English » Sentence Improvement

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.

My father was always ordering about my sister.

A

giving order for my sister

B

No improvement required

C

ordering my sister about

D

ordering on my sister

Solution

option C is the right answer,

ordering about my sister should be replaced with ordering my sister about.

ordering someone about is a phrase that means to give orders to someone.