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1. I watched him fell. (a) dared not to go

(a) him fall (b) dare not went

(b) him to fell (c) dared not to have gone

(c) him to falling (d) dare not goes

(d) No Improvement (e) No Improvement

2. I was delighted to see him fully 6. In view of delay in rescue operation,

recover. had better we prepared for a long,
hard day.
(a) he full recovered
(a) we should be prepared
(b) him fully recovered
(b) we should better be prepared
(c) his full recovery
(c) we had been better prepared
(d) No Improvement
(d) we had been better preparing
3. Making a donation to charity helps
some people feel good. (e) No Improvement

(a) helped some people felt 7. No one needs to worry about me.

(b) helps some people felt (a) will worry

(c) helping some people to feel (b) does not need to worry

(d) helps some of people feeling (c) shall worry

(e) No Improvement (d) No Improvement

4. Collaboration of world leaders has 8. His miserable condition made us

helped addressed some of the most wept.
pressing problems the world is
(a) made us weep
currently facing.
(b) made us to weep
(a) can help address
(c) made us to wept
(b) is helping the address of
(d) No Improvement
(c) will be addressed to
9. The guide warned us that we had
(d) is a help to addressing
better be prepared for a long hard
(e) No Improvement day, hard day.

5. Because it was a stormy night, he (a) had been better prepared

dare not to go out in the dark.
(b) should better being prepared
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 (c) should be prepared with (c) him to ask to leave

(d) had been better preparing (d) No improvement

(e) No Improvement 14. He advised his son not doing

anything which is agains this conscience.
10. Governments in developing
countries are under increasing (a) never to do
pressure for the recruiting and
(b) not done
training teachers to meet the
Cemands of their rapidly expanding (c) to not doing
systems of education.
(d) no doing of
(a) so as to recruit and train
(e) No correction required
(b) to recruit and train
15. He wants a start a new business
(c) in the recruiting and training of but he did not have any money.
(d) No improvement (a) thought to start
11. Tell your leader that I grant him (b) want to started
permission of stay in my kingdom.
(c) wanted to start
(a) about stay
(d) wants for start
(b) to stay
(e) No Correction Required
(c) with staying
16. The four-day works hop is being
(d) for stay conducted for gear up
administration to the changes that
(e) No correction required
will follow with the implementation
12. I intend to learn French next year. of the Right to Compulsory and Free
Education Act 2009.
(a) learning
(a) so geared up
(b) learn
(b) to gear up
(c) have learnt
(c) for geared up
(d) No improvement
(d) to gearing up
13. He was so rude that they were
compelled for asking him to leave. (e) No correction required

(a) ask him to leave 17. In anticipation of the transport

strike we have decided for delayed
(b) to ask him to leave
our vacation.

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 (a) to delay 21. The meeting is attempted to mend
the strained relations between the
(b) on delay
management and the employees.
(c) in delaying
(a) was attempted for mending
(d) delaying
(b) is an attempt to mend
(e) No correction required
(c) is attempted at mending of
18. For every citizen it is mandatory to
(d) will be attempted by mending
help the civic administration for
keep up the city clean. (e) No correction required

(a) for upkeep clean the city 22. We have hired an advertising agency
to prepare a campaign to encourage
(b) for clean and keep the city
people votes.
(c) for keeping of the city cleanliness
(a) people from voting
(d) to keep the city clean
(b) voting for people
(e) No correction required
(c) people to vote
19. Despite their best efforts, they could
(d) votes by people
not convince the members by
changing their decision. (e) No correction required

(a) and changed their 23. Once the manager approves the
plans, it was easy convinced the
(b) to change their
rest of the team.
(c) with changing their
(a) was easily convinced
(d) in changing his
(b) will be easy to convince
(e) No correction required
(c) has easily convinced
20. The minister agreed with answer
(d) being easy to convince
questions on television
(e) No correction required
(a) to answer
24. The Portsmouth Summer Art
(b) for answering
Festival is the only place in New
(c) with answering Hampshire where we are
fortunately see such diverse tales
(d) No improvement all in one place

