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. This realism

  2. of Tendulkar

  3. is the main feature

  4. of his performances
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

‘Tendulkar’s in place of ‘Tendulkar’. We are referring to something (realism) belonging to Tendulkar so possessive form will be used.

Multiple choice

Directions: The undergiven sentence has been diveded into some parts and one of these parts may contain an error. Mark the part with error. The teacher [A]/together with his[B]/ wife and daughter [C]/were drowned.[D]

  1. A

  2. B

  3. C

  4. D
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D Correct answer
Explanation

When a subject is followed by 'together with', the verb must agree with the first subject ('The teacher'). Since 'The teacher' is singular, the verb should be 'was' instead of 'were'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The undergiven sentence has been diveded into some parts and one of these parts may contain an error. Mark the part with error. He is a [a]/man whom[b]/I know [c]/is trust worthly.[d]/

  1. a

  2. b

  3. c

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

The correct pronoun is 'who,' not 'whom.' Use 'who' as the subject of a clause (he who I know is trustworthy), while 'whom' is used as an object. Also, 'trust worthly' should be spelled 'trustworthily,' but the primary error is the pronoun.