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: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer.

Since he had (a)/ not paid the bill, (b)/ so (c)/ his electricity was cut off. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Case of redundancy. 'Since' means the reason for something. 'So' means the same, and is not required here.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer.

His appearance, (a)/ as well as (b)/ his strange way of talking, (c)/ make me suspicious. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In sentences where 'as well as' is used, our verb relates to the first subject. Hence, here 'make' needs to be replaced by 'makes'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer.

The report candidly admits (a)/ that the state funding (b)/ in health and family planning (c)/ have eroded considerably. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Here the subject is 'the state funding' (i.e. singular). Therefore, auxilary 'have' should be replaced by 'has'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer.

I did not like (a)/ his comment on my research paper (b)/ but I kept quite (c)/ as I had no alternate. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Adjective 'alternate' needs to be replaced by 'alternative'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer.

The revolutionary spirit of Netaji (a)/ was never dampen (b)/ even after (c)/ the surrender of Japan. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Case of past indefinite. Second form of verb 'dampen' is 'dampened'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer.

Most Indians do hard work (a)/, strenuous physical work, (b)/ but all them (c)/ are not educated. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Indefinite pronoun 'all' needs to be qualified here. The correct usage is 'all of them'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer.

After (a)/ his father's disease, (b)/ John sold his ancestral home (c)/ and went abroad. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Incorrect usage of vocabulary. Replace 'disease' with 'decease', which means death.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer.

I wish (a)/ I had more time (b)/ so that I should visit (c)/ the odd nooks and corners of India. (d) / No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Error of modal usage. 'Should' needs to be replaced by 'could' as this is a case of possibility.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer.

Alice is not free (a)/ on the 15th. (b)/ We will have to find (c)/ an alternate date for the meeting. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Adjective 'alternate' needs to be replaced by 'alternative'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer.

He wrote (a)/ his first book (b)/ after returned (c)/ from Africa. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Error of sentence formation. Here, the verb of being (returned) needs to be replaced by verb (returning).

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e) as your answer.

All Indian tribe (a)/ suffered (b)/ from white settlement (c)/ in America. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Word 'all' is always followed by plural noun. So, replace 'tribe' by 'tribes'.