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: Identify the part with an error.

  1. The ways of travelling

  2. has changed dramatically

  3. since

  4. the late nineteenth century.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'has' should be replaced by 'have'. The subject is in plural, so plural verb should be used.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. I never considered him to

  2. be a person who would

  3. go back on his promise and

  4. then do not even apologise.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It should read 'then would not even apologise'. 'Would' is used before the conjunction 'and' so the same verb form should be used after it to maintain parallelism.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. Usually the climate in mountainous areas becomes

  2. much

  3. windy

  4. at higher altitudes.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

As there is no comparison therefore, 'higher' should be replaced by 'high'. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence has three underlined words or phrases. The three underlined parts of the sentence are marked (1), (2) and (3). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer.

(1) Hari was unhappy (2) that he would (3) not attend the marriage of his friend yesterday. (4) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Replace 'would' by 'could'. Would expresses a supposition but here the event has already taken place. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence has three underlined words or phrases. The three underlined parts of the sentence are marked (1), (2) and (3). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. If the sentence needs no change select (4) as your answer.

(1) Anjali's performance in the (2) drama was best than (3) Deepali's but not as good as Vaishali's. (4) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Replace 'best' by 'better' as comparison is made between Anjali's performance and that of Deepali's.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence has three underlined words or phrases. The three underlined parts of the sentence are marked (1), (2) and (3). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. If the sentence needs no change select (4) as your answer.

(1) He ran so fastly (2) that he reached the (3) destination in just two minutes. (4) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Replaced 'fastly' by fast.  

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence has three underlined words or phrases. The three underlined parts of the sentence are marked (1), (2) and (3). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. If the sentence needs no change select (4) as your answer.

(1) Avinash is not so (2) good a batsman to (3) be selected for the national cricket team. (4) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Replace 'to' by 'as to'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. The students

  2. who absent

  3. from the classes,

  4. generally cut a sorry figure in the examination.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Add 'are' before 'absent'. Necessary auxiliary “are” is missing. Since the subject (students) is plural.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. If I shall go

  2. to the bazaar,

  3. I shall bring

  4. some eatables for you.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Delete 'shall'. With conditional words like “if” we do not make use of future words (will/shall).

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. Although

  2. you have

  3. made good to him,

  4. but he still speaks ill of you
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Delete 'but'. 'Although' may or may not be followed by 'yet', but is never followed by 'but'..

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence has three underlined words or phrases. The three underlined parts of the sentence are marked (1), (2) and (3). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. If the sentence needs no change select (4) as your answer.

(1) Satyajit Ray, who conceived co-authored (2) and directed a number of good films was (3) one of India's most talented film maker.(4) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Replace 'maker' by 'makers'. The expression “one of the…” is always followed by a plural noun which means we are talking about one out of many.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part with an error.

  1. The captain

  2. along with

  3. his teammates were killed

  4. in the recent railway accident.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Replace 'were' by 'was'. With conjunction “along with” the verb is used according to the first subject. Here the first subject is (Captain) so singular verb will be used.