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 is divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). Choose the part which has an error. If there is no error, mark (d) as your answer.

The teacher called Ravi (a) / and asked him (b) / to describe about the incident. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Case of redundancy. Verb 'descibe' means 'to tell or write about something or to give a detailed account of something'. Preposition 'about' is not required.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence is divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). Choose the part which has an error. If there is no error, mark (d) as your answer.

It is true (a) / that the poor is unable (b) / to get nourishing food even today. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

'Poor' means 'an individual that cannot afford even the basic necessities'. 'The poor' means the whole community of such poor people. So, replace 'the poor is' with 'the poor are'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence is divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). Choose the part which has an error. If there is no error, mark (d) as your answer.

Unless you stop to make noise at once, (a) / I will have no option but to (b) / bring the matter to the attention of the police (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Some words like 'stop', 'help', 'avoid', etc (if followed by first form of verb) are used in gerund but not followed by any preposition. So, it should be - Unless you stop making a noise.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence is divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). Choose the part which has an error. If there is no error, mark (d) as your answer.

The Minister along with his (a) / party colleagues have (b) / been invited to the party. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Case of subject-verb agreement. In case of 'as well as', 'along with', 'together with', etc the verb relates to the first subject. In the given sentence, first subject is a singular noun i.e. the minister, so replace 'have' with 'has'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence is divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). Choose the part which has an error. If there is no error, mark (d) as your answer.

I am sure that (a) / neither the house nor its contents (b) / is for sale (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Case of subject-verb agreement. In case of 'neither-nor', 'either or', etc the verb relates itself to the second subject. Here, second subject is 'contents of the house' i.e. plural noun. So, 'is' should be replaced with 'are'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence is divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). Choose the part which has an error. If there is no error, mark (d) as your answer.

More widely popular (a) than the hunting of deer or fox (b) were the pursuit of the hare. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Case of subject-verb agreement. 'Pursuit' is a singular noun, so the auxilary verb must also be singular. For this, replace 'were' with 'was'.