to give
best wishes for future.
1. Called off
2. Called about
3. Called on
4. Called on
5. No replacement required
Understanding the whole lesson at one go was a fairly
difficulty job for him but somehow he managed to do that.
1. Fairly a difficult job
2. A difficult yet fair job
3. A difficulty fair job
4. Rather a difficult job
5. No replacement required
Some respondents do agree these are knee-perk
reactions and a more scientific approach was needed
to tackle pollution.
1. Knee jerk reactions
2. Knee-crack reactions
3. Knee-drop reactions
4. Knee-deep reactions
5. No correction required
When I hear the blue whistling thrush hopping off my roof at
dawn, it automatically brings a smile and the promise of a
delightful melody.
1. Hopping with my roof
2. Hop on my room
3. Hopping in my room
4. Hop under my roof
5. No correction required
When I hear the blue whistling thrush hopping on my roof at
dawn, it automatically brings a smile and the promise of a
delightful melody.

1. When I haven’t been inspired to walk out into

2. than I haven’t been inspired to walk out into
3. When I haven’t been inspired to walk out onto
4. Where I haven’t been inspired to walk out onto
5. No correction required
We expect the addition of these two high quality portfolios to
be highly complimentary for our existing assets and to
contribute to long-term leasing growth as India’s leading
mobile operators accelerate their 4G network deployments.
1. To highly compliment to
2. To be high compliment for
3. To be highly complemented to
4. To be highly complementary to
5. No correction required
The contestants had been waiting in the sun for more
than six hours now, so, it is unfair to cancel the whole
audition because of the absence of one crew member.
1. Had waited under the Sun
2. Have been waiting in the Sun
3. Have been waiting under the Sun
4. Had been being waited under the Sun
5. No replacement required
7 areas of Sentence Correction
1. Subject Verb Agreement
2. Pronouns
3. Comparisons
4. Parallelism
5. Idioms and Phrases
6. Modifiers
7. Verb tense
8. Miscellaneous (Articles/Parts of Speech/Punctuation)
Subject Verb Agreement
1. The child together with his grandmother and his
parents are going to the beach.
2. His mastery of several sports and social graces
make him a sought after prom date.
3. Neither of the rosebushes are pretty as it was last
year.
4. either of us were capable of doing the work.
5. Neither he nor his bodyguards were there.
Pronouns
1. John and me watched movie 2 weeks ago.
2. It’s between you and I.
3. One should have their teeth checked.
4. I myself arranged everything.
5. All the team members discussed the agenda with
each other.
6. Each of the students are intelligent in the class.
(12 words)
1) After a dip caused by Congressional embroilment, many
growth stocks are beginning to resume their previous levels, but
some, hampered by a general stagnancy in the economy, is
returning with a speed that is less than they would expect.
A. is returning with a speed that is less than they would expect
B. is returning with a slower speed than expected
C. are returning more slowly than expected
D. are returning more slowly than they would expect
E. are returning with a speed less than expected
Mr P J Malya the CEO of Queen Fisher airlines said to their
employees “In such troubled times, we will succeed only if
everyone does their job with utmost sincerity.”
A. said to their employees “In such troubled times, we will
succeed only if everyone does their job with utmost sincerity.”
B. said to the employees “In such troubled times, we will
succeed only if everyone does his job with utmost sincerity.”
C. said to their employees “In such troubled times, we will
succeed only if everyone does his job with utmost sincerity.”
D. said to the employees “In such troubled times, we will
succeed only if everyone does their job with utmost sincerity.”
E. said to the employees “In such troubled times, we will
succeed only if everyone does their job with utmost sincerity.”
 SUBJECTIVE POSSESSIVE REFLECTIVE
Reflective Pronouns
PRONOUNS PRONOUNS PRONOUNS

I My Myself
You Your Yourself /
yourselves
We Our Ourselves
They Their Themselves
She Her Herself
He His Himself
It Its Itself
OBJECTIVE Indefinite PRONOUNS RECIPROCAL
PRONOUNS PRONOUNS

Reflective
Me
Pronouns
Everybody, Everyone, Everything Each Other

You Somebody Someone One Another

Something
Us Anybody Anyone Anything Demonstrative
Pronouns
Them Nobody None/No-one Nothing This - these

