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. She has

  2. no affection

  3. even with

  4. her own children
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

‘For’ in place of ‘with’. For is used for saying who or what is intended to receive something or get the benefit of it. With is used for saying accompanied by.  

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. She takes good

  2. care of the children

  3. in the child care centre

  4. like a mother does

  5. No error
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The word 'does' is redundant here. When we compare similarities between two nouns generally 'like' is used and with 'like' we do not use a verb at the end. If we add a verb at the end then 'as' is used for comparison.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having an error.

  1. You

  2. look

  3. much handsome

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

The word 'now' is indicative that there is a comparison between earlier appearance and the present appearance. So, the comparative word 'more' needs to be added. Hence, the correct phrase is 'much more handsome now' or we can do away with 'much' and replace it with 'more'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

The boss (A) sent (B) the words (C) to me (D) through the peon. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

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

'Word' used in the sense of message does not take plural form 'a word'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

The mother (A) told the boys to let (B) she make the (C) preparations for (D) that night's dinner party. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

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

Here sentence is in indirect speech. 'She' should be replaced by 'her'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Both John (A) or Sam decided (B) to rent an apartment in (C) the community for the (D) next semester. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

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

'Both' is always followed by the conjunction 'and' and not 'or'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

She always thought (A) herself to be (B) more cleverer (C) than her sister but she was actually living in (D) a fool's paradise. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

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

Delete 'more' as we cannot use double comparative degree in a sentence.