Spotting Errors Questions

Multiple choice
  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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

The sentence contains a grammatical error with redundant causality. 'Since' already establishes a cause-effect relationship, making 'therefore' unnecessary and incorrect. The correct structure would be either 'Since rats are destructive and may carry disease, many cities try to exterminate them' or 'Rats are destructive and may carry disease; therefore many cities try to exterminate them.'

Multiple choice
  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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

The sentence is grammatically correct. 'Even with vast research' properly introduces a concession, 'there is still' correctly states the ongoing situation, and the remaining clauses maintain proper subject-verb agreement and logical flow. All underlined parts are used appropriately.

Multiple choice
  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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

The error is in part (D) where 'occurs' should be 'occur'. The subject is compound ('both high temperature and abundant rainfall'), which is plural and requires the plural verb form 'occur' instead of the singular 'occurs'. This is a subject-verb agreement error.

Multiple choice
  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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

It should be "to be harvested" in place of  "for harvesting". "To harvest" is an action done onto the crops and is not done by the crops.

Multiple choice
  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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

The error is in part (B) where 'seem' should be 'seems'. The subject is 'a camera's image' (singular), which requires the singular verb 'seems' rather than the plural 'seem'. This is a straightforward subject-verb agreement error.

Multiple choice
  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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

Error of parallelism. After 'or' we have 'for' in all 'or' phrases, except the last one. So, to maintain parallelism, the last phrase should be 'or for a stringed instrument'.