Directions (1-5): Which of the phrases given below should replace the phrase given in bold italics in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark (E) as the answer.
1. When do you intend to return back home? (1)
- (1) intend to return
- (2) intention of returning to back
- (3) intend to turn back for
- (4) intend for a return of
- (5) No Correction Required
2. I would have been in your place, I would not have accepted his suggestion. (2)
- (1) If I had in
- (2) Had I been with
- (3) I had been with
- (4) Had I been in
- (5) No Correction Required
3. He firmly beliefs that a radical change in the structure of our various departments is necessary. (4)
- (1) is believing that
- (2) firmly believes that
- (3) firmly belief that
- (4) that firmly believes in
- (5) No Correction Required
4. Mahatma Phule’s life was a saga of dedicating in the cause of social reforms in India. (3)
- (1) of dedicated the
- (2) of having dedicated in the
- (3) of dedication to the
- (4) for dedication at the
- (5) No Correction Required
5. No sooner did we reach the station than it started raining. (5)
- (1) then it started raining
- (2) then it starts to rain
- (3) than it starts to rain
- (4) when it started raining
- (5) No Correction Required