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: Identify the part having the error. If there is no error mark (E).

(a) Let Mohan (b) and I go (c) to his house (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

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

After the verb 'let', the object pronoun 'me' should be used instead of the subject pronoun 'I'. The correct phrase is 'Let Mohan and me go' because 'let' requires objects. This is a common error where people incorrectly use subject pronouns in compound objects after verbs like 'let', 'help', or 'watch'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having the error. If there is no error mark (E).

(a) Whom (b) do you suspect (c) has broken the fan? (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

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

The error is in part (a). When determining who vs whom, look at the clause's structure. 'Who has broken the fan' is correct because 'who' is the subject of the verb 'has broken'. 'Whom' is used as an object, but here the pronoun acts as the subject within the dependent clause 'has broken the fan'.