Spotting Errors

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.

Kimberly (A) helped her daughter (B) to change into a yellow gown with clowns on (C) them while she (D) stepped into a gauzy white suit with a hood and mask. (E) No error

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) Sometime the money Yi-ming’s (B) father made tapping rubber on a plantation (C) wasn’t enough to buy (D) even food. (E) No error

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.

She (A) tried hard to please her new family, (B) and her mother-in-law (C) often dumped her cooking (D) in the garbage. No error

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 his size - (B) five foot three and 58 kg - the shy 14 year old hoped (C) to qualify in (D) autumn for the schools junior football team. (E) No error

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) In October 1982 the Boldos (B) had established the Emmanuel SOS – Adoption foundation (C) in Belgium to find (D) adoptive homes for disabled orphans. (E) No error

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.

He decided (A) not to say (B) nothing in the matter (C) in which his brother (D) was involved. (E) No error

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence is divided into four parts. Each part is lettered and one of these contains an error. The sentence does not contain more than one error. If the sentence contains an error, select the lettered part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) As far the eye (B) could reach, (C) nothing (D) was to be seen except thousands of dead bodies. (E) No error

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence is divided into four parts. Each part is lettered and one of these contains an error. The sentence does not contain more than one error. If the sentence contains an error, select the lettered part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

The (A) acquiring a really good (B) knack of (C) public speaking (D) is a matter of patient effort. (E) No error

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognise grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. The sentence does not contain more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select any one from the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select option (E). In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Daler Mehndi, (A) with his brothers and members of his band, (B) often travels to key cities (C) to give concerts and make (D) appearances public. (E) No error

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognise grammar and usage errors. The sentence is divided into four parts. Each part is lettered and one of these contains an error. The sentence does not contain more than one error. If the sentence contains an error, select the lettered part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select option (E) as your answer. In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) None can deny that (B) every scientific invention has proved to be (C) more harmful to humanity (D) than beneficial. (E) No error

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice. In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Because the plan (A) that was made yesterday is (B) no longer feasible, the director (C) has to choose another (D) alternatives. (E) No error

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognise grammar and usage errors. The sentence is divided into four parts. Each part is lettered and one of these contains an error. The sentence does not contain more than one error. If the sentence contains an error, select the lettered part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select option (E) as your answer. In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Because they are (A) generally taken simply to obtain a (B) recognisable and relatively clear image, most (C) non-professional photographs demand (D) little equipment. (E) No error