English Language

Spotting Errors

4,734 Questions
All Noun, Article, and Determiner Usage 629 Subject-Verb Agreement 529 Preposition and Phrasal Verb Choice 510 Tense and Time Sequence 429 Pronoun Agreement and Case 415 Adjective and Adverb Form 372 Idiom and Confusable Word Choice 367 Verb Complement and Mood 347 Sentence Structure and Modifier Placement 296 Conjunction and Connector Choice 228 Parallel Structure 220 Redundancy and Negation 148

Spotting Errors Questions

Multiple choice

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Replace 'more' by 'much'.  'More' is used in comparing things (there is no comparison here) while much is used before uncountable nouns.

Multiple choice

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Replace 'when' by 'while'. The sentence provides a contrast. 'When' can not be a part of the contrast; 'while' is.

Multiple choice

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence bears the error of subordinating conjunction. ‘Unless’ is a conjunction of condition, while ‘till’ refers to ‘time’. Here, the sentence does not refer to any condition, so use of unless is incorrect.

Multiple choice

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Replace the conjunction 'if' by 'whether'. 'If' is used when there is condition and 'whether' is used when there is choice or doubt.

Multiple choice

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)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Replace the noun 'environment' by adjective form 'environmental', to go with the noun 'stimuli'.

Multiple choice

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.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

“… after that of a woman and the body after that of a lion”. Like is used inappropriately as a preposition. It should compare one noun to another instead of modifying the verb. The phrase should indicate that the Egyptians modelled the face of the Sphinx like the face of a woman and not like an entire woman.

Multiple choice

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The reference is to the greater portion of the population and not the greater number. Therefore, 'many' needs to be replaced by 'much'.