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GATE Overflow Test Series | Verbal Aptitude | Shallow Test 1: 19

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From among the given sentences, pick the grammatically correct one:

  1. Blowing out the candles, she made a wish.
  2. The test results showed that she scored more higher than her classmates.
  3. His actions in the game were more skillful then his opponents.
  4. Running quickly, he reached the finish line ahead of the other competitors.

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Explanation-
Let's analyze each sentence for grammatical correctness:
 

  1. Blowing out the candles, she made a wish.
       - This sentence is grammatically correct. It correctly uses a participial phrase ("Blowing out the candles") to describe an action taken by the subject ("she").
     
  2. The test results showed that she scored more higher than her classmates.
       - This sentence is incorrect because "more higher" is redundant. It should be either "scored higher than her classmates" or "scored more than her classmates."
     
  3. His actions in the game were more skillful then his opponents.
       - This sentence is incorrect because it uses "then" instead of "than" for comparison. The correct sentence should be "more skillful than his opponents."
  4. Running quickly, he reached the finish line ahead of the other competitors.
       - This sentence is grammatically correct. It uses a participial phrase ("Running quickly") to describe the subject ("he") and correctly indicates the sequence of actions.

    So, the grammatically correct sentences are A and D.
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