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 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 camera (b) is more superior than (c) that. (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 “is more superior than” should be replaced by “is superior to”. "Superior" is always followed by “to” and “more” is not required before “superior” since it is already in the comparative degree.

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 minister announced (b) compensation for (c) the victims from the accident. (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 preposition “from” should be replaced by “of”.

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) What is (b) the fresh news (c) of today? (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 the word “fresh” needs to be replaced by “latest”. “News” is always “latest”. We, however, can say fresh fruit or fresh flowers.

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 Principal asked the teacher (b) why were you late (c) that day. (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 words “were you” should be replaced by “he was” as it is a mistake based on the principle of direct and indirect speech.

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 not come in time (b) I shall not go (c) with him. (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 there is a mistake of “sequence of tenses”, and the words “will not” should be replaced by “does not”.

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) A group of students (b) want to visit (c) the new plant as early as possible. (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 the verb “want” should be replaced by “wants”. A group of students is treated as one entity.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below has been divided into three parts, marked as (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out the error, if any. If there is no error, mark (d).

Dealing with people (a) who are aggressive and angry (b) require a great deal of patience and tact. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Error of subject-verb agreement. 'Dealing with something' is an art (singular). So, the verb should also be singular, i.e. 'requires'.