First Naukri Sentence Correction Quiz 1

Answer - that eventually led

With an indirect object, the transitive verb and preposition should be a unit, i.e. “led to” here, like “take from,” “give to,” etc., uninterrupted by the modifying adverb “eventually.” Here, case is the object, hence it will take the form of ‘led to’.

Correct Ans: to lord it over

To lord over means to act in a way that shows one thinks one is better or more important than someone. Here, Vivial tried to show he is better than all other students of the class.

Answer - admired

“Admired” is an acceptable word in writing for the desired meaning, whereas “dug” is slang. “Thought about, and “gazed at” do not convey the same meaning at all.

Correct Ans: the children should be

The sentence is an assertive sentence and not an interrogative one. Hence the modal verb (should) must come after the subject i.e. the children.

Correct Ans: that it was

Here, we are addressing the speech that the speaker gave and not the crowd or the speaker. It here refers to the speech and so it should be followed by the verb ‘was’.

Correct Option: No correction needed

The sentence is absolutely correct and thus needs no improvement.

Correct Option: finds the easiest solution that requires minimum work.

The verb ‘find’ is not in agreement with the subject ‘A lazy person’ which is singular in number. Besides, ‘minimum work’ usage of ‘require’ is erroneous. Instead of ‘require’ ‘requires’ must be used to make the sentence grammatically correct.

Correct Option: consequential damage arising

The given part is grammatically as well as contextually incorrect as two nouns ‘consequences’ and ‘damage’ are coming together and making no sense. Instead of ‘consequences’ the adjective ‘consequential’ would make sense in the given context of the sentence.

Besides, usage of the second verb ‘arises’ is also ungrammatical here. Instead of ‘arises’, present participle ‘arising’ should be used here.

Answer - make the best pets

To agree with the present-tense predicate “has been claiming,” the dependent clause must also be present-tense “make,” not “made”. “Could be” alter the sentence meaning. “Make of” is not a valid construction in this sentence structure, makes no sense, and means nothing.

Correct Option: values reduces the feeling of

This is an error of proximity. The verb is made to agree with the nearer noun, not the subject. The subject is not ‘values’. Here, ‘affirming’ is the subject which is singular and should be used with singular verb. Hence ‘reduces’ should be used in place of ‘reduce’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.