Sentence Correction Handout: (Verbs and Auxiliaries)

SENTENCE CORRECTION HANDOUT
(Verbs and Auxiliaries)

Ref: SCHO1002204
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Read the following 15. . She had to call her insurance agent yesterday.
sentences and identify grammatical errors, if any. . She must call her insurance agent.
. She has to call her insurance agent.
1. He is a spoilt child, and is used to disobey his elders.
V. She should call her insurance agent.
2. You had better to hurry if you don’t want to miss the V. She need not have called her insurance agent.
train.
16. . I was to have watched the documentary.
3. I will have the project completed by two days. . I was to watch the documentary.
. I am to watch the documentary.
4. She said that she would rather to play golf than V. I would like to have watched the documentary.
cricket.
17. . I can renew the books.
5. Larry said that he liked the way I had my beautician . I could renew the books.
did my hair.
. I will renew the books.
Directions for questions 6 to 12: Fill in the blanks with V. I would like to renew the books.
the most appropriate Modal Auxiliary.
Directions for questions 18 to 36: Read the following
6. Mary did not attend office yesterday. She (will have sentences and identify grammatical errors, if any.
gone / may have gone) ______ for a picnic.
18. Good beginnings will make good endings.
7. She did not finish her work, and this angered the
teacher. She ______ (must have done/ should have 19. I would have been working in this organisation for ten
done) her work. years next year.
8. Sheela was to have been here at 8:00 clock. She 20. His speech was difficult to be followed.
______ (must have forgotten/should have forgotten)
about our meeting. 21. The next academic session is beginning on
15th September.
9. I don’t know where Jane is. She ______ (could be /
must be) at home. 22. Somu will have completed his education by this time
next year.
10. Jeniffer missed her class today. She ______ might
have had / should have had) some other work. 23. I had met one of my old friends at the mall yesterday.
11. I ______ (would have gone / would go) on a trip to
24. I had known Mr. Smith for more than a decade.
America if I had had enough money.
25. The inmates had been fast asleep when thieves
12. If I had a bicycle, I ______ (would / will) ride it every
broke into the house.
day.
Directions for questions 13 to 17: Explain the meaning 26. Most children enjoy playing board games and to
of the following sentences. participate in sports.
13. . Joseph should study tonight. 27. His mother forbids him from studying late into the
. Joseph ought to study tonight. night.
. Joseph had better study tonight.
V. Joseph must study tonight. 28. She has been ailing for the past two years.
V. Joseph needs to study tonight.
29. The doctor suggested me to use these medicines
14. . Rajani could have gone to the post office. regularly.
. Rajani should have gone to the post office.
. Rajani would have gone to the post office. 30. He is playing tennis at the club every evening.
V. Rajani might have gone to the post office.
V. Rajani ought to have gone to the post office. 31. John is quite helpful; he might lend you the money.
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32. Had I a computer, I would not have to depend on my Directions for questions 38 to 40: Read the following
friends for one. sentences and identify grammatical errors, if any.
33. The train left the station as soon as I reached it at

38. Jean Luc-Got et al. use seismological data and finite-
about 10:00 pm in my village.
element mechanical modelling to show that surface
34. My uncle is having a huge sea-facing flat in Mumbai. topography of a volcano may be controlled by the
topography of the oceanic crust beneath an island,
35. The train has left the station five minutes ago. which was heavily deformed under the load of the
volcano.
36. We were waiting for his call since morning.
39. The President is arriving at the state capital, this
Directions for question 37: Explain the meaning of the
evening.
following sentences.
37. . We will have you here to speak in English. 40. In no country criminal justice is administered with
. We will have you speak in English. more mildness than in the United States.
. We will have you speaking in English.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE
Directions for questions 1 to 10: Each of the following sentences is divided into four parts. One of the parts has an
error. Identify the erroneous part.
1. Kirtana seems / to be preparing very well; / she 6. It is not necessary / that you must take an
(A) (B) (A) (B)
is very fluent / in her argument. examination / to secure admission / into a business
(C) (D) (C) (D)
school.
2. When I was / in the United States, / I had visited
7. You would have / apprised me of the matter / so that
(A) (B)
(A) (B)
San Francisco, / Las Vegas and Los Angeles. I could have / taken care of it.
(C) (D) (C) (D)
3. The seven men, having forced to sit / in the 8. In today’s competitive world, / even small businesses
(A) (A) (B)
engine-hold due to the lack of room on the deck / / had better advertised on T.V./ in order to be able to
(B) (C) (D)
had suffocated, after their screams / for air had been compete effectively.
(C) (D)
ignored. 9. It is high time / the company conducts / formal
(A) (B)
4. Having painted / ten years ago, / my house needs a / induction programmes / for its new recruits.
(A) (B) (C) (C) (D)
fresh coat of paint.
(D) 10. The government in 1986 / had launched an economic
(A) (B)
5. When she lived in Chennai, / she was going plan / that slashed funds / for science and education.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
/ to the beach / almost every day.
(C) (D)
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33. The train left the station as soon as I reached it at

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE

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