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

(A) Methods of spreading the family planning message (B) has been as unfruitful as (C) they have been abortive. (D) No error

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

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

(B) has an error. Here, “has” should be replaced with “have” as its subject is “methods” which is a plural word.

Multiple choice

(A) Her cheerful manners (B) was noticed (C) by everyone present in the meeting. (D) No error

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

(A) has an error. Here, “manners” should be replaced with “manner” as 'manners' here is ungrammatical. 'Manner' refers to style, way in which something is done/conducted. 'Manners' is a general word for good or bad behaviour. In the sentence we are talking about style not behaviour. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

(A) The raucous shouts of the audience (B) forced the management (C) to call on the show. (D) No error

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(C) has an error. Here, “call on” should be replaced with “call off” as “call on” means to go to meet someone at his place of residence whereas “call off” means to “stop”.

Multiple choice

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

(A) Like poverty (B) affluence can sometimes (C) create their own problems. (D) No error

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(C) has an error. Here, “their” should be replaced with “its” as “affluence” is used in the singular sense.

Multiple choice

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

(A) Now the rage of (B) the demonstrators turned (C) to the machines. (D) No error

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(C) has an error. Here, the preposition “to” should be replaced with the proposition “against” as the used preposition is wrong.

Multiple choice

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

(A) The rain started to fall (B) and the boys stopped playing (C) to go inside the house. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

(A) has an error. Here, the present participle form of “fall”, which is "falling", should have been used without any infinitive. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

(A) Sri Lanka is (B) in the south (C) of India. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

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

(B) has an error. Here, “in” should be replaced with “to” as relative position of two different places/things/countries is indicated by the use of the preposition “to”.

Multiple choice

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

(A) According to corporate circles, Dalta is pushing (B) through the merger (C) to created a financially powerful company. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(C) has an error. Here, “to created” should be replaced with “to create” as “to” is always followed by simple present tense i.e. first form of a verb without adding “s/es”.

Multiple choice

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

(A) Both his friends as well as his uncle (B) are to leave (C) for Mumbai today. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

(A) has an error. “Both” is not required as “as well as” is there. Only one can be used and if “both” is used then “and” will also have to be used.

Multiple choice

Directions: The given sentence is divided into three parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Find the error corresponding to the labelled part and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark (D) No error, as your answer.

(A) You will have to face (B) any practical problems (C) when you put the plan into practice. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

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

(B) has an error. Here, “any” should be replaced with “some/many” as “any” is mostly used in negative or interrogative sentences.