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English Grammar Error Identification

Identify grammatical and syntactic errors in English sentences, covering topics such as subject-verb agreement, tense consistency, parallel structure, prepositions, and sentence construction.

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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, mark (5)

  1. The urgent need to improve training measure
  2. for pilots
  3. is something that experts have
  4. stressed time and again.
  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, mark (5)

  1. Never I have listened
  2. to such beautiful music
  3. as the piece we heard on the radio
  4. last night.
  5. No error
Question 3 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, mark (5)

  1. The Challenge is therefore not only
  2. to make computers more available
  3. but also to make their use affordable
  4. and the program self sustaining.
  5. No error
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. l was told
  2. that
  3. she has
  4. gone to Mumbai
  5. No error
Question 5 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, mark (5)

  1. Most adolescents struggle
  2. to be free both of
  3. parental domination
  4. but also from peer pressure.
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, mark (5)

  1. Both the children are playing
  2. in the sand and
  3. two fishermen were leaning against
  4. an uprooted boat.
  5. No error
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, mark (5)

  1. There is no reason
  2. why literary epic should not be
  3. as close to its subject
  4. like authentic epic.
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, mark (5)

  1. A majority of the educationists
  2. believe that
  3. so many tests
  4. are counter-productive.
  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) Hardly had we reached the ground, (B) than match started and (C) the audience started clapping (D)enthusiastically. (E) No error.

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 10 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 is (A) not only (B) very mature and wise (C) but extremely (D)hardworking and honest. (E) No error.

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 11 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, mark (5)

  1. We can conceive the relation of end to duty
  2. in two ways; either starting from the end
  3. to find the dutiful actions; and conversely,
  4. setting out from these actions to find the end.
  5. No error
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.

(A) Two months (B) have passed since (C) I have seen him (D) last. (E) No error.

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

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

  1. When he had known
  2. what he wanted
  3. to know
  4. he had gone
  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, mark (5)

  1. It is perhaps unfair to expect the Finance Ministry report,
  2. the first quarter review mandated by the Fiscal Responsibility
  3. and Management Act, to forecast
  4. the shape of the economic recovery in 2007-2008.
  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, mark (5)

  1. He was brusque and ready,
  2. so he heartily welcomed the stranger
  3. and invited him
  4. to share whatever little he had.
  5. No error

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