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CAT Grammar Practice Question Set 03

Before you start practicing these grammar questions, we recommend you to go through the grammar article. here is the link: Grammar for CAT SNAP IIFT and other MBA Entrance Exams
Directions: Correct the following sentences (if necessary) and give reasons for your corrections.
Question 1:
He designed kennels for dogs which were very hygienic.
Answer: He designed dog kennels which were very hygienic.
[Use of Relative Pronouns]

Question 2:
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 3:
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 4:
Neither of these books are any good to me.
Answer: Neither of these books is any good to me.
[Subject-Verb Agreement]

Question 5:
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]


Question 6:
I can well afford to disregard him who is capable of making such statements.
Answer: I can well afford to disregard he who is capable of making such statements.
[Pronoun Case]

Question 7:
They were no more guilty than us.
Answer: They were no more guilty than we were.
[Use of Conjunctions]

Question 8:
By nature demanding, Balanchile insisted that his company practise as faithfully and as rigorously than he himself had.
Answer: By nature demanding, Balanchile insisted that his company practise as faithfully and as rigorously as he himself had.
[Use of Comparative Structures]

Question 9:
Let you and I see to it that we do not make such mistakes.
Answer: Let you and me see to it that we do not make such mistakes.
[Pronoun Case]

Question 10:
Taking odd days off is not half the satisfaction to me as a real holiday.
Answer: Taking odd days off is not half as satisfying as taking a real holiday.

Taking odd days off is not half the satisfaction as taking a real holiday is.


[Parallelism with Comparative Structures]


Question 11:
The whole block of buildings including two furniture stores and a drapery establishment were destroyed in the fire.
Answer: The whole block of buildings including two furniture stores and a drapery establishment was destroyed in the fire.
[Subject-Verb Agreement]

Question 12:
I would like to meet Mr. Smith, whom I take is the man you mean.
Answer: I would like to meet Mr. Smith, who I take is the man you mean.
[Pronoun Case]

Question 13:
Although the news had come as a surprise to all in the room, everyone tried to do their work as though nothing had happened.
Answer: Although the news had come as a surprise to all in the room, everyone tried to do his work as though nothing had happened.
[Subject-Verb Agreement]

Question 14:
Who were you talking to just now?
Answer: Whom were you talking to just now?
[Pronoun Case]

Question 15:
The road was lined with trees just like France.
Answer: The road was lined with trees just as in France.
[Use of Conjunction or Preposition]

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