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: Read the sentence carefully to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part will be the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5).

The head of the department, along with his colleagues (1) / are coming to attend (2) / the conference which is (3) /scheduled this afternoon (4). / No error. (5)

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

'The head of the department' is a single subject which requires a single verb 'is'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the sentence carefully to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part will be the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5) .

One of the most effective (1) / solutions is that (2) / she should work on Sunday (3) / and complete the assignment (4). / No error (5).

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Delete 'should'. If the modifying clause emphasises the importance of an action in the modified clause,the latter will not use helping verb.The phrase 'the most effective solutions' emphasises the importance.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having an error.

  1. The issues are

  2. complex and

  3. has been obscured

  4. by other factors

  5. No error
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C Correct answer
Explanation

‘have been obscured’ is correct. ‘The issues’ denotes that the subject is plural. Hence, the plural form of the verb is to be used.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having an error.

  1. They were a very

  2. attentive audience

  3. and he also

  4. spoke clear

  5. No error
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D Correct answer
Explanation

‘spoke clearly’ We are describing the way ‘he’ spoke. So, adverb ‘clearly’ is to be used with the verb ‘spoke’.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has four parts marked (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). One of the parts may contain an error and if so, identify the part that contains the error and choose the letter corresponding to that part from the given options. If the sentence does not contain any error, mark (E) as your answer.

The proceeds from this (A)/ cultural event is (B)/ to be given to (C)/ the police welfare society. (D)/ No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has the error. The noun 'proceeds' is a noun that has no singular form. Plural verbs are required for nouns that do not have any singular form. Thus, the correct sentence will replace singular verb 'is' with a plural verb 'are'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has four parts marked (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). One of the parts may contain an error and if so, identify the part that contains the error and choose the letter corresponding to that part from the given options. If the sentence does not contain any error, mark (E) as your answer.

He was the (A)/ best musician who (B)/ ever lived in the (C)/ whole film industry. (D)/ No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has the error. In these type of sentences in which adjective of superlative degree (best) is used, 'that' is used (and not 'who'). So, the correct sentence will replace 'who' with 'that'.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has four parts marked (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). One of the parts may contain an error and if so, identify the part that contains the error and choose the letter corresponding to that part from the given options. If the sentence does not contain any error, mark (E) as your answer.

The packet of (A)/ California almonds (B)/ are missing (C)/ from the almirah. (D)/ No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has the error. While making a sentence, it should be ensured that the verb in the sentence should agree with the true subject and not with the intervening plural object of a preposition or any other intervening plural. In this sentence, the true subject is 'packet' and not 'California almonds'. 'Almonds' is the object of preposition 'of'. Thus, the correct sentence should have 'is' instead of 'are'.