Auxiliaries, Modals, Adjectives and Adverbs (Difficult) Online Test

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Auxiliaries, Modals, Adjectives and Adverbs (Difficult)

Description: Auxiliaries Modals Adjectives and Adverbs (difficult)
Number of Questions: 30
Created by: Adhira Saini
Tags: Auxiliaries Modals Adjectives and Adverbs (difficult) Sentence Correction Sentence Correction / Error Identification Tenses Adjectives and Adverbs (Word Usage) Preposition and Conjunction Auxiliaries & Modals Others Sentence Completion Sentence Completion (Part Missing)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

On many occasions
we did helped the poor
people by way of giving them food
and clothes to put on
No error

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

Up to the time the last vote was recorded
it was difficult
to decide whether victory lay with the ruling party
or the opposition
No error

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

When his overall performance
has been good
he needs to work harder
on the theoretical concepts
No error

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

Can I join you
and contribute my mite
for timely completion
of the much delayed project?
No error

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

Having received no reply
to his call,
the teacher took the students to task
for their lackadaisical approach to studies
No error

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

(A) Several million points (B) on the human body (C) register (D) either cold, heat, pain, or touch. (E) No error

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

(A) The light from a firefly is said to be “cold” because the (B) insect's utilization of the energy is so efficient that (C) a little of it (D) is converted into heat. (E) No error

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Weather is the transitory expression of (A) climate that (B) can change (C) great from day to day (D) or season to season. (E) No error

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Turquoise, (A) which is found in microscopic crystals, is opaque with (B) a waxy lustre, varying in (C) colours (D) from greenish grey to sky blue. (E) No error

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Farce is a (A) dramatic form that derives (B) much of its (C) humourous from (D) improbable characters and situations. (E) No error

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

A food (A) additive is (B) any chemical that food manufacturers (C) intently add to their (D) products. (E) No error

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Scientists believe that (A) by altering the genetic composition of plants it is possible to develop specimens that are (B) resisting to (C) disease and have (D) increased food value. (E) No error

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

(A) While studying the chemistry of (B) human body, Dr. Rosalyn Yalow won a Nobel Prize for the research she (C) conducted on the (D) role of hormones. (E) No error

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Discovery of the magnetic (A) effect of coils in the 19^th century (B) had opened the realms of possibilities for the scientists to (C) try measuring an (D) electric current. (E) No error

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

If you (A) knew the facts, why (B) were you not quick to interrupt him (C) when he was so recklessly criticizing me for something I (D) did not do? (E) No error

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

For years, American primitive paintings were not costly; _________ sought by collectors.

neither they were
neither were they
nor they were
nor were they
nor

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

________ scientists involved in basic research, engineers work towards the solution of specific practical problems.

Like
Most unlike
Unlike
Most like
As

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

The international language known as Esperanto _______ to be simple and logical, with a flexible vocabulary and a grammar contained in sixteen basic rules.

designed
will be designed
was designed
had been designed
is being designed

The metal aluminium ______________ in its pure form in nature.

does not occurs
never occurs
occurs not
occurs neither
is not occurring

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

The initial objects with which scientists _________ are the objects of perpetual experience.

concerned
were concerned
are concerned
had to be concerned
must concern

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

Although thunder and lightning are produced at the same time, light waves travel faster _____, so we see the lightning before we hear the thunder.

than sound waves do
than sound waves are
than are sound waves
than sound waves ever have
than sound waves are travelling

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

Children do not normally understand the thinking processes of elders, nor _____________ those of the youngsters.

do the elders
do the elders understand
the elders
the elders understand
the elders do

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

Generally speaking, the harder a student studies, __________ marks he is likely to get.

more the
the more the
more are the
more
more do the

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

In the great cosmic dark, there _______ countless stars and planets both younger and older than our solar system.

are
have been
were
had been
will be

Directions: A part of the sentence that has been underlined has an error. Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

It is a general perception that an uneducated child is more likely to act rude than an educated one.

is most likely to act rude than
is more likely to act rude rather than
is more likely to act ruder than
is more likely to be rude rather than
is more likely to act rudely than

Directions: A part of the sentence that has been underlined has an error. Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

The recent formulated law has hardly done anything to emend the previous one except for changing its wording.

The recent formulated law had hardly done anything
The recent formulated law has done hardly anything
The recently formulated law has done hardly anything
The recently formulated law has hardly done anything
The law recently formulated has hardly done anything

Directions: A part of the sentence that has been underlined has an error. Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

Of the many decisions facing the energy commission as it meets to decide on new directions for the 21^st century, the question of the future of nuclear energy is for certain more perplexing.

is certainly most perplexing
is certainly more perplexing
is for sure the more perplexing
is certainly the most perplexing
is for certain the most perplexing

Directions: A part of the sentence that has been underlined has an error. Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

When British Empire partitioned the Bengal into its two administrative units for the purpose of greater efficiency, it overlooked the language and religious groupings within the area.

When British Empire had partitioned the Bengal into its two administrative units
When British Empire partitioned the Bengal area into two administrative units
When the British Empire partitioned the Bengal into its two administrative units
When British Empire partitioned Bengal into two administrative units
When the British Empire partitioned Bengal into two administrative units

Directions: A part of the sentence that has been underlined has an error. Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

Volcanism occurs on Earth in several geological settings, most of which are associated with the boundaries of the enormous, rigid plates that makes up the lithosphere.

most of which are associated with the boundaries of the enormous, rigid plates that makes up the lithosphere
most of which is associated with the boundaries of the enormous, rigid plates that make up the lithosphere
much of which is associated with the boundaries of the enormous, rigid plates that makes up the lithosphere
many of which are associated with the boundaries of the enormous, rigid plates that make up the lithosphere
much of which are associated with the boundaries of the enormous, rigid plates that make up the lithosphere

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate of the given options.

When Neil Armstrong ___________ on the Moon in 1969, he became the first human being to do so.

who set foot
was setting foot
set foot
had to set foot
was set foot

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