Each sentence given below contains an underlined part. From the given options, choose the one that will correctly replace the underlined part and make the sentence grammatically correct.

If none of the substitutions improve the sentence, indicate (d) as the answer.

1. The cheetah can run faster than the gazelle. It is the speediest of the two.

a) the most speedier

b) the speedier

c) more speedy

d) No improvement

2. I have lost contact with Maya. I will try to look her out.

a) look her up

b) look her through

c) look her around

d) No improvement

3. He congratulated me for my winning the first prize.

a) on my winning

b) at my winning

c) in my winning

d) No improvement

4. When you left that job?

a) did you leave

b) you have left

c) would you left

d) No improvement

5. We do not know where he was educated or what did he do to earn a living because history is silent about his early life.

a) what he did

b) what he had done

c) what had he done

d) No improvement

6. You have been working very hard for years, didn’t you?

a) haven’t you?

b) weren’t you?

c) hadn’t you?

d) No improvement

Answers

1. The cheetah can run faster than the gazelle. It is the speedier of the two.

2. I have lost contact with Maya. I will try to look her up.

3. He congratulated me on my winning the first prize.

4. When did you leave that job?

5. We do not know where he was educated or what he did to earn a living because history is silent about his early life.

6. You have been working very hard for years, haven’t you?