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: In the following sentence, four words or phrases have been underlined. Choose the one word or phrase that would not be appropriate in standard written English. Write answer as (1), (2), (3) or (4) if there is error in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th underlined parts, respectively.

Majority of Indians either goes for (1) a walk or exercise regularly (2) to stay fit and to easily (3) and effectively relieve stress and anxiety. (4)

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

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

Here, 'Indians' is the subject. So, 'goes' should be replaced with 'go'.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following sentence, four phrases have been underlined. Choose the phrase that would not be appropriate in standard written English. Write answer as (1), (2), (3) or (4) if there is error in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th underlined parts, respectively.

The chairman and the managing (1) director was not very happy with the performance of their team (2) as they could not achieve (3) the target set by him. (4)

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

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

'The chairman and the managing director' is obviously one and the same person. Therefore, 'their team' in (2) should be changed to either 'his/her team'.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following sentence, four words or phrases have been underlined. Choose the one word or phrase that would not be appropriate in standard written English. Write answer as (1), (2), (3) or (4) if there is error in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th underlined parts, respectively.

Hari was unhappy (1) that he would (2) not attend the marriage of his friend yesterday. (3) No error (4)

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

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

‘Would’ should be replaced with ‘could’.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following sentence, four words or phrases have been underlined. Choose the one word or phrase that would not be appropriate in standard written English. Write your answer as (1), (2), (3) or (4) if there is any error in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th underlined parts, respectively.

A number of people in the village has become (1) members of the new society that runs (2) a school and many charitable hospitals (3) for the people who have no regular income. (4)

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

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

“A number of people … have”