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Sentence Improvement — Questions and Answers

Sentence Improvement underlines part of a sentence and asks whether a given alternative expresses it better. Crucially, "No improvement" is a real and frequently correct option — candidates lose marks by assuming every sentence must be faulty. Check the underlined portion against a specific rule before changing anything.

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Sentence Improvement— Concepts, Formulas & Shortcuts

  • Third conditional: "If I had known…" — never "If I would have known".
  • Avoid redundancy: return back, repeat again, revert back and reason is because are all wrong.
  • "The reason is that…", never "the reason is because".
  • Hardly / scarcely pair with "when"; no sooner pairs with "than".
  • After "let", "between" and other prepositions, use the object pronoun: me, him, her, us.
  • "No improvement" is a genuine option — do not change a sentence that already follows the rule.

Sentence Improvement Practice Questions with Answers

Attempt each question first, then open the explanation. All 6 questions below are free to read and require no signup.

  1. Q1.Improve the underlined part: "If I <u>would have known</u>, I would have helped you."

    Moderate
    • Awould have known
    • Bhad known
    • Chave known
    • Dwas knowing
    +Show Answer & Explanation

    Answer: B. had known

    Explanation: The third conditional requires "If + had + past participle" in the if-clause: "If I had known".

    Sentence Improvement question 1 of 6

  2. Q2.Improve the underlined part: "He is <u>senior than</u> me in the office."

    Easy
    • Asenior than
    • Bsenior to
    • Cmore senior than
    • Dseniors to
    +Show Answer & Explanation

    Answer: B. senior to

    Explanation: Latin comparatives such as senior take "to", never "than".

    Sentence Improvement question 2 of 6

  3. Q3.Improve the underlined part: "She <u>returned back</u> home late at night."

    Easy
    • Areturned back
    • Breturned
    • Cwas returned back
    • Dreturning back
    +Show Answer & Explanation

    Answer: B. returned

    Explanation: "Return" already means to come back, so "back" is redundant.

    Sentence Improvement question 3 of 6

  4. Q4.Improve the underlined part: "The reason for his failure is <u>because</u> he did not prepare."

    Moderate
    • Abecause
    • Bthat
    • Cdue to
    • Dsince
    +Show Answer & Explanation

    Answer: B. that

    Explanation: "The reason is because" is redundant; the correct construction is "the reason is that".

    Sentence Improvement question 4 of 6

  5. Q5.Improve the underlined part: "Hardly had he arrived <u>than</u> it started raining."

    Difficult
    • Athan
    • Bwhen
    • Cthen
    • Dthat
    +Show Answer & Explanation

    Answer: B. when

    Explanation: "Hardly" and "scarcely" pair with "when"; only "no sooner" pairs with "than".

    Sentence Improvement question 5 of 6

  6. Q6.Improve the underlined part: "Let <u>you and I</u> go together."

    Difficult
    • Ayou and I
    • Byou and me
    • CI and you
    • Dyourself and I
    +Show Answer & Explanation

    Answer: B. you and me

    Explanation: "Let" takes an object, so the object pronoun "me" is required: "Let you and me go".

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Sentence Improvement — Frequently Asked Questions

Is "No improvement" ever the right answer?+

Yes, and often. Exam setters include grammatically sound sentences deliberately. Change the underlined part only when you can name the rule it breaks.

Which pairings are most frequently tested?+

Hardly/scarcely with "when", no sooner with "than", and the third conditional "If + had + past participle". These three account for a large share of sentence-improvement questions.

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