Her Each That - Those

Him Every
It Several
Despite being thousands of years old, the writing of Augustine of Hippo
has inspired and captivated countless individuals, fundamentally because
they convey the moving inner-journey of man searching for the divine in a
lucid and compelling fashion.
Relative v/s Restrictive Clauses
1. The government is working out a new
system to compensate those companies to
sell products below the market price. (That sell
products)
2. The union health minister said that there
was an acute shortage of health personnel in
rural areas who needed to be addressed
urgently. (Which)
 Comparisons – Basic Rule
1. The view of the apartment is not as nearly
as spectacular from that mountain lodge
2. Shakespeare’s plays are different from any
other play wrights of his era because they
exhibit an exceptional mastery of verse.
3. Neither an interest in history not to be adept
in a foreign language is going to help you
learn to sing.
1. World War II, which resulted in the death of over 70 million individuals,
proved to be the deadliest conflict in human history, claiming nearly
twice as many lives than would be killed in World War I.
2. Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 – 8 BCE), known in the English-
speaking world as "Horace", was a contemporary of Virgil and the
preeminent lyrical poet of the Augustan age; his poems were known as
the "common currency of civilization" because they were so widely read
and quoted, and over the past two millennia have had a much greater
influence than any poet from ancient Rome.
3. Comparing tensile strength, spider's silk is much better at holding
its own weight than high-grade alloy steel, considerably lighter
because the organic composition is less dense than the metallic
elements.
Parallelism
1. Patty ate macaroons, drank soda and was dancing
the tango.
2. All the business students should learn word
processing, accounting and how to program the
computer.
3. On the morning of his fourth birthday, Johnny was
giggly, energetic and couldn’t wait for the party to
begin.
4. Those who exercise in addition to maintaining a
healthy diet are likely to be in better health than the
people who maintain a healthy diet but don’t exercise
Modifiers (Adverbs and Adjectives)
1.The strawberry cupcakes taste
deliciously.
2.The new students speaks bad.
3.The lecture given by the resource
person was truly bored because of
which I literally dozed off.
4. We had extensively discussions with
the participants and obtained their
feedback regarding our new services.
5. More than half the food products
targeted at babies and toddlers have high
sugar content and are excessive sweet.
 List of Common
Adjectives and Adverbs
Real, Late, Hard, Really, Lately,
Bad, Most, Easy, Hardly, Badly,
Quick, Slow, Mostly, Easily,
Clear, Hopeful Quickly, Slowly,
& Good. Clearly,
Hopefully &Well.
Some of the weird Adjectives &
Adverbs
Lovely – What a lovely
sweater
Likely – That’s a like story
haan.
Silly – My brother is quite a
silly man.
Lively –That was a lively party. Often – I come here often.
Costly - Her mistakes proved
rather costly.
Very – I was very excited to
see him
Too – I think you acted too
fast
Well – My sister plays the
piano well
Sometimes- Sometimes
things just don’t work
 Idioms & Phrases
2. The statue of liberty is
modelled as the Roman
1. The general public Goddess Libertas.
placed great hope for
the new police chief
ability to reduce the 3. The M P rose up to
say that in her opinion,
crime in downtown she thought the women’s
area. reservation bill should be
passed on unanimously.
 Verb Tenses
1. After he had finished his performance, he would go
to the party
2. If the cyclist wins the race it will be representing an
extraordinary comeback from his earlier cancer.
3. The small child does, whatever his father was done.
4. If I were the president, I would have changed a lot in
India
Warning that the terrorists remain determined to strike
the country, senior government officials urged citizens to
remain vigilant and report suspicious behaviour, taking
actions necessary to speed up the recovery from an
economic catastrophe should terrorists succeed in
launching an attack.

