Sentence Improvement Set 7

Sentence Improvement Questions are important part of english sentence formation. Using the right words, tenses, pronouns, conjunctions, modal is important for phrasing a sentence right. We here will be coming up with our daily sets of sentence improvement which will be helpful to you to frame sentences properly

Directions (Q. 1-5): In this question, a sentence with four words in bold type is given. One of these four words given in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. That word is your answer. If all the words given in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark ‘All correct’ as your answer.

Q1. Most bacterial populations grown in controlled conditions will quickly expand to limit the food supply, produce toxic waste products that inhibit further growth, and reach an equilibrium state within a relatively short time.
(a) produce toxic waste products that inhibit further growth, and reached an equilibrium state within a relatively short time
(b) will have produced toxic waste products that inhibit further growth and also will reach an equilibrium state within a relatively short time
(c) will then produce a toxic waste product that inhibits further growth and thus reached an equilibrium state in a very short time
(d) produce toxic waste products that inhibit further growth and reach equilibrium
(e) produce toxic waste products that inhibit further growth, and reach an equilibrium state in a fairly prompt way

Q2. A little known danger of potent hallucinogens such as lysergic acid diethylamide-25 is that not only is the user immediately disoriented, but also he will experience significant ego suppression for a period of three weeks as well.
(a) but also he will experience significant ego suppression for a period of three weeks as well
(b) but also he will experience significant ego suppression for a period of three weeks
(c) but also there will be a three-week period of ego suppression as well
(d) but the ego is suppressed for a period of three weeks as well
(e) but for user’s ego is suppressed for a period of three weeks in addition

Q3. Many people mistakenly believe that the body’s nutritional requirements remain the same regardless of the quantity and form of other nutrients ingested, physical activity and emotional state.
(a) regardless of the quantity and form of other nutrients ingested, physical activity and emotional state
(b) regardless of the other nutrients, physical activity and emotional state.
(c) regardless of the quantity of nutrients or physical exercise or emotional excitation
(d) regardless of the quantity or form of nutrients or physical exercise and emotional statement
(e) regardless of the quantity or form of other nutrients ingested, physical activity or emotional state

Q4. Measuring the brainwaves of human beings while they are engaged in different types of thought hopefully will enable neuropsychologists to better understand the relationship between the structures of the brain and thinking.
(a) hopefully will enable
(b) hopefully might enable
(c) will, it is hoped, enable
(d) would hopefully enable
(e) will, it is to be hoped at all, enable

Q5. It appears from a study of the detailed grammar of the Vedic Indians that their system of assigning tenses is very different from that of English or other European languages.
(a) It appears from a study of the detailed grammar of the Vedic Indians that their system
(b) It seems that study of the Vedic Indians indicates that their system
(c) A detailed study of the grammar of the Vedic Indians language indicates that its system
(d) Detailed study of Vedic Indians reveals that their system
(e) The Vedic Indians have a system

Answers:

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. produce toxic waste products that inhibit further growth and reach equilibrium. Option D is more concise; the underlined/bold part is verbose. Hence option D is correct choice.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. but also he will experience significant ego suppression for a period of three weeks. The last part ‘as well” is not required to complete the conveyed meaning. Hence option B is correct choice.

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. regardless of the quantity or form of other nutrients ingested, physical activity or emotional state. Connector ‘or’ will be used in place of ‘and’. Option E is correct word order.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘will, it is hoped, enable’ this is correct word choice.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. A detailed study of the grammar of the Vedic Indians language indicates that its system. This is correct word order and grammatical correct sentence structure.