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Grammar Error Identification - Moderate Level

Identify grammatical and syntactical errors in sentences. This quiz tests your ability to spot mistakes in various sentence structures covering everyday topics, formal writing, and general knowledge contexts.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. More of the
  2. fun and excitement
  3. in the life comes
  4. from use of your senses
  5. No error
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. When his overall performance
  2. has been good
  3. he needs to work harder
  4. on the theoretical concepts.
  5. No error
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into five parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error.

  1. His immediate task may be to
  2. keep the coalition going
  3. unless he can think of ways
  4. to counter the rebel’s mission now
  5. to demolish the parent party
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. No one can say if
  2. the duties are performed
  3. perfunctorily and inadequately,
  4. or scrupulously and successfully.
  5. No error
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

The importance of (1) environment stimuli in the development of coordination (2) between (3) sensory input and motor response varies (4) from species to species. (5) No error

  1. (1)
  2. (2)
  3. (3)
  4. (4)
  5. (5)
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. The ancient Egyptians, who had made
  2. the Great Sphinx, modelled
  3. the face of the Sphinx
  4. like a woman's and the body like a lion's.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. Rice, which still forms
  2. the staple diet of many of
  3. the world's population,
  4. grows best in hot, wet lands
  5. No error
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. The glass tube
  2. in a fluorescent lamp
  3. contains mercury vapour
  4. under small pressure.
  5. No error
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following sentence, some parts have been underlined and labelled A, B, C and D. Identify the part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part of the sentence, mark your answer as E.

(A) Not only (B) he is a poet (C) but an artist (D) also. (E) No error.

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

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

  1. We threw out
  2. some old furniture
  3. so that the new television set
  4. has enough space.
  5. No error
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following sentence some parts have been underlined and labelled A, B, C and D. Identify the part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part of the sentence, mark your answer as E.

(A) You act (B) as though (C) you are sad; tell me (D) what is wrong with you? (E) No error.

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

Directions: In the following sentence some parts have been underlined and labelled A, B, C and D. Identify the part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part of the sentence, mark your answer as E.

He took up (A) a different attitude (B) than what (C) he used (D) to take. (E) No error.

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

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error select (5).

  1. Fiona made a credible effort
  2. to play on the boy's football team
  3. even though she was ultimately
  4. forced to sit at the bench.
  5. No error
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. The action was
  2. where
  3. you did
  4. just or unjust
  5. No Error
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. The light from a firefly is said to be “cold”
  2. because the insect's utilization of the energy
  3. is so efficient that
  4. a little of it is converted into heat.
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