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 of sentence with error and choose the correct answer. If there is no error, choose (e) as the answer.

They are (a) used to (b) get up late on Sundays, (c) so they keep their cells switched off. (d) No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'used to' indicating a past habit is followed by the base form, but 'are used to' indicating a current habit is followed by the gerund. 'Get' should be 'getting'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part of sentence with error and choose the correct answer. If there is no error, choose (e) as the answer.

When you reach my house, (a) I had (b) had my dinner and (c) was watching a movie. (d) No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence describes a past sequence of events. 'I had had' is correct for the past perfect, but the first clause 'When you reach' is in the present tense, creating a tense mismatch. It should be 'When you reached'.