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: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

The Ahuja's (a) / are living in this colony (b) / for the last eight years. (c) / No errors (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

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

Case of verb form usage. In such cases, where we need to show the continuity of the action that started in the past and is still taking place, we use present perfect continuous tense. So, it should be - The Ahuja's have been living......

Multiple choice

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

Although we reached his house on time (a) / he was left (b) / for the airport. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Case of improper verb form usage. Whenever two actions in the past happen one after the other, we use past perfect tense and insert 'had' before the action that actually takes place earlier in time. As is clear in the given sentence that when 'we' reached there 'he' was gone,  so we should change 'he was left' into 'he had left'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

It is our duty (a) / to put off our shoes (b) / before entering the sanctum sanctorum of any temple or mosque. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

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

Case of phrasal usage. 'Take off' is the correct usage in such cases as it means 'to remove (a garment, etc.)'. 'Put off' means 'to leave until later; postpone; delay'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

The signpost at the gate (a) / of the garden read, (b) / 'Trespassers will be persecuted'. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

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

Case of subject-verb agreement. Here the subject i.e. 'the signpost' is a singular noun and needs to be followed by a singular auxilary verb. So, 'read' should be changed to 'reads'. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The under given sentence is divided into three parts (A), (B) or (C). Select the part that has an error. If there is no error, mark (D) as the answer.

A lot of form-filling is just a red tape, (A)/ and sometimes the forms are so complicated (B)/ that people can't make head or tail from them. (C)/ No error (D).

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

 'Red tape' is a phrasal verb which means lot of unnecessary bureacratic papaerwork.