Spotting Errors Questions

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

This is the correct option, as this part of the sentence has error. In this sentence, the word ‘angry’ is used to modify the verb ‘shouted’. But, ‘angry’ is an adjective and adjectives cannot modify verbs. Thus, to make the sentence correct, adjective ‘angry’ should be replaced by adverb ‘angrily’.

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

This is the correct option, as this part of the sentence has error. In this sentence, an incorrect pronoun (me) has been used. To make the sentence correct, ‘me’ should be replaced with ‘I’. The correct sentence would be, “Sumit and I ate a full chicken and had beer at a local restaurant.”

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

This is the correct option, as this part of the sentence has error. This sentence has subject-verb disagreement between the singular subject (Sushil) and the plural verb (were). To make the sentence correct, the plural verb should be changed into singular verb (was). The accompanying phrase does not alter the grammatical relationship between the subject and the verb. It only provides extra information.

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

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has error. This sentence has the error of having a wrong word. Here, ‘there’ should have been used which means in, at or to that place, whereas ‘their’ has been used which is used as an attributive adjective, before a noun.

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

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has error. This sentence has subject-verb disagreement between the singular subject (Little Tim) and the plural verb (are going). To make the sentence correct, the plural verb should be changed into singular verb (is going). The accompanying phrase does not alter the grammatical relationship between the subject and the verb. It only provides extra information.

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

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has the error. There is no 'as' after 'consider'. The correct segment will read  'I consider it significant,'

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

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has error. In this sentence, the word ‘quick’ is used to modify the verb ‘worked’. But, ‘quick’ is an adjective and adjectives cannot modify verbs. Thus, to make the sentence correct, adjective ‘quick’ should be replaced by adverb ‘quickly’.

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

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has an error. Here, the plural verb (make) does not agree with the singular noun (mastery). Thus, the sentence has subject-verb disagreement. The correct sentence would be, “His mastery over several subjects and topics makes him a sought-after teacher”.

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

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has an error. This sentence is lacking in pronoun agreement as ‘each member’ is singular and the pronoun (their) is plural. To make the sentence correct, the pronoun used should also be singular (its).

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

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has an error. This sentence started with a simple past tense (went) and ended in a past continuous tense (were eating). This is incorrect as it lacks consistency. The correct sentence should be, ”They went to the cinema yesterday and ate burgers there".

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

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has an error. This sentence has the error of parallelism as ‘interests me’ is not in the same grammatical form as the others, i.e. challenging and exciting. Thus, the correct sentence would be, “Motor racing is my favorite sport as it is challenging, exciting and interesting”.

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

This part has the error as the phrasal verb is incorrectly used. To look after is to take care of someone. The correct verb is look over which means to inspect hastily or to scan-read and check for errors.

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

'Long and short' is considered to be one term, hence, the verb should be singular. It should be ' is that the whole department'.