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 below has been divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). The sentence has no more than one error. Select that part as your answer. If there is no error, choose (d) as your answer.

Suzie claimed that (a) reading classical novels is more illuminating than to read (b) biographies written by their authors.(c) No Error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Case of parallelism: It should be "reading biographies".

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). The sentence has no more than one error. Select that part as your answer. If there is no error, choose (d) as your answer.

An ideal student works hard, (a) / respect his parents (b) / and teachers and has a good character. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

It should be 'respects his parents'. Case of subject verb agreement. Singular subject takes singular auxiliary verb.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). The sentence has no more than one error. Select that part as your answer. If there is no error, choose (d) as your answer.

All the members of Lal's family, (a) / exempt his youngest son, (b) / are well-settled in their respective fields. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

It should be 'except his youngest son'. Case of prepositional usage.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). The sentence has no more than one error. Select that part as your answer. If there is no error, choose (d) as your answer.

The Chairman of the Selection Committee (a) / ordered the peon to let (b) / the candidates to come in one by one. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

It should be 'the candidates come in one by one' (Let should be followed by an infinitive without to'

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the most grammatically correct replacement for the underlined part. If ther is no error, choose that repeats the inderlined part.

Scientists have discovered that with genetic engineering, they would manipulate DNA so as to change hereditary traits.

  1. they can manipulate DNA so as to change hereditary traits.

  2. they will be able to manipulate DNA so as to change hereditary traits.

  3. they would manipulate DNA so as to change hereditary traits.

  4. they could manipulate DNA so as to change hereditary traits.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The only mistake in the sentence is the usage of “would” with plural form. The sentence is in past tense, hence 'can' is also incorrect, and therefore (D) is the correct option.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the most grammatically correct replacement for the underlined part. If there is no error, choose that repeats the inderlined part.

No sooner had the teacher arrived than silence fell over the class.

  1. arrived than silence fell over the class.

  2. arrived than the silence fell over the class.

  3. arrived that the silence fell over the class.

  4. arrived then the silence fell over the class.

  5. arrived that silence fell over the class.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is completely correct as ‘No sooner’ is always followed by ‘than’.

Multiple choice

Directions: A sentence has been divided into four parts lettered (a), (b), (c), and (d). Find the part of sentence with an an error and mark it as your anwer. If there as no error mark (d) as your answer.

Six years before (a)/ Alice, a French woman, left her job (b)/ and accompained her husband to India. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Before means earlier than the time or event mentioned... but in the given sentence, no event or time is mentioned after before. Ago tells us how long before the present time something happened. It tells us when and gives us a time or a date. So the correct phrase should be 'Six years ago....'