Sentence Correction(English > Grammar ) Questions and Answers

Question 1.  There are not many men who are so famous that they are frequently referred to by their short names only
  1.    initials
  2.    signatures
  3.    pictures
  4.    middle names
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> initials

Question 2.  The small child does whatever his father was done.
  1.    has done
  2.    did
  3.    does
  4.    had done
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> does

Question 3.  The man to who I sold my house was a cheat.
  1.    to whom I sell
  2.    to who I sell
  3.    who was sold to
  4.    to whom I sold
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> to whom I sold

Question 4.  You need not come unless you want to.
  1.    You don't need to come unless you want to
  2.    You come only when you want to
  3.    You come unless you don't want to
  4.    You needn't come until you don't want to
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> You don't need to come unless you want to

Question 5.  They were all shocked at his failure in the competition.
  1.    were shocked at all
  2.    had all shocked at
  3.    had all shocked by
  4.    No correction required
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> No correction required

Question 6.  I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident - my behaviour is speaking itself.
  1.    will speak to itself
  2.    speaks for itself
  3.    has been speaking
  4.    speaks about itself
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> speaks for itself

Question 7.  He is too important for tolerating any delay.
  1.    to tolerate
  2.    to tolerating
  3.    at tolerating
  4.    with tolerating
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> to tolerate

Question 8.  The police has so far succeeded in recovering only a part of the stolen property.
  1.    thus far succeeded for recovery
  2.    so far succeeded in recovery of
  3.    as for as succeeded in recovery of
  4.    No correction required
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> No correction required

Question 9.  The intruder stood quietly for few moments
  1.    for few time
  2.    for the few moments
  3.    for moments
  4.    for a few moments
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> for a few moments

Question 10.
The performance of our players was rather worst than I had expected.
  1.    bad as I had expected
  2.    worse than I had expected
  3.    worse than expectation
  4.    worst than was expected
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> worse than I had expected