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 an error.

  1. When she comes

  2. to see us

  3. she usually

  4. will bring something with her.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(4). 'brings' in place of 'will bring'.Conditional words like; in case, when etc. are never followed by future words ( will or shall). Hence, delete “will” and use the Present Indefinite “brings”.

Multiple choice
Directions: Identify the part having an error.

  1. He picked up

  2. all the books

  3. and put it

  4. on the table.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(3). 'put them' in place of 'put it'. Subject-Pronoun agreement error. With the plural subject “books” we will use the plural pronoun “them”.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having an error.

  1. This hutment is

  2. much too

  3. small for

  4. them to live.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(4). ‘to live in’ in place of ‘live’. The correct prepositional phrase is “to live in”. The preposition “in” makes it clear that the hutment is small for people to live inside it.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having an error.

  1. He told

  2. his mother

  3. he is

  4. busy.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) he was. In the case of indirect form of narration, the reported speech 'he is busy' will change its tense as per the reporting verb 'told' (past)..

Multiple choice

Directions: In the given question, a sentence is divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). One of these parts may have an error. Mark that part as your answer. If the sentence is correct as given, mark your answer as (d).

The couple constantly (a)/ quarrels with one another (b)/ over petty issues. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

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

Each other; as this is used for two persons, ‘one another’ is used for more than two.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the given question, a sentence is divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). One of these parts may have an error. Mark that part as your answer. If the sentence is correct as given, mark your answer as (d).

The early colonists (a)/ of the States went (b)/ through out many hardships. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

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

‘Through out’ will be replaced by ‘through’. Through means going in or starting at one side and coming out or stopping at the other side of something. ‘Through out’ means in every part of (a place or object).