Sentence Improvement • Topic 3 of 4

Preposition & Article Fixes

Replace a wrong preposition or article with the correct fixed form: 'superior to', 'fond of', 'die of (a disease)', 'on foot'. Insert/remove articles correctly.

Fixed forms SSC tests

WrongRight
superior thansuperior to
fond forfond of
died from (disease)died of
good ingood at
by footon foot
married withmarried to
Articles. Add "the" before unique things ("the moon") and superlatives ("the best policy"); use no article before a general plural ("Books are useful"); a/an by sound.

✅ Solved examples

1. Improve: "He is superior than me."
"superior than" → "superior to".
2. Improve: "She is fond for music."
"fond for" → "fond of".
3. Improve: "He died from malaria."
"died from" → "died of" (a disease).
4. Improve: "Moon is bright tonight."
add "The" → "The moon".

✏️ Practice — try these, take hints as needed

1. Improve: "I am senior than him."
senior ___
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"than" → to
2. Improve: "She is married with a lawyer."
married ___
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"with" → to
3. Improve: "He is good in cricket."
good ___
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"in" → at
4. Improve: "Honesty is best policy."
Add article.
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add "the" → the best policy
5. Improve: "He goes to the school by foot."
Fixed phrase.
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"by foot" → on foot

📝 Topic test — 8 questions

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