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 indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

Ronald Reagan (A) used simple, direct (B) language which was forceful (C) to make his points (D) clear to the audience. (E) No error

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  2. (B)

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  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Forceful' cannot be followed by 'to'. Correct phrase will be 'forceful in making...'

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 indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Prudent and preservation have (B) their place, (C) so do experimentation and (D) curiosity. (E) No error

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  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

'prudence' The sentence lacks in parallelism. The noun form of 'prudent' should be used as all other are in the noun form.

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 indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) On the doctor's table, (B) we noticed that he also (C) has (D) several big bruises on his legs. (E) No error

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  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

had. The beginning is in the past tense (noticed) So, past tense should be used throughout the sentence.

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 indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Feeling weary as he drove his car (B) towards the coast, Kane (C) stops several times to walk (D) around in the fresh air. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Stopped. The first part of the sentence is in the past tense, so the latter part should also be in the past tense. 

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 indicate that part as your answer. If there are no errors, indicate (E) as your answer.

If any one of my (A) three boys happens to break something, (B) instead of chastising (C) them for (D) carelessness, I now prefer to celebrate his boyhood. (E) No error

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  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Since the subject 'one of the boys' is singular, so singular pronoun should be used 'HIM'.

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 indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

Dorothy Aragones is (A) three years old, has curly blond hair, (B) her eyes are gree-brown in colour and eerily blue tinged lips, (C) as if she'd just (D) stepped out of a freezing ocean. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

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  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

'Green-brown eyes'. All the qualities are in the adjective form, only (B) is an independent clause. So, it is wise to change it into the adjective form to maintain parallelism.

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 indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) During some operations, (B) a patient's (C) entire blood supply is (D) drained in the bypass machine. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Incorrect preposition usage is done. Instead of 'in' we should use 'into' as something is happening in motion.

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 indicate that part as your answer.If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

If (A) your fatigue is not due to (B) an underlying illness or (C) drug side affect, lifestyle changes (D) can make a significant difference. (E) No error

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  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'drug side effect' Incorrect word usage is done. ‘Affect’ is a verb and ‘effect’ is a noun. In this sentence, noun form should be used.

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 indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) The doctors (B) thought that the operation was (C) extreme difficult, if (D) not impossible. (E) No error

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  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

An adjective cannot modify another adjective, while an adverb can. So, adverb form should be used 'extremely difficult'.

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 indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Like most boys (B) I spent my days playing games and (C) ran in the fields (D) with my friends. (E) No error

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  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Continuous tense should be used to maintain parallelism 'running'.

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 indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

No matter how (A) hard you try, you (B) will never be able to grasp (C) just how tiny, spatially (D) unassuming, is a proton. (E) No error

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  2. (B)

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence is an assertion or statement, not a question. The correct usage is 'How tiny ... a proton is.'

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 indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) Despite of entering middle age, the book (B) continues to delight both the young and (C) the old in (D) ever-increasing numbers. (E) No error

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  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

'Inspite' is always used with the preposition 'of'.

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 indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as your answer.

(A) More than anything else greeting cards (B) help you to keep (C) alive the (D) found memories of your loved ones. (E) No error

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  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Incorrect word usage is done. ‘Found’ means 'to locate something' and ‘fond’ means 'loving and affectionate', like 'fond memories'.