Mixed Grammar Test - Error Identification & Gap Fills
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Questions
Directions: Select the correct word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.
With neither hat nor topcoat in the 22 degree Fahrenheit chill, youthful John F. Kennedy ____ a stirring inaugural speech on January 20, 1961.
- has delivered
- was delivered
- delivering
- delivered
Directions: Select the correct word or phrase to complete the given sentence.
By 1921, Andrew Mellon had become ____ persons in America.
- one of the wealthiest
- the wealthier
- which the wealthiest of one
- one wealthiest
Directions: Select the correct word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.
Not every pearl that is found ____.
- of value
- is valuable
- to be valued
- valuable
Directions: Select the correct word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.
The clay burial vessels from the early Hopewell Culture of North America are decorated with zigzag, grooved, and ____.
- geometrically designed
- designed are geometric
- geometric designs
- geometry designed
Only rarely ____ neuroses leave a person unable to function in everyday situations.
- had
- are
- do
- it is exposed
- The legend is
- The legend
- A legend
- According to legend
Pure naphtha is highly explosive if ____ to an open flame.
- it exposed
- exposed
- expose it
- is it exposed
Directions: Select the correct word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.
Costume jewellery is very popular because ____ allows for a great variety of styles.
- of its low price
- its low price
- the price is low
- the price is being low
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- He is
- coaching here
- off and on
- for five years.
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- Usha Club team
- is the runners-up in Jawahar Tournaments;
- the Sheriff Club team
- being the champions
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- By and by
- rest of my family
- left Mumbai
- forever.
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- They started from Delhi
- and we from Bombay
- and we reached at Calcutta
- at the same time.
The raw material for speech is the air ____ in and out of the sub laryngeal organs.
- directs
- directed
- is directed
- has directed
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- He bought
- three dozens
- oranges
- for six.
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- The priest asked
- the parishioners
- to open the Bible
- on page 105.
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- Abbas
- as well as his parents
- were expected
- to go to Bombay.
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- Take care
- of your luggages
- quickly
- as the train is to arrive soon.
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- We are reading
- the newspapers
- in the library
- since afternoon continuously.
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- All of them
- helped each other
- when the earthquake
- devastated the town.
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- The doctor
- would touch it
- only with
- a tongs.
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- It is natural
- that
- the more a person gets
- more he wants.
Directions: Select the correct word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.
Alfalfa plants flourish in fertile and well-drained soil ____ neutral or slightly alkaline.
- which
- is that
- is
- that is
Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the best option from the given choices.
Sidney Lanier was most famous for his poetry, but ____ a school teacher, a literary critic and a musician.
- was including
- he was also
- moreover he
- together with
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- He took
- his engineers
- degree
- at Pilani
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- This realism
- of Tendulkar
- is the main feature
- of his performances