Error Identification

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

He has said so out of affection; do not take it to heart.

in heart
it in the heart
by the heart
No improvement needed

Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

The need of the hour was some fast action on the part of the leaders.

needed
needs
needing
No improvement needed

Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Young men and women should be habituated to reading and writing about current affairs.

prepared
get used
trained
No improvement needed

Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

I am sorry, but I don't believe what you say.

I will not believe
I am not believing
I will not be believing
No improvement needed

Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

I waited for half an hour for my friend, but the train didn't turn in.

turn about
turn around
turn up
No improvement needed

Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

No sooner he had returned home than his mother felt happy.

did he return home then
he had returned home then
had he returned home than
No improvement needed

Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

In the modern world it is difficult to live through one's ideals.

to live up to
to live by
to live for
No improvement needed

Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

All the allegations levelled against him were found to be baseless.

levelled for
levelled about
leveling with
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Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Is there any place for me to sit?

space
room
area
none

Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Any able bodied man is eligible for the job.

Any able-bodied men are
Each able-bodied man is
Any able-bodied men have been
No improvement needed

Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Never has the inadequacy of police been in clearer focus than in the communal violence that flared up recently.

higher
stronger
sharper
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Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Try to be diplomatic when you refuse any invitation, so far not to cause bad feelings.

as far not
so as not
if as far not
No improvement needed

Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

He does not hesitate to do whatever his brother does.

will do
would do
shall do
No improvement needed

Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

One should exercise their right to vote.

his
our
one's
No improvement needed

Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

The greatest need in style is to have a use of metaphor.

to used
to use
to have used
No improvement needed

Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Many believed that girls who received western education would make slaves of their husbands.

could receive
had received
have received
No improvement needed

Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Your results depend not only on how much you have studied but how long you have read.

but also how long
but also on how long
but also on how much long
No improvement needed

Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

She could not help but laugh.

laughing
but laughing
laughter
No improvement needed

Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Poor Tom laid in the shade of a tree before he could walk further.

lied
lain
lay
No improvement needed

Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

Not till he got home he did realise that he had lost keys in the theatre.

did he realise
he did not realise
he realised
No improvement needed

Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

On seeing the lion, she felt too much afraid.

very much
excessively
much
No improvement needed

Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

She cooks, washes dishes, does her home-work and then relaxing.

relaxing then
then is relaxing
then relaxes
No improvement needed

Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

The cheetah can run faster than the gazelle; it is the speediest of the two.

the most speedier
more speedy
the speedier
no improvement needed

Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error then choose option 4.

The easiest of the thing to do is to ask the address from the postman.

of the things to do
among the things to do
of the things to be done
no improvement needed

Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Correct the error (if any) for the underlined part of the following sentence. If there is no error, choose option 4.

Ramesh is as tall if not taller than Mahesh.

not as tall but
not so tall but as
as tall as, if not
no improvement needed

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