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 below has been divided into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or diction. Select the part having the error.

  1. Continuing its sharp slide, the currency tumbled

  2. 47 units touched a new low of 55.86 against the

  3. US dollar in the late morning trade due to

  4. persistent demand for the American currency
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Error in option (2). 'touch' should be replaced with simple infinitive 'to touch'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or diction. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, choose option (e).

(a) They are building solid concrete walls in places where, (b) they think, perhaps once in a thousand years there will be a landslide and (c) needlessly dig up bamboo groves which will most assuredly (d) not be washed away, by stacking up concrete blocks (e) No error

  1. a

  2. b

  3. c

  4. d
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Error of parallelism is in option (3). 'Building … digging up… stacking up'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or diction. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, choose option (e).

(a) Merchants buy and sell, come up with schemes (b) for increasing their profits, curry favour with rulers, (c) deceive the scholars, farmers, and artisans, (d) and are competing with each other in their profit-seeking (e) No error

  1. a

  2. b

  3. c

  4. d
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Replace 'are competing' with 'compete' to correct the error of parallelism in option (4). (Buy and sell… come up…curry…deceive... and compete)

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or diction. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, choose option (e).

(a) The repair work on the railroad will (b) continue round the clock from today (c) until Friday or (d) till it is deemed necessary by the authorities concerned (e) No error

  1. a

  2. b

  3. c

  4. d
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Error of parallelism is there in option (3). Replace 'until' with 'till'. (to maintain parallel structure: till … or till..)

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or diction. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, choose option (e).

(a) Activities that increase self-awareness, (b) strengthen relationship with others and (c) that build a connection to the universe (d) are more appropriate for a school setting (e) No error

  1. a

  2. b

  3. c

  4. d
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Error of parallelism. “that increase, …strengthen, …and build…”