Sentence Synthesis MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Sentence Synthesis - Download Free PDF

Key Points

• A compound sentence combines two independent clauses using a coordinating conjunction like "and," "but," or "or."
• The original sentence "He must work very hard to complete the task" is a simple sentence.
• Option 1 correctly changes the sentence into a compound one by adding "and" between two independent clauses.
• The resulting compound sentence is: "He must work very hard and complete the task."
• Other options either retain the simple sentence structure or alter the meaning.

Additional Information

• Option 2: "To complete the task he must work very hard." – This is still a simple sentence.
• Option 3: "In order for the task to be completed, he must work very hard." – This is a complex sentence.
• Option 4: "As he wants to complete the task, he must work very hard." – This is also a complex sentence.

The correct answer is '1' i.e. Had not forgotten: was aware of the fact .

Key Points

• The phrase "I was not unmindful of the fact" means that the person was aware of or had not forgotten the fact.
• The word "unmindful" denotes not paying attention or being unaware, but the double negative "not unmindful" reverses this meaning to indicate awareness.
• Option 1, "Had not forgotten: was aware of the fact," is closest in meaning to the given phrase.

Correct interpretation: The sentence implies that the speaker was conscious of the fact and did not overlook it.

Additional Information

• Double negatives are often used for emphasis or stylistic purposes in English, but they require careful interpretation.
• In this case, "not unmindful" effectively means "mindful" or "aware."
• Incorrect options:
  • Option 2 ("Was not careful about the fact") suggests negligence, which is not implied in the phrase.
  • Option 3 ("Forgot or was not aware of the fact") directly contradicts the meaning of the sentence.
  • Option 4 ("Were not aware of the fact") also contradicts the meaning.

The correct answer is '1' i.e. How long did they live here?

Key Points

• The given sentence is: They lived here for a long time.
• The answer to the question denotes a duration of time.
• The correct question to extract this as an answer should focus on "duration" or "how long."
• Option 1 directly asks about the duration of time, which matches the underlined answer.

Correct question: How long did they live here?

Additional Information

• Why other options are incorrect:
  • Option 2: "Where do they live?" — This focuses on location, not duration.
  • Option 3: "What do they live?" — This is grammatically incorrect and irrelevant.
  • Option 4: "When do they live?" — This focuses on time but not the duration of living.

The correct answer is '3' i.e. He is never impolite to anyone.

Key Points

• The given sentence is: "He is polite to everyone."
• We need to rewrite this as a negative sentence without changing its meaning.
• The correct negative version would convey the same meaning as the original sentence.
• Option 3: "He is never impolite to anyone" is correct because:
  • It does not alter the meaning of the original sentence.
  • Being "never impolite" is equivalent to "being polite."

​​Hence, the correct answer is: He is never impolite to anyone.

Additional Information

•  Let's see why the other options are incorrect.
  • Option 1: "He is not polite to everyone" changes the meaning and implies he may not be polite to some people, making it incorrect.
  • Option 2: "He is impolite to everyone" directly contradicts the original sentence, so it is incorrect.
  • Option 4: "He is polite to anyone" is incomplete and does not match the negative requirement.

Key Points

• The original sentence is a complex sentence. It uses "unless" to indicate a condition for the action of hearing.
• The correct simple sentence should replace "unless" with a phrase that conveys the same meaning in a simpler form.
• Option 3, "Jeeva cannot hear without a hearing-aid," effectively simplifies the sentence while preserving the original meaning.
• Other options either retain the original structure of the sentence or slightly change its meaning, making them less appropriate.

Additional Information

• Option 1: "Jeeva cannot hear unless she uses a hearing-aid." – This option is identical to the given sentence and does not simplify it.
• Option 2: "Jeeva cannot hear until she uses a hearing-aid." – This option slightly alters the meaning and is not as concise as Option 3.
• Option 4: "Jeeva cannot hear if she doesn’t use a hearing-aid." – Although grammatically correct, it introduces "if" and is less simplified than Option 3.
• Option 5: Missing – This option is not present in the provided options.

The correct answer is option 1.

• The sentence means that Mary did not speak much after the party began.
• The adverb 'hardly' means 'barely; only just'. 
• The preposition 'since' means 'in the intervening period between (the time mentioned) and the time under consideration, typically the present.' Eg: She had hated it since she was a baby.
• So, only option 1 is correct.
• no other option conveys this meaning.

