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: Indicate the underlined part of the sentence which contains the error. If there is no error, indicate (4) as the answer.

Neither the players nor /the trainer were (1)/ in the locker room when (2)/ the thief broke in.(3) No error(4)

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

In these type of cases where we use 'neither/nor', our verb relates to the second subject. In this case, as the second subject i.e. 'trainer' is singular so, the verb also has to be singular. Therefore, 'was' should replace 'were' in the given sentence.

Multiple choice

Find the error in line 1.

Directions: This passage contains errors and omissions. Choose the correct option from the list given below to correct the corresponding error and complete the passage.

1. “Well, John! did you deliver the note I gave you for Mr. Smith?” inquired a gentleman.

2. His rustic servant John said, Yes, sir.

3. “He delivered the note but I wonder who will read it”, replied the servant.

4. The gentleman told the servant that ________

  1. No question mark is needed after “Smith”.

  2. “did” should begin with a capital letter.

  3. “inquired” should begin with a capital letter.

  4. There should be no sign of exclamation after "John”.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct option is (2). After an exclamation mark, we start a sentence with a capital letter.

Multiple choice

Find the error in line 3.

Directions: This passage contains errors and omissions. Choose the correct option from the list given below to correct the corresponding error and complete the passage.

1. “Well, John! did you deliver the note I gave you for Mr. Smith?” inquired a gentleman.

2. His rustic servant John said, Yes, sir.

3. “He delivered the note but I wonder who will read it”, replied the servant.

4. The gentleman told the servant that ________

  1. Inverted commas are not required before “he”.

  2. “I” should have been written in small letter.

  3. “He” should be replaced with “I”.

  4. Question mark is needed after “note”.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct option is (3) as the sentence is in direct form of speech.

Multiple choice

Directions: Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labeled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your answer in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e. (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) Lack of winter rains (b) have delayed the sowing of (c) wheat crop in this area. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Singular form of verb will be used, ‘has delayed’.

Multiple choice

Directions: Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labeled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your answer in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e. (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) The teacher let the boy off (b) with a warning (c) though he was convinced with his guilt (d) No error.

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Wrong preposition ‘with’ used. It should be ‘of his guilt’.

Multiple choice

Directions: Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labeled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your answer in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e. (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) Our first trip was the most interesting one (b) but our second one (c) was even more interesting. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Instead of ‘the most’ use ‘an’ as the second part refers to an even more interesting trip. ‘The most’ indicates superlative form.