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: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

I have not still read it, but would like to.

  1. I have not still read it, but would like to.

  2. I have not read it still, but would like to.

  3. Still I have not read it, would like to.

  4. I have not yet read it, but would like to.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(D) Corrects the error of adverb.

Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

I am aware that there are difficulties, quite few of them of his own creation.

  1. quite few of them of his own creation

  2. quite a few of them of his own creation

  3. quite a few of them of their own creation

  4. quite few of them of their own creation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(B) Corrects the use of 'a few'. 'Few' has a negative meaning.

Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

Illness we can put in with but injustice makes us want to pull things down.

  1. Illness we can put in with

  2. Illness we can put through

  3. Illness we can put up with

  4. Illness we can put with

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(C) Corrects the error of phrasal verb. ‘Put up with’ means to ‘tolerate or to endure, to bear’.

Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

If any one dared to suggest that he or she was not against women but only against reservation, nobody was willing to listen.

  1. If anyone dared to suggest

  2. It anyone was dared to suggest

  3. If anyone dared for suggesting

  4. If anyone dared suggest

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(D) Corrects the error of verb 'dare'.

Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

After singing for many musical shows, he tasted success.

  1. After singing for many musical shows,

  2. After he sang for many musical shows,

  3. Since he had sung for many musical shows,

  4. After he had sung for many musical shows,

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(D) Corrects the error of tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

The projections prepared in this study imply that growth will continue and result in an even greater share of production.

  1. that growth will continue and result

  2. that growth will continue to result

  3. as growth will continue and would result

  4. as growth will continue and will result

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(B) Options beginning with 'as' are easy to eliminate. The sentence can be corrected in two ways: 'that growth will continue and will result'; and 'that growth will continue to result'. The second is available at B.

Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

It looks as though we shall have to do the work ourselves. 

  1. we shall have to do the work ourselves

  2. we shall have to do the work our self

  3. we are to do the work ourselves

  4. we had to do the work ourselves
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(1) The sentence is correct as given.

Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

Except for you and he everyone has been given ticket to contest election. 

  1. Except for you and he, everyone has been given

  2. With the exception of you and he, everyone has been given

  3. Except for you and him, everyone has been given

  4. But for you and him, everyone have been given

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(C) is the correct answer. Prepositional phrase 'except' is followed by pronouns in the objective case.

Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

Having went to the market, he bought a book on the Ramayana.

  1. Having went to the market, he bought a book on the Ramayana.

  2. Having gone to the market, he bought a book on Ramayana.

  3. Having gone to the market a book on the Ramayana was bought by him.

  4. Having gone to the market, he bought a book on the Ramayana.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(D) Corrects the misuse of 'went' to 'gone'.

Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

Now play being recognized as a goodwill gesture, which helps in improving relation.

  1. Now play being recognised as

  2. Now by recognising play as

  3. Now recognition of play being

  4. Now play is recognised as

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(D) is the correct answer. The clause preceding the comma ought to be complete in itself. Only (D) does it.

Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

Implementing it wisely, the national education policy benefits all the sections of the society.

  1. Implementing it wisely

  2. If it is implemented wisely

  3. Having implemented it wisely

  4. Because of its implementation

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(B) is the correct answer. The clause preceding the comma ought to be complete in itself, even if it is conditional. Only (B) does it.