English Language

Spotting Errors

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Spotting Errors Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having a grammatical error.

(A) You and your wife (B) appear to have seen (C) much more happier days. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Happier' is already a comparative adjective, so adding 'more' creates an error called double comparative. The correct phrase is 'much happier days' where 'much' intensifies the comparative. Similarly, we say 'more beautiful' not 'more more beautiful'. 'Happier' cannot take 'more' before it; this is a grammatical error with comparatives.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having a grammatical error.

(A) Suresh asked Akbar (B) when could he (C) reach Kanpur. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In reported (indirect) questions, the subject comes before the verb (unlike direct questions). 'When could he reach Kanpur' is in direct question form. It should be 'when he could reach Kanpur' in reported speech. Suresh asked (indirect) → the clause should be陈述语序, not question word order. This is standard reported speech transformation.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having a grammatical error.

(A) The Principal, along with teachers (B) were invited (C) on the occasion. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

With 'along with', the verb agrees with the first subject only. 'The Principal' is singular, so the verb should be 'was invited', not 'were invited'. Phrases like 'along with', 'together with', 'as well as', or 'accompanied by' don't create compound subjects; only 'and' does. The grammatical subject is Principal (singular), so the verb must be singular.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having a grammatical error.

(A) The price of this car is (B) higher than (C) your new car. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence compares price (a quality) to car (an object). The correct comparison requires 'that of' to link like things: 'higher than that of your new car' or restructure as 'higher than your new car's price'. Option C omits this necessary reference phrase.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having a grammatical error.

(A) He could not give cattle (B) green fodder today because (C) he has broken his right hand a week ago. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The time reference 'today' requires present perfect, not past perfect. 'He has broken his right hand' (present perfect linking to now) is correct. The combination 'could not give... today because he has broken... a week ago' is logically sound - the injury happened earlier but affects current ability.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having a grammatical error.

(A) No sooner the bell rang (B) than all students ran out (C) of their classes helter-skelter. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

'No sooner' requires inversion of subject and auxiliary verb immediately after. Correct form: 'No sooner DID the bell ring than...' or 'No sooner HAD the bell rung than...' Option A lacks this required auxiliary verb inversion.

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) Ram is (B) very poor (C) to help you. (D) No error

  1. A

  2. B

  3. C

  4. D
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(B) Replace 'very poor' with 'too poor'. Remember: 'Too' means 'more than enough' while 'very' is used to simply make the adjective or adverb stronger.

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) It is (B) very hot (C) to go out. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(B). Replace 'very hot' with 'too hot'. Remember: 'Too' means 'more than enough' while 'very' is used to simply make the adjective or adverb stronger.

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) You are (B) too (C) proud. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (C)

  3. (B)

  4. (D)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(B). Replace 'too' with 'very'. Remember: 'Too' means 'more than enough' while 'very' is used to simply make the adjective or adverb stronger.

Multiple choice

Ankit was able to solve the question as fast as his brother did.

 

Each of the sentence correction questions presents a sentence, part or all of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to grammar, word choice and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact and free of grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity and redundancy.

 

  1. Ankit was able to solve the question as fast as his brother did.

  2. Ankit was able to solve the question like his brother.

  3. Ankit was able to solve the question as fast as his brother.

  4. Ankit was able to solve the question like his brother did.

  5. Ankit was able to solve the question as fast as his brother was able to solve.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Ankit's ability to solve can be compared only to 'the way his brother did'.

Multiple choice

Only those students are selected for the event who are older than eighteen and those who are taller than six feet.

 

Each of the sentence correction questions presents a sentence, part or all of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. Follow the requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to grammar, word choice and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact and free of grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity and redundancy.

 

  1. who are older than eighteen and taller than six feet

  2. who are older than eighteen and who are taller than six feet

  3. who are older than eighteen but who are taller than six feet

  4. who are older than eighteen as well as who are taller than six feet

  5. who are older than eighteen and also who are taller than six feet
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A Correct answer
Explanation

'those students... who are' is parallel to 'those who are'.