She and Dad would “has had loved” Ankit. a) has loved b) have loved c) to loved d) No improvement
The correct answer is Option B
When the subject is plural (she + dad) the verb must also be used in plural form.
Therefore, “has had loved” is replaced by “have loved”
This milk has got a funny taste — it “can have gone sour”. a) may have gone sour b) can go sour c) had soured d) No improvement
The correct answer is Option C
‘Can’ gives a sense of more certainty than ‘may’. The milk may or may not have gone sour.
There is a doubt. We can not say with certainty that milk has gone sour. So it is better to use ‘may have gone sour’ than ‘can have gone sour’.
It has “being” too dangerous for too many people. a) to be b) become c) be d) No improvement
The correct answer is Option B
“Has” should be followed by the past participle form of the verb which is “become” here.
The police are “tried hard for tracking up” the robbers.
a) Trying hard to track up
b) Trying hard to track down
c) Tried hard to track in
d) Tried hard for tracking down
e) No correction required
The correct answer is Option B
The use of ‘are’ before the phrase given in bold suggests, that the police are doing something presently. This means the sentence should be in present continuous tense.
Hence the verb should be ‘trying’ not ‘tried’. ‘Trying’ is written in only in options (a) and (b). Hence options (c) and (d) are ruled out. Now, the phrase ‘track up’ is also incorrect. Correct phrase is ‘track down’ which means ‘to find by searching’.
Considering the high demand for flights to Gulf countries airlines, “can risen” prices. A. should rise B. could raised C. may raise D. will raise up E. No correction required
The correct answer is Option C
As the context in the sentence suggests a possibility, use of the modal ‘may’ would be appropriate and as it is followed by the base form of a verb, ‘rise’ instead of of ‘risen’ will be used here.
The underlined part ‘can risen’, therefore, must be replaced with ‘may rise’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
“Without both issue is” clarified the board will keep all other matters before it pending. A. Unless both issues are B. Until each issue were C. Without the issue being D. Since both issues E. No correction required
The correct answer is Option A
As the sentence is a type 1 conditional sentence, use of ‘Unless’ which means ‘Except on the condition that’ instead of ‘Without’ will be more appropriate.
Second, as ‘both’ suggests ‘two’, the noun that is followed by it must be in plural form.
The correct formation will be- “Unless both issues are clarified, the board will keep all other matters before it pending.
The incident has clearly highlighted his knowledge and “attentive of detail”. A. attended to detail B. attentively on details C. attention to detail D. attention for detail E. No correction required
The correct answer is Option C
In this sentence, the predicate part followed by “..his knowledge and …” has to be a noun phrase and hence the adjective ‘attentive’ must be replaced with the noun ‘attention’.
And at the same time, it’s more appropriate and common to use ‘to’ after ‘attention’ and not ‘of’. The correct formation, hence, will be- The incident has clearly highlighted his knowledge and attention to detail.
The bank’s accumulated losses have “come up for” manageable levels this year. A. come to B. came into C. coming from D. came within E. No correction required
The correct answer is Option C
‘Come up for something’ means ‘to be eligible for something’ or ‘to be in line or sequence for something’.
Ex. She came up for re-election in June.
Hence, use of ‘come up for’ in the given context is erroneous. While, ‘come to’, which means ‘to attain, achieve or reach something’, will be an appropriate choice to make the sentence correct.
Improving the educational system, which is “one of the worst” in the world, requires commitment from the country’s politicians. A. among the worse B. one of the worse C. become the worse D. from the worst E. No correction required
The correct answer is Option E. The sentence is absolutely correct.
Famous playwright has been in the sick bed “from the last” one week. A. for the past B. for past C. since past D. for last E. No correction required
The correct answer is Option A
We use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is continuing now. This is often used with ‘for’ (showing period of time) or since (showing point of time).
As the given sentence is one, the prepositional phrase ‘from the last’ must be replaced with ‘for the past’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
