English Language

Spotting Errors

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Spotting Errors Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: In question given below, some part of the sentence has error and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has error. If the sentence has no error, the answer is (D).

On the Valentine’s Day, (A)/ the young couple had cake, (B)/ pastry and had chocolate. (C)/ No error (D)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. .
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence is incorrect. The sentence violates the rule of parallelism. Here, the sentence is incorrect because it displays no consistency whatsoever; the verbs change from ‘had cake’ to ‘pastry’ and then back to ‘had chocolate’. The correct sentence would be, ” On the Valentine’s Day, the young couple had cake, pastry and chocolate”.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) If he will be promoted (b) he will get (c) a higher salary. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

(a) is the correct answer because “will be” should be replaced by “is” as it is a mistake based on the “sequence of clauses” where if the principal clause is in the simple future tense, the subordinate clause has to be in the present tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) He is generally (b) more hungry (c) than she is. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

(d) is the correct answer because there is no mistake in the sentence.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) There is (b) no space (c) in this compartment. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(b) is the correct answer because the word “space” should be replaced by the word “room”. “Space” is used for an open space whereas ”room” here is used in the sense of “unoccupied space”.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) All the four sons (b) of the old man (c) quarrelled between themselves. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(c) is the correct answer because the word “between” should be replaced by “among” as it is a proportional mistake. “Between” is used for “two” and “among” is used for “more than two”.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) It is the newspaper (b) that exposes us to the widest range (c) of human experiences and behaviour. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

(d) is the correct answer because the given sentence has no error.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) The room (b) who he lived, (c) had no window. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(b) is the correct answer because the word “who” should be replaced by the word “in which” as it is a mistake of the use of conjunctions.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) Since the attachment of air-conditioned sleeping car to all important trains, (b) travelling become very pleasant (c) especially during the summer season. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(b) is the correct answer. The word “become” should be replaced by the word “has become”.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) The gardener (b) forbade the children (c) not to pluck the flowers. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(c) is the correct answer. The words “not to” should be replaced by “to” as the negative sense has already been conveyed by using the word 'forbade'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) She asked me (b) that I would (c) take a cup of tea. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(b) is the correct answer. The word “that” should be replaced by “if” as it is an interrogative sentence.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) The student told the teacher (b) that he was sorry as (c) I forgot to bring his note book. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(c) is the correct answer. The pronoun “I” should be replaced by the pronoun “he” as it is a mistake of change of person.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) This is not (b) as different as (c) you think. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(b) is the correct answer. The word “as” should be replaced by “so” because in a negative sentence, “so” is used and not “as”. This is not so different as you think.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) His sister (b) is good (c) in English. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(c) is the correct answer because the word “in” should be replaced by “at”, as it is a prepositional mistake.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) The policeman prevented us from (b) entering into (c) the hall. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(b) is the correct answer as “into” should be omitted. “Entering” does not take “into” with it.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) My father used (b) to get up (c) at 5 a.m. in the morning. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(c) is the correct answer because out of “a.m.” and “in the morning”, only one should be retained as both indicate the same period of time. The correct one is either “at 5 a.m.” or “at 5 in the morning”.