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CAT Grammar Practice Question Set 01

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Directions: Correct the following sentences (if necessary) and give reasons for your corrections.
Question 1:
The result of all these lengthy legal actions, counterclaims, and appeals, stretching over several months, were simply huge bills from the lawyers and nothing else.
Answer: The result of all lengthy legal actions, counterclaims, and appeals, stretching over several months, was simply huge bills from the lawyers and nothing else.
[Subject-Verb Agreement]

Question 2:
Neither his brother nor his sister were able to help him.
Answer: Neither his brother nor his sister was able to help him.
[Subject-Verb Agreement]

Question 3:
I am so exhausted I can’t scarcely keep my eyes open.
Answer: I am so exhausted I can scarcely keep my eyes open. OR I am so exhausted I can’t keep my eyes open.
[Double Negatives]

Question 4:
Although the party’s political machine did produce the crucial Dalit votes, but the candidate was defeated by the alliance formed by independents and reformers.
Answer: Although the party’s political machine did produce the crucial Dalit votes, (but) the candidate was defeated by the alliance formed by independents and reformers.
[Use of Conjunctions]

Question 5:
A necklace of diamonds, presented by friends of the bride, were among the presents on view.
Answer: A necklace of diamonds, presented by friends of the bride, was among the presents on view.


[Subject-Verb Agreement]


Question 6:
Whom did you say he was?
Answer: Who did you say he was?
[Pronoun Case]

Question 7:
Only in the interest of establishing clear lines of communication among their government and ours has the President acceded to their demands in regard to the tariff dispute.
Answer: Only in the interest of establishing clear lines of communication between their government and ours has the President acceded to their demands in regard to the tariff dispute.
[Use of Prepositions]

Question 8:
I cannot open the drawer in which I put the paper in.
Answer: I cannot open the drawer in which I put the paper (in).
[Use of Prepositions]

Question 9:
Joel complained to the governors, whom he suspected were misusing the school funds.
Answer: Joel complained to the governors, who he suspected were misusing the school funds.
[Pronoun Case]

Question 10:
Touched that the guest artist had practised as long and as strenuously the way they had, the exhausted members of the orchestra gave her a standing ovation.
Answer: Touched that the guest artist had practised as long and as strenuously as they had, the exhausted members of the orchestra gave her a standing ovation.
[Use of Comparative Structures]

Question 11:
He designed kennels for dogs which were very hygienic.
Answer: He designed dog kennels which were very hygienic.
[Use of Relative Pronouns]

Question 12:
Before medicine was considered a science, many people who practised it were regarded magicians.
Answer: Before medicine was considered a science, many people who practised it were regarded as magicians.


[Use of Prepositions]


Question 13:
She felt that she could not give in with his demands, which she thought were completely unreasonable.
Answer: She felt that she could not give in to his demands, which she thought were completely unreasonable.


[Use of Prepositions]


Question 14:
Neither of these books are any good to me.
Answer: Neither of these books is any good to me.
[Subject-Verb Agreement]

Question 15:
Asking the union negotiators to choose between higher wages or increased pension benefits seems perfectly reasonable when one considers the most recent sales figures.
Answer: Asking the union negotiators to choose between higher wages and increased pension benefits seems perfectly reasonable when one considers the most recent sales figures.


[Use of Comparative Structures]


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