Despite its gargantuan size Godzilla can swim faster

than a nuclear submarine, resisting gunfire from
armoured vehicles, climb buildings as tall as the Empire
State Building and out running apache helicopters.
 Some More Questions
1. The crowd gathered at the WWF arena were happy to see
Stone Cold Steve Austin back in the ring but was
disappointed when Austin said that he would not be
wrestling
2. Even as we speak, the brave king along with 300 highly
trained soldiers are marching towards the battlefield.
3. The number of scientists involved in the research and
development of cryogenic rocket engines have increased
exponently.
4. The critics unanimously agree that Ranbir’s acting in
“Rockstar” is more better than any of his previous films.
The protection offered from the Kevlar vests is many
times better than the armour worn by European
Knights of the medieval era.
A. from the Kevlar vests is many times better than
B. by the Kevlar vest is many times better than that
offered by
C. by the Kevlar vest is many times better than
D. from the Kevlar vest is many times better than
E. from the Kevlar vest is many times better than that
offered from
Rahul took his girlfriend Tina to the newly upscale
restaurant in the city in an attempt to impress her.
A. to the newly upscale restaurant in the city in an attempt
to impress her.
B. to the new upscale restaurant in the city in an attempt to
impress her.
C. to the newly upscaled restaurant in the city in an attempt
to impress her.
D. to the newly upscale restaurant in the city for an attempt
to impress her.
E. to the new up-scaled restaurant in the city for an
attempt to impress her.
Of all the wars that have been fought throughout
history, none is more destructive as the second world
war. (Modifiers)
A. is more destructive as the second world war
B. was more destructive as the second world war
C. is more destructive than the second world war
D. were more destructive than the second world war
E. was more destructive than the second world war
The Tiger II Tank’s powerful gun and very
heavy armour made them superior than every
Allied or Soviet tank in a head to head
confrontation.
A. them superior than
B. it superior than
C. it superior to
D. them superior to
E. it more superior to
Rajanikanth’s kick sent the villain tumbling down the roof
and into the road.
A. sent the villain tumbling down the roof and into the
road
B. send the villain tumbling down the roof and into the
road
C. sent the villain tumbling for the roof and into the road
D. sent the villain tumbling down the roof and on the
road
E. sent the villain tumbling down the roof and onto the
road
The green colour pigment, called chlorophyll,
present on the leaves enable the plants to
harness the energy of the sun to sustain itself.
A. present on the leaves enable
B. present in the leaves enable
C. present in the leaves enables
D. presented in the leaves enable
E. present on the leaves enables
1. After all the research that has been conducted in the last 30
years, it is readily apparent that there are, without question, a
wealth of good reasons to do aerobic exercise regularly.
(A) there are, without question, a wealth of good reasons to do
aerobic exercise regularly
(B) there are, without question, a wealth of good reasons to
exercise aerobically regularly
(C) there are, without question, a wealth of good reasons to
engage regularly in aerobic exercise
(D) there is, without question, a wealth of good reasons to
engage regularly in aerobic exercise
(E) there is, without question, a wealth of good reasons to do
regular aerobic exercises
1) Simon Bolivar (1783 – 1830) is remembered in that he led the
independence revolutions in several South American countries, like
Venezuela and Bolivia, and for instilling the ideals of democracy across
the continent.
(A) in that he led the independence revolutions in several South
American countries, like Venezuela and Bolivia, and for instilling
(B) to have led the independence revolutions in several South American
countries, such as Venezuela and Bolivia, and that he instilled
(C) to have led the independence revolutions in several South American
countries, including Venezuela and Bolivia, and having instilled
(D) for leading the independence revolutions in several South American
countries, like Venezuela and Bolivia, and to have instilled
(E) for leading the independence revolutions in several South American
countries, such as Venezuela and Bolivia, and for instilling
3) The mayor’s five-year growth plan for Greenville is not consistent with Assemblyman
Johnson’s ominous prediction that there will be less jobs in the county next year, instead
the governor announcing the large amount of new federally funded job opportunities
throughout the region.
(A) not consistent with Assemblyman Johnson’s ominous prediction that there will be
less jobs in the county next year, instead the governor announcing the large amount
(B) consistent not with Assemblyman Johnson’s ominous prediction of fewer jobs in the
county next year, but with the governor’s announcement of the large number
(C) consistent with not Assemblyman Johnson’s ominous prediction that there will be
fewer jobs in the county next year, but with the governor’s announcement of the large
amount
(D) consistent not with Assemblyman Johnson’s ominous prediction that there will be
less jobs in the county next year, but the governor announced the large number
(E) not consistent with Assemblyman Johnson’s ominous prediction that there will be
less jobs in the county next year, instead of the governor’s announcement of the large
number
 Questions on Modifiers
Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would
relinquish power only after a long struggle by the native people.

A. Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would
relinquish power

B. Before independence in 1947, Britain had ruled India as a colony and relinquished
power

C. Before its independence in 1947, India was ruled by Britain as a colony and they
relinquished power

D. Before independence in 1947, India had been ruled as a colony by Britain, which
relinquished power

E. Before independence in 1947, India had been a colony of the British, who
relinquished power
Used until the end of the Second World War, the German
army employed the U-boat to attack both military
or civilian watercraft.
A. the German army employed the U-boat to attack both
military or
B. the U-boat was employed by the German army to attack
both military and
C. the U-boat employed the German army to attack both
military or
D. the German army had employed the U-Boat to attack
both military and the
E. the U-boat has been employed by the German army to
attack both military and also
 SVA Questions for GMAT
1. When I drank the coffee, the manager, who was searing the
red cap with feathers were coming to me.
2. Near London, most houses, on the way to bath, is crowded.
3.
4. Mr Pillai, the president of the union and who is also a
member of the community group, will be in charge of the
negotiations. (Parallelism)
5.
Employees with lessA personal problems areB likelyC to be moreD productive. No errorE.

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B. 
C. 
D. 
E.
8. ShipwreckedA on a desert island, coconuts and otherB fruits formedC the basis of
the sailor�sD diet. No errorE.

A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E.
9. Fifty percent of the people alive today haveA never made a phone call, butB thirty
percent stillC have no electricity connections to theirD homes. No errorE.

A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E
14. Shoes of thoseA kind areB bad for the feet;C low heels areD better. No errorE.

A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E.
12. A censusA of the island revealedB a population of onlyC 10,000 peopleD. No errorE.

A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E.
Correct Answer: D
13. The engineer, who is renowned for his ingenuityA, has designedB a very
uniqueCcooling system for our new plant inD Spain. No errorE.

A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E.