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Exclamatory

• The exclamatory type of sentences is the sentences that give a command.
• They usually end with a full-stop or an exclamation mark (!)
• Structure of the exclamatory sentence is- What/How + subject + verb + predicate
• Exclamatory sentences are the ones that create an impression of surprise
• These can be further divided into-
• Positive exclamatory sentence- "What a liar he is"
• Negative exclamatory sentence- "Do not disturb her!"
• Optative Sentence: The sentence which expresses a prayer, keen wish, curse etc. is called an optative sentence. This kind of sentence generally starts with 'may' and 'wish'. Sometimes, 'may' remains hidden.

Hence, the correct answer is- Exclamatory

The correct answer is fell open as he perceived

Key Points

• The correct part to be used in place of the underlined part is fell open as he perceived.
• In the sentence given above, the sentence is in the past tense since his mouth was left open after realising the truth.
• So, perceived should be used (past tense of perceive).
• Hence, the complete sentence would be, His mouth fell open as he perceived the truth.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1).

Additional Information

•  Perceive: to attain awareness or understanding of (समझना)
  • Ex: Scientists failed to perceive how dangerous the level of pollution had become.

The correct answer is 'growing in one of'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is Continuous tense.
• 'growing in one of' should be used instead of 'grown in which'.
• Hence, the correct sentence would be: 
  • I noticed some strawberries growing in one of the gardens. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option (4).

The correct answer is- Your talks are very childish.

Key Points

• Let's look at the points given below:
  • An assertive sentence expresses the validity or truth of a basic assertion.
  • An exclamatory sentence makes a statement that conveys strong emotion or excitement.
  • An exclamatory sentence generally starts with 'what/how' and ends with an exclamation mark (!).
  • While transforming a sentence from one form to another, its essence, meaning and tense should remain the same.
  • One of the ways to convert an exclamatory sentence into an assertive sentence is, follow the order of a normal sentence with the same tense.
  • The desired structure is followed only in the 4th option.
     

The transformed sentence is- Your talks are very childish.

The correct answer is "She is so good that everybody likes her."

 Key Points

• The sentence is comparing how much people like the woman.
• Here, the phrase "so good" must be present in the desired sentence.
• The positive degree of comparison would emphasize her goodness.
• Positive degree is used to describe the basic form of an adjective or adverb, without making any comparison.
• In this sentence, the adjective "good" is in its positive degree, and there is no comparison being made.
• Option 4 uses "so good" to highlight her positive qualities.
• The correct answer is Option 4.

The correct answer is in significantly ways

Key Points

• The incorrect part of the sentence is in significantly ways.
• Significant (adjective) should be used instead of significantly (adverb).
  • Significant (adjective): important or large enough to be noticed (महत्वपूर्ण, काफ़ी बड़ा) 
    • ​Ex: Police said that the time of the murder was extremely significant.
  • Significantly (adverb): in a significant manner (सार्थक रूप से)
    • ​Ex: Attitudes have changed significantly since the 1960s.
• Hence, the correct sentence would be, 
  • Solar storms can impact Earth-dwellers in significant ways.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1).

The correct answer is a important component of

Key Points

• In the sentence given above the use of article 'a' is incorrect.
• The article 'an' should be used in place of 'a'.
• Use of article 'an': before a noun starting with a vowel sound. 
  • Ex: an hour, an ear, an umbrella, etc.
• In the above sentence, an important component should be used.
• Hence, the complete sentence would be, The telecom growth story is an important component of the broader story of India.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 4).

The correct answer is freshwater lake in India

Key Points

• The most of is a plural term and is generally used to talk about a noun or a pronoun (freshwater lakes).
• The noun or a pronoun used after the phrase “most of” is always in the plural form ( as we are talking of majority of person/place/thing out of many)
• Freshwater lake should be replaced with Freshwater lakes in the sentence to make it grammatically correct.
• Therefore, the correct sentence would be:
  • Most of the freshwater lakes in India are in the Himalayan region.
     

Hence, option 1 is the correct choice.

The correct answer is No improvement required

Key Points

• The subject of the sentence (Shubham and I) is plural as there are two persons.
• The verb to be used should also be plural as per the subject-verb agreement.
• As per the subject-verb agreement, the sentence is grammatically correct.
• Therefore No improvement is required to correct the sentence.
   

Hence, option 4 is the correct choice.

Additional Information

• As per subject-verb agreement:
  • ​a singular subject takes a singular verb.
  • a plural subject takes a plural verb.