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

If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, mark (d) as your answer.

1. Having learned that there was a vacancy for a computer operator, an application was submitted by me.

a) an application has been submitted by me

b) an application by me was submitted

c) I submitted an application

d) No improvement

2. I hope it will not rain when they have started their journey.

a) they will have started their journey

b) they will start their journey

c) they start their journey

d) No improvement

3. I gave my daughter a children’s colorfully illustrated encyclopedia.

a) a child’s colorfully illustrated encyclopedia

b) a colorfully illustrated children’s encyclopedia

c) an illustrated children’s colorful encyclopedia

d) No improvement

4. Nearly everyone suffers when prices of essential items go up.

a) Everyone nearly

b) Nearly all

c) Nearly each one

d) No improvement

5. If you informed me earlier, I would have arranged accommodation for you.

a) If you will inform me earlier

b) If you were informed me earlier

c) If you had informed me earlier

d) No improvement

6. The limestone formations seem to suggest that in the distant past the area was a vast sea filled with creatures that absorb calcium compounds from the water.

a) absorbed

b) absorb

c) had absorbed

d) No improvement

Answers

1. Having learned that there was a vacancy for a computer operator, I submitted an application.

2. I hope it will not rain when they start their journey.

3. I gave my daughter a colorfully illustrated children’s encyclopedia.

4. No improvement. This sentence is correct as it is.

5. If you had informed me earlier, I would have arranged accommodation for you.

6. The limestone formations seem to suggest that in the distant past the area was a vast sea filled with creatures that absorbed calcium compounds from the water.