Spotting Errors

Directions: In the following statement, a part has been underlined and is followed by five options. If the underlined part contains an error, choose the option that should replace it to make the sentence correct. If there is no error in the underlined part, mark your answer as (4).

I still remember the pain I had when I parted from Shaun.

Directions: In the following statement, a part has been underlined and is followed by five options. If the underlined part contains an error, choose the option that should replace it to make the sentence correct. If there is no error in the underlined part, mark your answer as (4).

He is not only a member of the committee, but he is also the President of the committee.

Directions: In the following statement, a part has been underlined and is followed by five options. If the underlined part contains an error, choose the option that should replace it to make the sentence correct. If there is no error in the underlined part, mark your answer as (4).

He is the only one of the students who are selected for the quiz.

Directions: In the following sentence, some parts have been underlined and labelled as (A), (B) and (C). Identify the underlined part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part, mark your answer as (D).

(A) Had I been (B) in his position, (C) I would opt for some other solution to the problem. (D) No error

Directions: In the following statement, a part has been underlined and is followed by five options. If the underlined part contains an error, choose the option that should replace it to make the sentence correct. If there is no error in the underlined part, mark your answer as (4).

Between all the schools in the city, our school is the only one to have been rated among the top schools in the country.

Directions: In the following statement, a part has been underlined and is followed by five options. If the underlined part contains an error, choose the option that should replace it to make the sentence correct. If there is no error in the underlined part, mark your answer as (4).

Mary as well as her two sisters are going to the amusement park on next Sunday.

Directions: In the following statement, a part has been underlined and is followed by five options. If the underlined part contains an error, choose the option that should replace it to make the sentence correct. If there is no error in the underlined part, mark your answer as (4).

He was completely ruined, he had lost the few money he had in gambling.

It is past (A) that (B) unfortunately historians insisted (C) on clinging (D) to. (E) No error

Directions for the question:
The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. 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 (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Example:
To suggest the virtues of a home grown language (A) over  (B) all else  (C) have little to do with nationalism and (D) much to do with ostrich mindset. (E) No error

To show the excellence of the art and the (A) lovability of the artist (B) rather than (C) to hunt for defects is the duty and (D) the delight of the teacher of literature. (E) No error

Directions for the question:
The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. 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 (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Example:
To suggest the virtues of a home grown language (A) over  (B) all else  (C) have little to do with nationalism and (D) much to do with ostrich mindset. (E) No error

The country beyond the sand-hills is (A) level with many fertile plains, (B) which are (C) so beautiful river-banks that in all Spain there can be found (D) no better. (E) No error

Directions for the question:
The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. 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 (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Example:
To suggest the virtues of a home grown language (A) over  (B) all else  (C) have little to do with nationalism and (D) much to do with ostrich mindset. (E) No error

(A) The question (B) here is not of autonomy (C) but devolution of (D) power to the grass root level. (E) No error

Directions for the question:
The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. 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 (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Example:
To suggest the virtues of a home grown language (A) over  (B) all else  (C) have little to do with nationalism and (D) much to do with ostrich mindset. (E) No error

Residents of Canary Islands said that an island with high mountains (A) on it could be seen (B) from the west on clear days, but (C) no one (D) could ever find it. (E) No error

Directions for the question:
The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. 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 (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Example:
To suggest the virtues of a home grown language (A) over  (B) all else  (C) have little to do with nationalism and (D) much to do with ostrich mindset. (E) No error

There are a few rules (A) with regard to costuming which (B) put one a long way on the road (C) toward elegance and (D) has economic value as well. (E) No error

Directions for the question:
The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. 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 (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Example:
To suggest the virtues of a home grown language (A) over  (B) all else  (C) have little to do with nationalism and (D) much to do with ostrich mindset. (E) No error

Directions: Given below are sets of three sentences. One, two or all the sentences may have error(s) of grammar or syntax or Standard English usage. Identify only the sentences that are incorrect.

(A) You can't rely on his suggestions to sort out the problem, for the simple reason that he is part of the problem himself. (B) The craftsman who has been forced to produce more and more of the handicraft to meet the ever-increasing demand, was the one to get a raw deal. (C) It has been enunciated about the relationship of man and woman that if a man cannot live with a woman, he cannot live without her either.