(a) we are able to fortunately see

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 (b) we are fortunate to see
(c) we are fortunate to seeing
(d) No improvement
25. He is the man whose advice is
difficult in following.
(a) advice is not easy in following
(b) advice is difficult to follow
(c) advice has difficult to follow
(d) advice has difficulty to follow
(e) No correction required
26. I am glad to hear that you narrowly
escaped being run over by a
speeding car yesterday.
(a) by being run over by
(b) to run over by
(c) run over down by
(d) being over run by
(e) No correction required
27. She doesn't mind to be disturbed.
(a) being disturbed
(b) to being disturbed
(c) being disturbing
(d) No improvement
28. I have not finished to paint the
door.
(a) painting
(b) the paint of
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(d) No improvement
29. Sunita told me that she would mind
to stand and eating the lunch.
(a) to stand and eat
(b) standing and eating
(c) standing and eat
(d) No correction required
30. She could not help but laugh.
(a) laughing
(b) but laughing
(c) laugh
(d) No improvement
31. He enjoys to tell stories to children.
(a) how to tell stories
(b) telling stories
(c) to narrate stories
32. Sri Pashupatinath is a worth seeing
temple in Kathmandu.
(a) a temple worth seeing
(b) a temple to see it see worth
(c) one of the worth seeing temples
(d) No improvement
33. There was no point crying over spilt
milk.
(a) cry
(b) to cry
(c) cried
(d) No improvement
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34. Visiting the village is like be 38. The good fortune of being your
transported into some other century. student in my younger days has
helped me greatly in my life.
(a) alike to transport
(a) of my being your student
(b) like being transported
(b) of my myself being your student
(c) likely to be transporting
(c) of my having been your student
(d) likes transport
(d) No improvement
(e) No correction required
39. Being worked for the whole day,
35. India is a diverse and breathtaking
you should have taken some rest
country with many places worthwhile to
and started the work tomorrow.
see.
(a) Working for
(a) worth sight
(b) After being worked for
(b) worth seeing
(c) Having worked for
(c) worthwhile scene
(d) After having work
(d) worthy seeing
(e) No correction required
(e) No correction required
40. Having drank the coffee, he
36. He didn't want risking to get wet as
washed the cup and put it away.
he had only one suit.
(a) After his drinking of coffee
(a) risking for getting wet
(b) After drank the coffee
(b) risking at getting wet
(c) Having drinking of the coffee
(c) to risk getting wet
(d) Having drunk the coffee
(d) to get wet at the risk of
(e) No correction required
(e) No correction required
41. After having finished the
37. The accused now flatly denies have
presentation, the speaker asked the
admitted his guilt in this first statement.
audience if there were any
(a) has admitted questions.

(b) having admitted (a) After having been finished

(c) had admitted (b) After he finished

(d) have been admitting (c) Having been finished

(e) No correction required (d) After it had finished

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 (e) No correction required (c) After have been signed

42. Finishing his breakfast, he started (d) Having already signed

working on the problem that had
(e) No correction required
been awaiting disposal for a long
time. 46. Being toiled for two hours, he sat
down to take some rest.
(a) His breakfast finished
(a) Have toiled for
(b) His breakfast having finished
(b) Had toiled for
(c) Having finished his breakfast
(c) Having to be toiled at
(d) Finished his breakfast
(d) Having toiled for
(e) No correction required
(e) No correction required
43. Being a pleasant morning, he went
for a walk along the seashore. 47. While crossing the road, a snake
was seen.
(a) With a pleasant morning
(a) a snake was moving
(b) It being a pleasant morning
(b) he saw a snake
(c) Being it pleasing morning
(c) a snake was observed
(d) As a pleasant morning
(d) No improvement
(e) No correction required
48. Riding upon his horse, the tiger
44. Being as lam a realist, I could not
jumped at him.
accept his statement that
supernatural beings have caused (a) Riding upon the tiger, the horse
the disturbance. jumped at him.
(a) That I am a realist (b) The tiger jumped at him while he
was riding upon his horse.
(b) Being a realist
(c) The tiger rode at him while he
(c) Being that I am a realist
was jumping upon his horse.
(d) Realist that I am
(d) No improvement
(e) No change required
49. Walking along the road, an old
45. Having been already sign the man ran over the lorry.
agreement, you must honour it now.
(a) Walking along the road, an old
(a) Having signed man ran behind the lorry

(b) Have been signed

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 (b) Running along the road, the lorry (a) Seeing that she are very tired
ran over an old man
(b) Seeing that she was very tired
(c) The lorry ran over an old man
(c) Seeing she is tired
walking along the road
(d) No improvement
(d) No improvement
54. Having finished the book, it was put
50. Being too costly for him, he could
away by him.
not buy the coat.
(a) he put it away
(a) It being too costly for him
(b) it was being put away be him
(b) He being too costly
(c) it was putting away by him
(c) Being it too costly
(d) No improvement
(d) No improvement
55. Despite being tried her best to
51. The enemy, beat at every point, fled
persuade her husband to give up
from the field.
smoking, she could not attain
(a) having been beaten success.

(b) was beaten (a) Despite trying her best

(c) to be beaten (b) Despite of her best

(d) No improvement (c) Inspite of being tried her best

52. The sea rough, they abandoned the (d) No improvement

swim.
56. Sitting on the hill top, the sun went
(a) It being rough down watching before him.

(b) The sea being rough (a) he watched the sun go down

(c) Being rough (c) the sun went down when he

watched
(d) No improvement
(b) the sun went down with him
53. Seeing that she is very tired, I
watching
walked out of the room and let her sleep.
(d) No improvement
Answer Key
1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (e) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (e)

10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (d)

19. (b) 20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (e) 27. (a)
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28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (a) 31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (c)

37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (d) 41. (e) 42. (c) 43. (b) 44. (b) 45. (d)

46. (d) 47. (b) 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (a) 51. (a) 52. (b) 53. (b) 54. (a)

55. (a) 56. (a)

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