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: Four parts of the given sentence have been underlined. Identify the part having an error and that is the answer of the question. If no part has an error, mark (5) as your answer.

Tilling means (1) preparing the soil (2) to plant the seeds and keeping the soil in the best condition (3) to help the crop grow until it is ready (4) for harvesting. (5) No error

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Replace ‘for harvesting’ by ‘to harvest’. The crop is ready to harvest. 

Multiple choice

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) Very occasionally a neutrino will collide with a neutron (2) in a chloride nucleus, turning the (3) latter into a proton and simultaneously turning the chlorine atom (4) to radioactive argon. (5) No error

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Replace 'to' by 'into'. The phrasal prepositional use is 'turning into'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

The President (1) alluded (2) about growing indiscipline (3) among parliamentarians in his speech before (4) the joint session of parliament. (5) No error

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Change 'about' to 'to' to correct the prepositional error. Alluded means referenced and 'to' is the correlative.

Multiple choice

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) My son is (2) in a boarding school; (3) I visit (4) him every month. (5) No error

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Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Change ‘in’ to ‘at’ to correct the prepositional error. The correct expression is ‘at a boarding school’. ‘In’ is used for regions and ‘at’ is used for places.

Multiple choice

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) They cut down (2) the dry uprooted tree (3) for (4) firewood. (5) No error

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Change 'cut-down' to 'cut-up'. 'Cut-down' means 'to make something fall down by cutting to at the base', while cut-up means to divide something into pieces. The tree is already uprooted. They can't cut it down.

Multiple choice

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

He (1) hit the ball (2) which (3) glanced over the goal post (4) into the net. (5) No error

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Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Change 'glanced over' to 'glanced off' to correct phrasal verb error. 'Glanced off' means to hit something at an angle and bounce off in another direction. 'Glance over' is to give a casual look.