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: The sentence below is underlined or has an underlined part. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or syntax. There are five options that seek to correct the error (including an option that simply repeats the sentence). Select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

The Britishers ruled India for two and a half centuries.

  1. for two and a half centuries

  2. for two and a half century

  3. for two centuries and a half

  4. for two century and a half century

  5. since two century and a half
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The option rectifies the error of misplaced noun. When ‘a half’ or ‘a quarter’ follows a numeral adjective, the noun is put after the first numeral adjective.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below is underlined or has an underlined part. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or syntax. There are five options that seek to correct the error (including an option that simply repeats the sentence). Select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

You are very impatient with her, you should be a bit considerate.

  1. very impatient with her

  2. very impatient of her

  3. to impatient to her

  4. too impatient with her

  5. very impatient to her
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The corrects the use of adverb. ‘Very’ implies a positive connotation, whereas the sentence is in a negative connotation. Hence, the correct word to use is ‘too’.