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Error Identification Test 8

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

Complex carbohydrates (A) such as whole grain foods (B) as well fruits and vegetables, (C) provide lasting energy because they take long time (D) to digest. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

Ronald Reagan (A) used simple, direct (B) language which was forceful (C) to make his points (D) clear to the audience. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

In (A) the USA and other European countries, sending (B) a SMS to (C) wish someone (D) is considered as an insult. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Prudent and preservation have (B) their place, (C) so do experimentation and (D) curiosity. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) On the doctor's table, (B) we noticed that he also (C) has (D) several big bruises on his legs. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Feeling weary as he drove his car (B) towards the coast, Kane (C) stops several times to walk (D) around in the fresh air. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there are no errors, indicate (E) as your answer.

If any one of my (A) three boys happens to break something, (B) instead of chastising (C) them for (D) carelessness, I now prefer to celebrate his boyhood. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

Dorothy Aragones is (A) three years old, has curly blond hair, (B) her eyes are gree-brown in colour and eerily blue tinged lips, (C) as if she'd just (D) stepped out of a freezing ocean. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) During some operations, (B) a patient's (C) entire blood supply is (D) drained in the bypass machine. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer.If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

If (A) your fatigue is not due to (B) an underlying illness or (C) drug side affect, lifestyle changes (D) can make a significant difference. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) The doctors (B) thought that the operation was (C) extreme difficult, if (D) not impossible. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Like most boys (B) I spent my days playing games and (C) ran in the fields (D) with my friends. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

No matter how (A) hard you try, you (B) will never be able to grasp (C) just how tiny, spatially (D) unassuming, is a proton. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Despite of entering middle age, the book (B) continues to delight both the young and (C) the old in (D) ever-increasing numbers. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

He (A) decided (B) to live with his family in (C) the Canada (D) from next year onwards. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) More than anything else greeting cards (B) help you to keep (C) alive the (D) found memories of your loved ones. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Work hard, lest you (B) may fail (C) in your (D) forthcoming exams. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

After (A) several months, dad and Tom (B) got to know (C) one another (D) quite well. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

Kimberly (A) helped her daughter (B) to change into a yellow gown with clowns on (C) them while she (D) stepped into a gauzy white suit with a hood and mask. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) A year after (B) the marriage, (C) the couple hardly spent (D) no time together. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Sometime the money Yi-ming’s (B) father made tapping rubber on a plantation (C) wasn’t enough to buy (D) even food. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

She (A) tried hard to please her new family, (B) and her mother-in-law (C) often dumped her cooking (D) in the garbage. No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Despite his size - (B) five foot three and 58 kg - the shy 14 year old hoped (C) to qualify in (D) autumn for the schools junior football team. (E) No error

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

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) In October 1982 the Boldos (B) had established the Emmanuel SOS – Adoption foundation (C) in Belgium to find (D) adoptive homes for disabled orphans. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

He decided (A) not to say (B) nothing in the matter (C) in which his brother (D) was involved. (E) No error

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

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