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: The sentence given below has been divided into three parts and marked as (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out an error, if any. No sentence has 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.

He started (a) at five (b) on the morning. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Preposition error -“in the morning”

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below has been divided into three parts and marked as (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out an error, if any. No sentence has 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.

He is (a) twenty four and (b) I only twenty three. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Correction – “I am only“

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below has been divided into three parts and marked as (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out an error, if any. No sentence has 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.

I met (a) him (b) on the bus stand. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Preposition error - “at“ instead of “on”

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below has been divided into three parts and marked as (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out an error, if any. No sentence has 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.

I shall (a) meet you (b) without failure. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Correction -“without failing“ instead of “failure”

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been broken in three parts (A), (B) and (C). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

At the zoo, little (A)/ Trisha saw the lion, zebra (B)/ and the elephant. (C)/ No error (D)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. .
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has an error. In this sentence, the rule of parallelism has been violated. If the article ‘the’ has been included before the first item (the lion), not before the second item (zebra), then it should not have been repeated before the last item (the elephant).

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been broken in three parts (A), (B) and (C). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

The children, accompanied by (A)/ the teachers, is going to (B)/ watch an educational movie. (C)/ No error (D)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. .
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has an error. The sentence has the subject-verb disagreement between the plural subject (children) and singular verb (is). The correct sentence should have a plural verb (are), instead of the singular verb (is). The accompanied phrase does not alter the relationship between the subject and the verb, but only provides extra information.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been broken in three parts (A), (B) and (C). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

In the nursery school, (A)/ a child is taught how to read, (B)/ how to write and to speak. (C)/ No error (D)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. .
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has an error. This sentence violates the rule of parallelism. Whatever grammatical form is applied to one item, must be applied to all. Hence,’ how to read, how to write’ is correct but ‘to speak’ should be ‘how to speak’.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been broken in three parts (A), (B) and (C). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

The entrance test (A)/ was taken by (B)/ Rohit and I. (C)/ No error (D)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. .
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has an error. Here, an incorrect pronoun ‘I’ has been used, which makes the sentence incorrect. The correct pronoun here is ‘me’.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been broken in three parts (A), (B) and (C). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

Rahul, Johnny and Amit (A)/ are going for (B)/ the New Years’ party. (C)/ No error (D)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. .
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as the sentence has no error. Here, as the names are separated by the word ‘and’, the subject becomes plural and thus, the plural subject requires plural noun (are).

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been broken in three parts (A), (B) and (C). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

The bus went (A)/ before we reached the bus stand (B)/ late due to a traffic jam. (C)/ No error (D)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. .
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A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has an error. Here, an incorrect simple past form (went) has been used in place of past perfect form (had gone).

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been broken in three parts (A), (B) and (C). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

Tina says she (A)/ would meet him today (B)/ at twelve in the afternoon. (C)/ No error (D)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. .
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has an error. Here, ‘says’ refers to the present form and with the present form, present form of verb ‘will’ should have been used, instead of ‘would’ which is a past form of verb.