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Error Identification (Difficult)

Advanced English Grammar Error Identification covering articles, prepositions, conjunctions, subject-verb agreement, and other grammatical structures.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part of the sentence having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Ayn Rand
  2. perhaps
  3. is a most widely read
  4. author on objective individualism
  5. No error
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. You had better
  2. to repeat them everyday
  3. in order
  4. to keep them in mind
  5. No error
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. He threw
  2. the stick
  3. in the
  4. river
  5. No error
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Some
  2. of her paintings
  3. are well worth
  4. looking
  5. No error
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Both of you
  2. should help
  3. one another
  4. when bad times are there
  5. No error
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into 4 parts and numbered (1) to (4). In one of the parts, there is some grammatical error. You have to identify the part having an error and mark it as your answer. If no part has an error, mark (5) as your answer.

  1. The Chinese foreign minister
  2. today called
  3. at President Bush
  4. and remained at the White House for an hour
  5. No error
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Kalidas
  2. is
  3. Shakespeare
  4. of India
  5. No error
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into 4 parts and numbered (1) to (4). In one of the parts, there is some grammatical error. You have to identify the part having an error and mark it as your answer. If no part has an error, mark (5) as your answer.

  1. When viewed with his
  2. point of view, the
  3. entire episode assumed
  4. a different colour altogether
  5. No error
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. When
  2. he was arrested
  3. we had to spend
  4. many a sleepless nights
  5. No error
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the followinf question, a sentence has been divided into four parts. You have to identify the part having an error and mark it as your answer. If no part has an error, mark (5) as your answer.

  1. Judge in him
  2. prevailed upon the father
  3. and he
  4. sentenced his son to death
  5. No error
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Many (A) flowering plants benefit (B) of pollination (C) by adult butterflies (D) and moths. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of a sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Although logical explanations sound quite laborious when written out, (B) the human mind is capable (C) to process the arguments very quickly (D) to arrive at a logical conclusion. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of a sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Each chemical element is characterised (B) as per the number of protons that (C) an atom of that element contains, called (D) its atomic number. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Located in Canada, the Columbia Icefield (A) covers area of 120 square miles (B) and is 3300 feet (C) thick in some (D) places. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of a sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E) as your answer.

As (A) consumers’ response to traditional (B) advertising techniques declines, businesses are (C) beginning to develop new methods (D) of reaching customers. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Sleep is (A) controlled by (B) the brain and (C) associated by characteristic (D) breathing rhythms. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Since rats are (A) destructive and (B) may carry disease, (C) therefore many cities try to (D) exterminate them. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

An involuntary reflex, (A) an yawn is almost impossible to stop (B) once the mouth muscles (C) begin the (D) stretching action. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Even (A) with vast research, (B) there is still a great deal (C) that is not known about the working of (D) the human brain. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

(A) Tropical forests exist (B) close to the equator, (C) where both high temperature and abundant rainfall (D) occurs year-round. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

The (A) glass tube in a fluorescent (B) lamp (C) contains mercury vapour under (D) small pressure. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

Not only are reindeer used for their hides and milk, but _______________.

  1. also for pulling sleighs
  2. they also pull sleighs
  3. to pull sleighs as well
  4. also to pull sleighs
  5. even for pulling sleighs
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E) as your answer.

Tilling means (A) preparation of the soil (B) to plant the seeds and keeping the soil in the best condition (C) to help the crop grow until it is ready (D) for harvesting. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

_________ promoting a state of near-sleep, hibernation does not make an animal vulnerable to attack by predators because the brain is kept in a normal state of alertness.

  1. Instead of
  2. In spite of
  3. Irrespective of
  4. Even when
  5. Rather than
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Precisely because photographs (A) are produced by mechanical devices, a camera's image now (B) seem to some artists (C) perfect (D) means for expressing the modern era. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

Haemoglobin facilitates metabolism among living organisms as it helps the constituent body cells _____ more of oxygen.

  1. for absorbing
  2. absorb
  3. to absorb
  4. absorption of
  5. to the absorption of
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

Chemical changes that are produced _____________ the curing of tobacco, alter its aroma.

  1. amidst
  2. among
  3. during
  4. in
  5. between
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

(A) Because of its maneuverability and ability (B) to land and take off in (C) small areas, the helicopter is used (D) in wide range of services. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

_______ the bullock cart being slow when compared to other modern modes of vehicles, it serves a significant purpose in the rural economy in developing countries.

  1. While
  2. Although
  3. In spite of
  4. Nevertheless
  5. Though
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

According to the classical musical tradition, the term "sonata" (A) is given to those (B) works that are (C) written for a solo piano or for a solo wind or (D) a stringed instrument. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)

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