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Book's First PageIMPROVEMENT OF SENTENCES 826. (2) Hence, to be there is the right usage. The Plural of equipment is equipment. Hence, Singular 827. (1) Simple Present is used in Conditional Sentences Verb – was is the right usage. to show future time. 851. (1) No improvement Hence, If I get an opportunity is the right usage. 852. (4) Gold is an Uncountable Noun (Material Noun). 828. (2) Here, played a fair (Adjective) game is the right It is not proper to use the before it. usage. Hence, Gold will replace The gold. 829. (3) No Improvement 853. (1) difficult to do/understand/answer 830. (1) The sentence is in Past Simple (affirmative). Here, hard will replace hardly Old things die hard means take a long time to change/ Question tag should be negative and in Simple past end it — used in Present Tense tense. 854. (3) It is Preposition related error. Hence, didn’t we ? is the right usage. to (prep.) is the right usage. 831. (3) It is position of words related error. I took some grapes for my mother is the right sentence. l He is known to the police. 832. (4) Nod : to move your head. l He is known to be an outstanding physicist. If you nod your head, you move your head up and 855. (3) wrest (Verb) : to take something such as power down to show agreement. or control from something/somebody with great effort. Here, nodded is the right usage. inherit (Verb) : to receive money, property, etc, from 833. (3) l She insisted on her being innocent. somebody when they die. l She insisted that she was innocent is the right sen- swindle (Verb) : to cheat somebody in order to get tence something, especially money, from them 834. (4) Here, Present Progressive (Active) should be Here, wrest will replace win. used, not Passive Voice. 856. (3) No improvement Hence, facing will replace being faced with 857. (1) hang : to kill somebody as a punishment. 835. (4) No Improvement Here, hanged is the right usage. 836. (3) As the structure suggests, nor does he smile is 858. (2) No improvement the right usage. 859. (4) No improvement 837. (3) No Improvement (1) Shun (Verb) : to avoid somebody/something 838. (3) Blue whales were thriving in all of the world’s 860. (4) concatenated : linked together oceans until the turn of the century is the right us- attached (Adjective) : joined to something. age. Here, concatenated is the right usage. 839. (3) The sentence shows past time as ago has been 861. (4) with a view to should be followed by a Gerund, used. not an Infinitive. Hence, had to retrace is the right usage. Hence, becoming is the right usage 840. (1) Keep/stay/steer clear : to avoid a person or thing 862. (3) found (Verb) is the Past Tense of find (V.) because it may cause problems. mostly (Adverb) : mainly, generally. Hence, steer clear is the right usage. founded is the incorrect usage. 841. (3) At the altar : because of something that you think Hence, a bird found mostly is the right usage is worth suffering for. Hence, before the altar is the right usage. 863. (1) inspite of (Id.) : Despite 842. (1) Here, Past Simple (Passive)-commanded is the instead of (Id.) : in the place of somebody/some- right usage. thing. 843. (2) Here, Subject (River Damodar) is Singular. in case of (Id.) : if something happens Hence, carries the effluents is the right usage. in respect of (Id.) : concerning 844. (4) Here, Possessive i.e. like Kohima’s is the right Here, inspite of is the right usage. usage. Climate can be compared with climate, not a 864. (2) surrender (Verb) : to allow yourself to be caught, city. taken prisoner etc. 845. (4) No Improvement Here, surrendered is the right usage. 846. (1) Here, He was not able is the right usage. 865. (1) must is used to say that something is necessary or very important. 847. (2) It is position related error. Hence, must is the right usage. l He only married her : He did nothing but married. 866. (2) credulous (Adjective) : too ready to believe things. l He married her only for money : He married her to take money and nothing else. credible (Adj.) : that can be believed/trusted Hence, He married her only for her money is the creditable (Adj.) : admirable; praiseworthy right usage. Here, credulous is the right usage. 867. (4) Here, Past Perfect should be used. The event re- 848. (3) It is Preposition related error. lates to the past. at (Prep.) is the right usage. Hence, who had killed is the right usage. 849. (4) No improvement 868. (3) dispose of something : to get rid of something 850. (3) Singular Subject agrees with a Singular Verb. that you do not want. Equipment is an Uncountable Noun. Here, dispose of is the right usage. SEE–282