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 following sentence has been split into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

He is a real (A)/ good orator who (B)/ can speak on (C)/ any subject. (D)/ No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as there is an error in this part of the sentence. Here, the word 'real' is used to modify the adjective 'good'. Real is an adjective, but only adverbs modify adjectives. The correct sentence will replace real (adjective) with really (adverb).

The correct sentence will be: He is a really good orator who can speak on any subject.  

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

The engineer was told (A)/ to calculate the (B)/ measurements carefully, accurately (C)/ and with precision. (D)/ No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has the error of parallelism. In this sentence, 'carefully' and 'accurately' are both adjectives, but 'with precision' is not. The correct sentence will replace 'with precision' with 'precisely'. Thus, the correct sentence will be: The engineer was told to calculate the measurements carefully, accurately and precisely.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

Under these circumstances, (A)/ the court cannot (B)/ hold you and him (C)/ guilty of theft. (D)/ No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as the sentence has no error. It is grammatically correct.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

The mother, together (A)/ with her son and (B)/ daughters, are going (C)/ to the movie. (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 there is an error in this part of the sentence. Here, 'the mother' (subject) is singular and 'are going' (verb) is plural. This sentence has an error of subject-verb agreement as the subject is singular and the verb is plural. The accompanying phrase, together with her son and daughters, does not in any way alter the grammatical relation. Thus, the correct sentence will be: The mother, together with her son and daughters, is going (singular verb) to the movie.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

If we had reached (A)/ on time, (B)/ we would caught (C)/ the train. (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 is incorrect. The first part of the sentence is in the past perfect form (had reached), but the second part is in second form of future tense (would). To make the sentence grammatically correct, the second part should be converted into future perfect tense (would have). Thus, the correct sentence would be: If we had reached on time, we would have caught the train.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

Of my two (A)/ brothers, the (B)/ taller one is two years (C)/ elder to me. (D)/ No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this sentence has an error of incorrect usage of adjective. Here, 'elder' has been used that indicates seniority in relation. Here, 'older' should have been used that indicates seniority in age. The correct sentence would be: Of my two brothers, the taller one is two years older than me.