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.

When I returned home from trekking, the rain began to fall.

  1. the rain began to fall

  2. the rain had already begun to fall

  3. it begins to rain

  4. the rain had begun to fall

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

 (A) The sentence is correct. 

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.

When it comes to deliver a message of ambivalence, he does spring a surprise.

  1. When it comes to deliver a message of ambivalence,

  2. It comes to delivering a message of ambivalence,

  3. When it comes to delivering a message of ambivalence,

  4. When it come to deliver a message off ambivalence,

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

(C) Corrects the error of gerund.

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.

You are very impatient with her; you should be a bit considerate.

  1. very impatient with her;

  2. very impatient of her;

  3. to impatient to her;

  4. too impatient with her;

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

(D) Corrects the use 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.

There is a little doubt that if no restraint is observed, the situation is liable to go out of hand.

  1. There is a little doubt that if no restraint is observed

  2. There are little doubts that if no restraint is observed

  3. There is little doubt that if no restraint is observed

  4. There is little doubt that whether no restraint is observed

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

(C) Corrects the error of diction.

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.

We had an interesting conversation about recent fashion shows on dinner time.

  1. conversation about recent fashion shows on dinner time.

  2. conversation on recent fashion shows on dinner time.

  3. conversation about recent fashion on dinner time.

  4. conversation about recent fashion shows at dinner time.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(D) Corrects the prepositional error.

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.

Never before have the words 'social service' been as prostituted as it is today. 

  1. as prostituted as it is today

  2. as prostituted it is today

  3. so prostituted than they are today

  4. as prostituted as they are today
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(D) Corrects the error of pronoun. Because, pronoun 'it' is used for plural noun 'the words'. So instead of 'it', 'they' should be used and verb should be 'are'.

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.

Very shortly, my daughter will graduate law school with a degree in law and she will join court.

  1. my daughter will graduate law school with a degree in law and she will join court

  2. my daughter will have graduated from law school with a degree in law and joined court

  3. my daughter will graduate from law school with degree in law and she will join court

  4. my daughter graduates law college with a degree in law and will join court
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(B) Corrects the error of future perfect tense and preposition.

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 idea, something derived from anachronistic technologies, is now to be replaced by new technologies.

  1. something derived from anachronistic technologies, is

  2. something derived of anachronistic technologies, is

  3. something derived of anachronistic technologies, had

  4. something derived off anachronistic technologies, has

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

(A) The sentence is correct.

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 rate of inflation has dropped sharply this week even though the drop may be only provisionally. 

  1. even though the drop may be only provisionally

  2. even though the drop may have been only provisionally

  3. even though the drop may be only provisional

  4. though the drop might be only provisionally
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(C) Corrects the misuse of adverb for adjective.

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.

Everyone of them know that he is more gifted than any other man in the party.

  1. Everyone of them know that

  2. Everyone of them knew that

  3. Everyone of them knows that

  4. Everyone of them know
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(C) Corrects the error of the subject verb agreement.

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.

They all fetched into at her birthday party.

  1. They all fetched into

  2. They all fetched in

  3. They all fetched up

  4. All they fetched up
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(C) Corrects the error of phrasal verb. 'Fetch up' means 'to arrive at a certain place often by chance'.