Sentence Correction MCQ Set 3
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MCQ Set: 3
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Question No: 11
After the Detroit Lions' abysmal 0 win and 16 loss season in 2008, the owner of the team fired the head coach. In the days that followed this decision, one professional sporting analyst said: "the prospects of the Lions becoming a competitive franchise depends on if the team can procure a talented and disciplined coach."
- depends on if
- depend on whether
- depends on whether
- depend on if
- depend whether
Answer and Explanation
Answer: B
Explanation
There are two main problems with this sentence.
(1)The subject (prospects, which is plural) does not agree with the verb (depends, which is singular and should be replaced by the plural verb depend).
(2)The idiom depend on whether is correct not depend on if
A. the verb depends (singular) should be replaced by the verb depend (plural) as a plural subject (prospects) requires a plural verb; the phrase depends on if is not idiomatically correct
B. the subject prospects (plural) agrees with the verb depend (plural); depend on whether is idiomatically correct
C. the verb depends (singular) should be replaced by the verb depend (plural) as a plural subject (prospects) requires a plural verb
D. depend on if is not idiomatically correct
E. the phrase the prospects ... depend whether the team can procure is awkward and the correct idiom depend on whether should be used
Question No: 12
In the engineering sector at the moment there are no jobs for those without experience, which makes it difficult for we recent graduates to get started on our careers.
- at the moment there are no jobs for those without experience, which makes it difficult for we
- at the moment there are no jobs for those without experience, which makes it difficult for us
- there are no jobs at the moment for those without experience, a fact that makes it difficult for us
- there are no jobs at the moment for those without experience, which makes it difficult for us
- there are no jobs at the moment for those without experience, a fact which makes it difficult for we
Answer and Explanation
Answer: C
Explanation
The object us is required after the preposition for. Which requires a clear antecedent. Only C corrects both problems.
Question No: 13
After meeting together near Mediolanurn in 313, Roman Emperors Constantine Augustus and Licinius Augustus issued The Edict of Milan in the hopes to ending years of internal religious strife and the persecution of minorities. The Edict expanded religious toleration and ordered the return of property confiscated from Christians, even if it had been subsequently resold.
- in the hopes to ending
- in the hope to ending
- with the hope to ending
- with the hope of ending
- in the hope to end
Answer and Explanation
Answer: D
Explanation
This question tests the correct use of two idioms.
(1) to issue x with y; The original sentence incorrectly writes issued x in y (i.e., issued The Edict of Milan in the hopes to ending).
(2) with the hope of y; The original sentence incorrectly writes in the hopes toy (i.e., in the hopes to ending).
A. issued The Edict of Milan in is not a proper idiom; in the hopes to is not a proper idiom
B. issued The Edict of Milan in is not a proper idiom; in the hope to is not a proper idiom
C. with the hope to is not a proper idiom
D. issued The Edict of Milan with is a proper idiom; with the hope of ending is a proper idiom
E. issued The Edict of Milan in is not a proper idiom; in the hope to is not a proper idiom
Question No: 14
After working for two hours, the essay started to take shape, and he began to hopethat he might finish before the deadline.
- After working for two hours, the essay started to take shape, and he began to hopethat he might finish before the deadline.
- When the essay started to take shape after he had worked on it for two hours, he began to hope
- When the essay started to take shape after he had worked on it for two hours, he begun to hope
- When the essay started to take shape after working on it for two hours, he began to hope
- After working for two hours, the student's essay started to take shape, and he began to hope
Answer and Explanation
Answer: B
Explanation
Answers A and E start with a dangling modifier. Answer C uses begun instead of beganand D is unclear because we do not know who is working.
Question No: 15
After years of working on Wall Street, an apartment in lower Manhattan still felt like his home for famed investment banker John E. Callan, even though he also owned a house in Rye and in East Hampton.
- an apartment in lower Manhattan still felt like his home for famed investment banker John E. Callan, even though he also owned a house in Rye and in East Hampton
- famed investment banker John E. Callan still considered his lower Manhattan apartment home, even though he also owned a house in Rye and in East Hampton
- an apartment in lower Manhattan still felt like home for famed investment banker John E. Callan, even though he also owned a house in Rye and in East Hampton
- John E. Callan, a famed investment banker, still considered his lower Manhattan apartment home, even though he too owned a house in Rye and in East Hampton
- famed investment banker John E. Callan still considered his lower Manhattan apartment home, even despite his owning of a house in Rye and in East Hampton
Answer and Explanation
Answer: B
Explanation
A modifying phrase needs to be placed by the word it modifies. However, as the sentence is originally written, after years of working on Wall Street illogically modifies an apartment. It was not the apartment that worked for years on Wall Street but famed investment banker John E. Callan who worked for years on Wall Street. The sentence can be corrected in two ways:
(1) After years of working on Wall Street, famed investment banker John E. Callan
(2) OR: After years of working on Wall Street, John E. Callan
A .an apartment in lower Manhattan is illogically modified by the phrase after years of working on Wall Street
B. famed investment banker John E. Callan is logically modified by the phrase after years of working on Wall Street
C. an apartment in lower Manhattan is illogically modified by the phrase after years of working on Wall Street
D. the phrase he too is not grammatically correct since it implies that there is another person who also owned a house in Rye and in East Hampton; the word too should be removed
E. the phrase even despite his owning of is not idiomatically correct and should be replaced by even though he also owned