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Sentence Improvement Questions with Answers

Replacing an underlined part with the version that is actually correct. This page pools every sentence improvement question on the site (182 of them, from 25 exams, weighted towards Banking, SSC, Defence) so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

9% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 7% easy, which is gentler than the average topic in this section.

Questions
182
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
12/154/16
Negative marking
None
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Sentence Improvement questions with solutions

6 from the 182-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. Improve the underlined part: "This year's turnover was more higher than the previous year's figure."

    • A. more higher
    • B. more high
    • C. no improvement needed
    • D. much higher ✓

    Solution. "More higher" is a double comparative and incorrect; the correct form is "much higher".

  2. 2. Improve the underlined part: "The reason he was late is because he missed the bus."

    • A. is because
    • B. is that ✓
    • C. is due to
    • D. was because

    Solution. "The reason...is because" is redundant; the correct form is "the reason...is that".

  3. 3. Improve the underlined part of the sentence: "He is one of the most _efficient employee_ in the department."

    • A. efficient employee
    • B. efficient employees ✓
    • C. efficiency employees
    • D. efficiently employees

    Solution. 'One of the most X' requires a plural noun, so 'efficient employees' is correct.

  4. 4. Improve the bracketed part of the sentence: "I [have saw] him at the office yesterday."

    • A. have saw
    • B. saw ✓
    • C. have seen
    • D. had saw

    Solution. A definite past time marker like "yesterday" requires the simple past "saw", not the present perfect.

  5. 5. Improve the sentence: 'Despite of the rain, we went out.'

    • A. Despite of the rain, we went out.
    • B. Despite from the rain, we went out.
    • C. In despite of the rain, we went out.
    • D. Despite the rain, we went out. ✓

    Solution. 'Despite' is never followed by 'of'. The correct form is simply 'Despite the rain'.

  6. 6. Improve the underlined part: "The manager as well as his employees were invited to the event."

    • A. were invited
    • B. being invited
    • C. was invited ✓
    • D. invited

    Solution. A phrase introduced by "as well as" does not change the number of the main subject. The singular subject "The manager" requires "was invited", not "were invited".

Exams that set Sentence Improvement

4 categories, led by Banking, SSC, Defence.

Also set by RBI Assistant, RBI Grade B, SBI Clerk, SBI PO, SEBI Grade A, SIDBI Grade A & B, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC CHT, SSC CPO, SSC MTS, SSC Selection Post, SSC Stenographer. Browse all exams.

Sentence Improvement: frequently asked questions

How many sentence improvement questions are there?

182, from the 25 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 7% are graded easy and 9% hard, which makes sentence improvement one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

Which exams ask sentence improvement questions?

25 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (14), SSC (7), Defence (2). Every question in this pool comes from one of their own mock tests, so the list below is the honest answer to whether the topic is worth your time.

Is sentence improvement hard?

9% of these 182 questions are graded hard and 7% easy, making it one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

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