Sentence Improvement

1. Hearing the news of the accident, he broke.

(a) broke down

(b) broke up

(c) broke out

(d) No improvement

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 (a) broke down 

2. The speaker asked the audience to bear upon him for a few minutes more.

(a) on

(b) with

(c) for

(d) No improvement

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 (b) with 

3. Those men as are false to their friends should be avoided.

(a) The men

(b) Men

(c) Such men

(d) No improvement

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 (c) Such men 

4. He aimed a blow on me.

(a) at me

(b) to me

(c) against me

(d) No improvement

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 (a) at me a 

5. He waited for her by dinnertime.

(a) at dinnertime

(b) till dinnertime

(c) on dinnertime

(d) No improvement

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 (a) at dinnertime 

6. He does not have the last idea of it.

(a) little

(b) less

(c) least

(d) No improvement

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 (c) least

7. Ramachandra Murthy and his family have been in Guyana from 1985.

(a) since

(b) about

(c) on

(d) No improvement

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 (a) since  

8. I am living in this town since1980.

(a) was living

(b) shall live

(c) have been living

(d) No improvement

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 (c) have been living 

9. If I was you I should tell him the truth.

(a) am you

(b) were you

(c) had been you

(d) No improvement

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 (b) were you 

10. He is better than any boy in the class.

(a) any boys

(b) all the boys

(c) any other boy

(d) No improvement

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 (c) any other boy