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English Grammar Error Identification

Identify grammatical errors in sentences

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. He had hoped to finish
  2. the work in the last week
  3. but in fact
  4. he could not
  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. He
  2. rarely never
  3. goes to see
  4. his parents
  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. Where
  2. does
  3. this road
  4. lead?
  5. No error
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error.

  1. He
  2. considers
  3. me as
  4. his sister
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following question, part of the given sentence or the entire sentence is underlined. Beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined word/group of words. Option (1) repeats the original phrasing; the other four options are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select option (1). If not, select one of the other choices.

A recent survey shows that the number of female infants being killed every year are the highest in Punjab.

  1. are the highest in Punjab
  2. were the highest in Punjab
  3. is the highest in Punjab
  4. are highest in Punjab
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If there is no error, mark (d) as your answer.

My friend (a) had gone (b) to Pune. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If there is no error, mark (d) as answer.

A fair means (a) do not always (b) prove useful. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below has been split into three parts marked (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out the error, if any. The sentence does not have more than one error. If you find any part erroneous, pick that part as your answer or choose (d) as your answer in case of no error.

Teacher said (a) that the earth moved (b) around the sun. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence given below has been split into three parts marked (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out the error, if any. The sentence does not have more than one error. If you find any part erroneous, pick that part as your answer or choose (d) as your answer in case of no error.

If you (a) were here, (b) I will give it to you. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)
  2. (b)
  3. (c)
  4. (d)

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