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 has been divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of the given parts may be grammatically incorrect. Detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error, mark (E) as the answer choice.

The victim died (A) before the police arrived (B) at the site (C) of the accident. (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

Past perfect tense is used to refer to the event that has taken place before another event in the past. Therefore, the correct sentence would be 'The victim had died'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of the given parts may be grammatically incorrect. Detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error, mark (E) as the answer choice.

I have some (A) ten rupee notes (B) but I do not (C) have some change. (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

 'Any' is used in questions which expect a negative response or a sentence in a negative sense. The correct word to use would be 'any change'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of the given parts may be grammatically incorrect. Detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error, mark (E) as the answer choice.

I had gone (A) to see (B) a cricket match (C) last Sunday. (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 past indefnite tense should be used with 'last'. Thus, we must change the word "gone" to "went".

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of the given parts may be grammatically incorrect. Detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error, mark (E) as the answer choice.

In order to pay his debts, (A) all his house-hold goods (B) and furnitures (C) were auctioned. (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

 There is no plural for 'furniture'

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of the given parts may be grammatically incorrect. Detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error, mark (E) as the answer choice.

Was the woman (A) who you think you (B) saw leaving the office (C) wearing a police officer's uniform? (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

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

 'Who' is not required in the sentence.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of the given parts may be grammatically incorrect. Detect the error and indicate your choice. If there is no error, mark (E) as the answer choice.

Their last day (A) of school (B) was spent (C) in celebrations. (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

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

 'Their last day in school' is the correct use of the preposition.