Spotting Errors Questions

Multiple choice
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Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

‘He can’t even’ will be the correct sequence.

Multiple choice
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  4. (d)

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Avoid repetition of ‘he can’. “He can’ has been placed before the ‘neither & nor’ statement, so it need not be repeated.

Multiple choice
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  4. (d)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Singular form of verb i.e ‘comes’ will be used.

Multiple choice
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  4. (d)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

"Luggage" is an uncountable noun, like "water". It has no plural form.

Multiple choice
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  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The words ‘our’ and ‘own’ means the same, so we can avoid the use of word ‘own’.

Multiple choice
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  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The word ‘healthier’ is the comparative form of ‘healthy’, so we should not use ‘more’ with it.

Multiple choice
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  2. (b)

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  4. (d)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

’Not only’ is followed by verb ‘was’, whereas ‘but also’ has a noun after it. So, ‘was’ needs to be placed before ‘not only’.’He was not only…..’

Multiple choice
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  2. (b)

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  4. (d)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

‘News’ is singular, so verb will also be singular.i.e ‘travels’.

Multiple choice
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  4. (d)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Repetition of ‘as chairman’. Element of redundancy.

Multiple choice
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  4. (d)

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Repetition of words ‘not to ignore’ can be avoided.

Multiple choice
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  4. (d)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Past perfect tense ‘had seen’ needs to be used.

Multiple choice
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  4. (d)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Error of punctuation. Semicolon should be used in place of comma.

Multiple choice
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  4. (d)

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Error of redundancy. ’As to’ should be omitted.

Multiple choice
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  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

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B Correct answer
Explanation

We will not use infinitive form ‘to criticise’ but gerund form ‘criticising’.

Multiple choice
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  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'a lot of difficulty’ will be the correct phrase.