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 sentence given below has been divided into three parts, marked as (a, b, c). One of these parts may have an error. Identify the part with error. If there is no error, mark (d) as answer.

This girl (a) resembles with (b) my friend. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This girl resembles my friend. (No preposition should be used after transitive verbs ___order, obey, resemble, violate, investigate, sign, befit, combat, recommend, pervade:

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below has been divided into three parts, marked as (a, b, c). One of these parts may have an error. Identify the part with error. If there is no error, mark (d) as answer.

Unless you do not come (a) here, I shall (b) not be there. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Unless you come here, I shall not be there (Unless is a negative form of the “if', so it shouldn't be followed by not)

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below has been divided into three parts, marked as (a, b, c). One of these parts may have an error. Identify the part with error. If there is no error, mark (d) as answer.

When you say (a) so, I shall take (b) it as such. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Since you say so, I shall take it as such. (When refers to a point of time, it cannot be used for “Since” to express the cause or reason)