25 SENTENCE CORRECTION PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR PLACEMENT | VERBAL ABILITY QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Verbal Ability is one of the ways in which a company or an organization tests the knowledge of English for candidates who apply for a job in that particular company.
Many colleges also conduct verbal ability tests for students who want to pursue higher studies.
‘Sentence Correction’ is a part of the verbal ability test. Here a number of sentences are given. Each sentence is divided into four parts - (a), (b), (c), and (d), where (d) denotes ‘No Error in the sentence.’
Four options are given. The person taking the test has to choose the option that has an error in it. They don’t have to give a reason for choosing a particular option. They just have to identify whether the error lies in (a), (b), (c), or the correct option is (d) - No Error. Accordingly, they have to mark the option.
Some tests also have five options to choose from.
How To Prepare For VERBAL ABILITY QUIZ
Most of the individuals preparing for the verbal ability test try to by heart the grammar behind writing a sentence. If you know the English Grammar Rules properly or are really good at it, this can be one way to identify the error in a given sentence.
But not everybody is good at understanding Grammar and they get overwhelmed with the rules.
What does the individual do in such a case?
The next best alternative that I suggest and even follow is to read a lot. Read a variety of English content. The range should vary from novels to non-fiction and include magazines and periodicals.
In short, an individual should read anything and everything in English that he comes across.
He has to do this consciously every single day. In fact, he should repeat this activity of reading in English so often that reading should become a part of his lifestyle.
The second thing an individual can do to master verbal ability is to start writing in English. It can be a personal diary, a short story, an essay, or even a blog. Writing involves thinking and creating sentences. This will give ample practice in improving one’s verbal ability.
The third thing to do is solve as many verbal ability questions as possible. There are many websites that offer verbal ability quiz. Take that quiz. Maybe there are many free apps that you can download and practice verbal ability. In this era of the internet, we still have libraries in colleges. You can visit your college library and borrow a book on verbal ability. These books are really huge and you will have a ton of verbal ability questions to practice from.
One more thing,
I have seen many students who are preparing for a job interview and have to sit for verbal ability tests start their preparation just a couple of days before the test. It has become their habit. These students don’t start preparing for their academic exams also till the time they don’t receive the exam timetable.
If you are one of them you need to break this habit.
Remember, you have a syllabus in college and the questions are asked only from what has been taught to you. But in verbal ability tests, there is no standard question bank from where the verbal ability questions will be asked. You prepare thirty questions and they may ask something that you never read.
That is why I insist on reading a variety of topics in English.
Go ahead and get started RIGHT NOW if you want to ace your verbal ability test!
In this blog, I share twenty-five ‘Sentence Correction’ Questions that you can practice to improve your verbal ability.
SENTENCE CORRECTION QUIZ
Identify the error in the following sentences.
The answers to these Verbal Ability - Sentence Correction Questions are given in the end.
If you want to really test your knowledge of English what I suggest is you first write down all the answers on a piece of paper and then cross-check with the answers provided.
ARE YOU READY?
GRAB YOUR PAPER & PEN AND LET’S GET STARTED!
1. (a) Meena and I was / (b) fortunate to be in agreement / (c) about raising children. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
2. (a) If you want your life / (b) to be enriched, you need to / (c) learn to give - money, time, help. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
3. (a) Once a problem has been identified, / (b) you must define what that / (c) problem was in order to solve it. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
4. (a) We want to know about / (b) the quality of the people / (c) with who we do business. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
5. (a) The reason these exceptional / (b) achievers have confidence are / (c) that they are exceptionally competent. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
6. (a) This book will convinced you that / (b) much of the advice you’ve been given / (c) on how to be successful is worse than useless. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
7. (a) The important thing is that / (b) you should aspire not to have high confidence, / (c) but to have high competence. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
8. (a) Unsurprisingly, there / (b) are now one billion /(c) people in Facebook. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
9. (a) From the age two, / (b) children beginning to understand / (c) the goals and intentions of adults. / (d) No error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
10. (a) Listening is just one part / (b) of creating connection / (c) with customers. / No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
11. (a) Clearly, the company’s philosophy are / (b) that training doesn’t need / (c) to be boring or routine. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
12. (a) When I look at people / (b) I went to school with, I know that / (c) I’m doing better than many of them. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
13. (a) Become a member today and / (b) get regular update on new titles, / (c) book readings, and book launches. / (d)
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
14. (a) Some afternoons he left the office early / (b) to spend time on the various / (c) community activity with which he was involved . / No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
15. (a) It’s entirely within my power / (b) to determine how we think about / (c) and talk about our problems. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
16. (a) They didn’t succeed because they were certain /(b) they were going for succeed; / (c) they succeeded because they didn’t let uncertainty stop them. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
17. (a) The most successful among us / (b) got to where they are today / (c) because they transcended obstacles. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
18. (a) Executives at the top are looking / (b) to inculcate “ruthless execution” in themselves / (c) and there team as a basic benchmark. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
19. (a) He had to admitting that such an uncovering / (b) would be earth-shattering, but he simply / (c) could not envision what it might be. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
20. (a) Like a ghost, the Tesla made its way through / (b) the main gate and the waited crowd / (c) broke into exciting ovation. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
21. (a) It is very easy and convenient to criticizing someone / (b) who is working hard but it is difficult to / (c) take leadership of your own life and do something worthwhile. (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
22. (a) Whenever you talk to anyone on phone always / (b) keep a writing pad and pen handy so that you don’t /(c) have to search when you needing to write something. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
23. (a) He continued to read his book and when he did look out / (b) off the window it was with a grim acquiescence, / (c) as if his very worst fears were being realized. / (d)
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
24. (a) Speaking of Tom, do you think / (b) he has the capability of / (c) lead a team and see the project through? / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
25. (a) Someone with a rooted mindset, / (b) tends to avoid challenges, because if he fails, / (c) he is fear that others will see him as a loser. / (d) No Error
A. (a)
B. (b)
C. (c)
D. (d)
SENTENCE CORRECTION EXERCISE ANSWERS:
1. ANSWER: (a): Meena and I were…
2. ANSWER: (d) : No Error
3. ANSWER: (c): problem is…
4. ANSWER: (c): with whom…
5. ANSWER: (b): achievers have confidence is…
6. ANSWER: (a): This book will convince you that…
7. ANSWER: (d): No Error
8. ANSWER: (c): people on Facebook.
9. ANSWER: (b): children begin to understand
10. ANSWER: (b): of creating a connection
11. ANSWER: (a): Clearly, the company’s philosophy is…
12. ANSWER: (d): No Error
13. ANSWER: (b): get regular updates on new titles,
14. ANSWER: (c): community activities with which he was involved.
15. ANSWER: (a): It’s entirely within our power…
16. ANSWER: (b): they were going to succeed…
17. ANSWER: (d): No Error
18. ANSWER: (c): and their team as a basic benchmark.
19. ANSWER: (a): He had to admit that such a discovery
20. ANSWER: (b): the main gate and the waiting crowd
21. ANSWER: (a): It is very easy and convenient to criticize someone…
22. ANSWER: (c): have to search when you need to write something.
23. ANSWER: (b): ... of the window it was with a grim acquiescence…
24. ANSWER: (b): he has the capability to…
25. ANSWER: (c): he fears that others will see him as a loser
In Conclusion
Hope you enjoyed solving the quiz. Once again I insist that you continue reading on a variety of topics and also solving verbal ability questions on a daily basis so that as you read any given sentence you can feel whether it is correct or it has an error.
ALL THE BEST!
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