English Language

Spotting Errors

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Spotting Errors Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E) i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

The company has announced (A)/ a bonus for all (B)/ employee who (C)/ achieve their sales targets. (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

"All the employees" is the correct phrase.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E) i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

Mr. Sethi was (A)/not given a promotion (B)/ because he is (C)/frequent absent. (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

"Frequently absent" is the correct phrase.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E) i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

He has been assigned (A)/ with that team (B)/because he is (C)/well qualified and experienced. (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Use of simple present is correct here.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E) i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

The cashier cannot (A)/ give no explanation (B)/ for the money (C)/ that is missing. (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Case of double negatives.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E) i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

Inspite of (A)/so many hardships (B) /Amar has managed (C)/to success. (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

"Managed to succeed" is the correct phrase.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E) i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

Instead criticising (A)/ why don't (B)/ you help (C)/ with the presentation. (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

It should be "instead of".

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E) i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

The manager has (A)/confidence in the engineer (B)/ ability to (C)/ design the new software. (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

It should be "engineer's ability" in place of "engineer ability".

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E) i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

The company's new project (A)/cannot be launched (B)/unless the approval (C)/ of the board. (D) No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

It should be, "until the approval" to refer to time.

Multiple choice

Directions: Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no mistake, the answer is No error

Our new playground (a) / is big and cleaner (b) / than theirs (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The error is in part (b). When comparing two qualities of the same subject, both adjectives must be in the same degree. It should be 'bigger and cleaner' or 'more big and more clean' (though the former is standard).

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below has been split into three parts marked (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out the error, if any. The sentence does not have more than one error. If you find any part erroneous, pick that part as your answer or choose (d) as your answer in case of no error.

Teacher said (a) that the earth moved (b) around the sun. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Correction - “that the earth moves around the sun”. The earth continuously moves around the sun. Hence, we can only say "moves around". Hence, option (2) is correct.