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: Identify the part having an error.

  1. She

  2. is

  3. very interested

  4. in the work
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(very much interested). With many adjectives very may be used along with others - especially with participles - very much, very well and similar combinations with very are required. It could be 'much interested' also.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. The climate of Trivandrum

  2. is

  3. more pleasant

  4. than inland resorts.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'than that of inland resorts' The characteristic or quality of one object cannot be compared with another object as a whole. (The climate of Trivandrum cannot be compared with Inland resorts, but with the climate of these resorts).

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. We should always

  2. side with those who

  3. are true and unselfish

  4. and work for others.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

 ‘Who work for others’ in place of ‘work for others’. One form of the verb pattern should be used with one subject. If the verb pattern changes the subject must be mentioned. Here, the subject is ‘those who’ and the two verb constructions are ‘who are’ (auxiliary verb) and 'who work' (action verb). Thus, there must be a subject with the second.

Multiple choice

Directions: A sentence has been divided into four parts and numbered (1) to (4). Identify the part with an error and mark that as your answer.

  1. I

  2. cannot

  3. hardly read

  4. the letter.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct word to be used here is 'can'. ‘Hardly’ conveys a negative meaning, and if we use it with ‘cannot’, we are making the mistake of using a double negative. So sentence is- 'I can hardly read the letter'. 'Hardly conveys that the letter can be read with difficulty/only just. If we remove hardly it will convey the meaning that the speaker cannot read the letter which changes the meaning of the sentence.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. On taking pity

  2. on the rat

  3. the sage transformed it

  4. into a dog.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Error of repetition. Delete 'on' in the beginning as it is not required....'Taking pity on the rat.......'

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. This story is about a boy

  2. who meets a baby tiger in the jungle

  3. and

  4. became its friend.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'who met a baby tiger in the jungle'. Past indefinite tense is used to relate a story.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. We heard him to say

  2. something disgraceful about his cousin

  3. who had left the house

  4. all of a sudden.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

We heard him saying. Instead of infinitive, gerund form will be used.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. This type of product

  2. is not available in

  3. any of the shop

  4. in the market around my locality.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'any of the shops' is the correct expression as adjectives 'one of ', 'any of', etc take plural subject.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. I have read very carefully

  2. the three first chapters of this book

  3. and I have just glanced through

  4. the rest of the novel.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

the first three chapters of this book. Incorrect word order has been made. Ordinal should come before the adjective.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. The most of the early attempts

  2. to raise computer literacy in rural India

  3. have been funded by

  4. non-governmental organisations.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Avoid using unnecessary article “the” as we are not being definite.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. The challenge is therefore not only

  2. to make more available computers

  3. but also to make their use affordable

  4. and the programme self sustaining.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Available computers' is incorrect word order. Correct order is 'computers available'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. It is perhaps unfair to expect the Finance Ministry's report,

  2. the first quarter review mandated by the Fiscal responsibility

  3. and management Act, to forecast

  4. the shape of the economic recovery in 2003-2004.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Adjective form of the word (quarterly) will be used as it modifies the noun “review”.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. A majority of the educationists

  2. believes that

  3. too many examinations

  4. are counter-productive.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A majority, as a subject, is taken as plural. Thus, 'believe that'.