English Language

Spotting Errors

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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 sentence has been divided into 3 parts, lettered (a), (b) and (c). Find the part of sentence with an error. If there is no error, mark (d) as your answer.

Running down (a) the street, (b) the house was on fire. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

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

Who was running? Modifier error. When the man ran down the street, the house was on fire - this would be a better and more grammatically correct form of the sentence.

Multiple choice

Directions: Find the part of sentence with an error. If there is no error, mark (d).

I advised my son (a) to engage two coolies instead of one (b) because the luggage was too much heavy for a single coolie. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

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

'Too heavy' or 'much too heavy' in place of 'too much'. 'Too much' modifies a noun and a verb and 'much too' modifies an adjective or aderb. As, heavy is an adjective, ''much too' will be used.