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 sentence some parts have been underlined and labelled A, B, C and D. Identify the part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part of the sentence, mark your answer as E.

(A) Raj is (B) better than (C) any player in(D) the team. (E) No error.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In a comparative degree, use 'than any other'. If 'other' is not added, the 'any' would include 'Raj' also.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following sentence some parts have been underlined and labelled A, B and C. Identify the part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part of the sentence, mark your answer as D.

(A) We prefer (B) milk than (C) tea. (D) No error.

  1. (A)

  2. (C)

  3. (B)

  4. (D)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Replace 'milk than' with 'milk to'. Some comparative degrees of adjectives (viz., prefer, senior, junior, superior, inferior, prior and preferable) take the preposition 'to', and not 'than'.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following sentence some parts have been underlined and labelled A, B and C. Identify the part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part of the sentence, mark your answer as D.

(A) Her ring is (B) superior (C) than me. (D) No error.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (D)

  4. (C)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Replace 'than me' with 'to mine'. Some comparative degrees of adjectives (viz., prefer, senior, junior, superior, inferior, prior and preferable) takes preposition 'to', and not 'than'. 'Mine' shows the possessive case.