English Grammar - Error Identification and Correction
Practice identifying and correcting grammatical errors, including infinitive usage, question tags, comparative structures, double negatives, and common English grammar mistakes.
Questions
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
She _________ commits the same mistakes in syllogism.
- too
- to
- also to
- does to
- none of these
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blank with infinitive.
She is confident ________ teach the class.
- enough to
- enough too
- to enough
- to
- none of these
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
It has rained today. _______
- Isn't it?
- Didn't it?
- Did it?
- Hasn't it?
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
She succeeds in whatever she chooses ________.
- to do
- to did
- to becoming
- for doing
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
Nothing was achieved out of it. ______.
- Wasn’t it?
- Was it?
- Isn’t it?
- Is it?
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
Education gives people ample opportunities _________ strong and self-reliant.
- to become
- to becoming
- for becoming
- to became
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
Check my work. _________
- Will you?
- Wouldn’t you?
- Shall you?
- Could you?
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
There is hardly any residential colony in Delhi that is not hemmed in by slums. Yet these slums ________ serve a purpose; they provide cheap labour and captive vote banks.
- to
- too
- do to
- do too
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
With two lakh people migrating to Delhi every year, it is not difficult ______ see why the quality of life has deteriorated at such an alarming rate.
- too
- to
- not to
- not too
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- The ship
- they sailed in
- was the ship caught in a storm
- along the coast of Japan
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- The short story
- should not exceed
- more than
- two hundred words
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- Health is
- more
- preferable
- to wealth
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
It took time (1) for him to adapt to his (2) new job of a lab assistant as he (3) knew scarcely nothing about the (4) experiments performed.
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Identify the part having an error and mark the suitable option:
(1) Of all the reasons given (2) by the defense, the last (3) two of them were the (4) most absurd.
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Identify the part having an error and mark the suitable option:
(1) Will you (2) repeat the question (3) again, (4) please?
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Identify the part having an error and mark the suitable option:
Lawyers and (1) doctors alike both agree that something (2) should be done about (3) the rise in medical (4) malpractice suits which are on the increase.
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
Although thunder and lightning (1) are produced at the same time, light waves travel (2) more fast than sound (3) waves do; so we see the lightning (4) before we hear the thunder.
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
During the summer (1) of 1998, the reason for (2) virtually every unusual weather condition, from (3) droughts and heat waves to floods and storms, was said to be (4) caused by El Nino.
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
He (1) has sold his (2) old scooter for (3) worth seven thousand rupees. He goes to office (4) on foot now.
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
She (1) did (2) not do (3) her home-work. (4) Didn't she?
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
- He
- forbade me
- not to eat
- fatty things
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
She is (1) cleverer than her brother, but not (2) half as studious. (3) Isn’t it? (4)No error.
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
Engines used in space shuttles are (1) much larger and (2) much stronger than (3) the one's (4) used in the jets.
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
(1) Both Karan (2) as well as Arun (3) are (4) coming tonight.
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Identify the part having an error.
Ramesh (1) did (2) not (3) like to help (4) nobody.
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)