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 following sentence is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c), (d). One of the given parts is grammatically incorrect. You have to detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error mark '(e)' in the answer choice.

The Sharma's have (a)/ left for Delhi (b)/ yesterday (c)/ for summer vacation. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

"Had"  is corect as yesterday denotes past tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c), (d). One of the given parts is grammatically incorrect. You have to detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error mark '(e)' in the answer choice.

This tap (a)/ has been leaking (b)/ since (c)/ a month. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct usage is "for". For is used with a period of time...e.g a month, 5 minutes etc. It can be used with all tenses. Since is used with only perfect tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c), (d). One of the given parts is grammatically incorrect. You have to detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error mark '(e)' in the answer choice.

Had he followed (a)/ the instructions carefully (b)/ he would have learnt (c)/ driving much quicker. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

 Correct usage is "much quickly"

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c), (d). One of the given parts is grammatically incorrect. You have to detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error mark '(e)' in the answer choice.

If Ram had run fast (a)/ he would have (b)/ certainly (c)/ won the race. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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E Correct answer
Explanation

With if conditions when we talk about improbable situations....time is present but tense is past. i.e. If + past tense and would + clause.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c), (d). One of the given parts is grammatically incorrect. You have to detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error mark '(e)' in the answer choice.

Unless you (a)/ do not apologise (b)/ I shall not be (c)/ able to help you. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

 Delete do not as we cannot use double negative together i.e. unless and do not

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c), (d). One of the given parts is grammatically incorrect. You have to detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error mark '(e)' in the answer choice.

The stranger helped (a)/ not only (b)/ the girl (c)/ but also her mother. (d)/ No error (e)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

  5. (e)
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence is grammatically correct. 'Not only... but also' is used correctly to connect 'the girl' and 'her mother'.