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: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (d) as your answer.

I was crossed (a)/ the road (b)/ when you called me. (c)/ No error (d)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

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Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (d) as your answer.

The patient had died (a)/ before (b)/ the doctor had arrived. (c)/ No error (d)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

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Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (d) as your answer.

Had he (a)/ adequate money, (b)/ he will bought that bungalow. (c)/ No error (d)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

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Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (d) as your answer.

She has been (a)/ managing this center (b)/ for sometime. (c)/ No error (d)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

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Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (d) as your answer.

They left (a)/ from there after waited (b)/ for almost six hours. (c)/ No error (d)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

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Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (d) as your answer.

One of the most brilliant idea (a)/ is to work very hard (b)/ to reach that particular position. (c)/ No error (d)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

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Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (d) as your answer.

I ran fastly (a)/ in order to (b)/ catch the train on time. (c)/ No error (d)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

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Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (d) as your answer.

Rosa wants (a)/ to know the fact about (b)/ the earth and its mystery. (c)/ No error (e)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

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Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (d) as your answer.

The coffee (a)/ is very (b)/ hot to drink. (c)/ No error (d)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

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Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (d) as your answer.

He left (a)/ early since he has (b)/ an urgent work. (c)/ No error (d)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

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Multiple choice

Which of the following options is the best substitute for the underlined word in statement I?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, have been left out/have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.

Statement I: Long, long ago, a young man returned to his native village for holidays. Although he wanted to enjoy nature, he was sitting under an apple tree in his mother’s beautiful garden.
Statement II: He saw an apple felled to the ground.
Statement III: They began to wonder why the apple fell towards the ground. He concluded that
Statement IV: this happened _________.

Because
However
Therefore
As a result of

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Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects/completes statement IV?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, have been left out/have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.

Statement I: Long, long ago, a young man returned to his native village for holidays. Although he wanted to enjoy nature, he was sitting under an apple tree in his mother’s beautiful garden.
Statement II: He saw an apple felled to the ground.
Statement III: They began to wonder why the apple fell towards the ground. He concluded that
Statement IV: this happened _________.

because their was a storm
because here were floods
because he plucked it
because there was some force which attracted all things towards the earth

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Multiple choice

Which of the following options is the best substitute for the underlined words in statement II?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, have been left out/have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.

Statement I: Long, long ago, a young man returned to his native village for holidays. Although he wanted to enjoy nature, he was sitting under an apple tree in his mother’s beautiful garden.
Statement II: He saw an apple felled to the ground.
Statement III: They began to wonder why the apple fell towards the ground. He concluded that
Statement IV: this happened _________.

fell
falling
was falling
had falling

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Multiple choice

Which of the following options is the best substitute for the underlined words in statement III?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, have been left out/have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.

Statement I: Long, long ago, a young man returned to his native village for holidays. Although he wanted to enjoy nature, he was sitting under an apple tree in his mother’s beautiful garden.
Statement II: He saw an apple felled to the ground.
Statement III: They began to wonder why the apple fell towards the ground. He concluded that
Statement IV: this happened _________.

She
He
His mother
The gardener

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Multiple choice

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (d). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)

At the (a)/ annual function of the school (b)/ the principal advised to the students to be ideal citizens. (c)/ No error. (d)/

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

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