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Subject Verb and Pronoun Agreement (Difficult)

Description: Subject Verb and Pronoun Agreement (Moderate)
Number of Questions: 35
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Tags: Subject Verb and Pronoun Agreement (Moderate) Subject Verb Agreement Parts of Speech Pronoun Usage Singular, Plural and Nouns Structural Errors
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Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Page after page

  2. of the Gita were read

  3. and it gave great consolation

  4. to his mind

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It should read "page after page of the Gita 'was' read". When we refer to individual things such as pages, we must use the singular verb 'was'.

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

  1. I had to do so because I felt

  2. that the safety of my sister–nurses

  3. and female attendants there

  4. were in peril

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The subject of the sentence is safety and hence, we need the singular verb 'was' rather than 'were'. The nurses and attendants in this care are the objects fo the sentence. Hence, option 4 is correct.

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

  1. I

  2. have

  3. lots of friends

  4. in college

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C

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

  1. Surely,

  2. it is not his book,

  3. it is

  4. somebody’s else

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Option 4 should be rewritten as "somebody else's". 

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

  1. Since the shipment of

  2. supplies of raw materials

  3. were delayed,

  4. we will have to reschedule our work

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C

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

  1. The facilities at the new research Laboratory,

  2. including an excellent electronic microscope

  3. is among

  4. the best in the country

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Since the subject is 'facilities' we must use the plural verb 'are'.

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

  1. Groups of tissue,

  2. each with its own function

  3. makes up

  4. the organs in the human body

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Here' we must use "make up" since we are talking about groups of tissue. Since the subject is plural (groups of...) we must use the plural verb.

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

  1. Cupid, one of the ancient

  2. Roman gods,

  3. were represented

  4. as a little winged child

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C

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

  1. The minister, with his family and staff,

  2. invite you to a reception

  3. at the hotel on Tuesday afternoon

  4. at five o’clock

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

(invites) In case of 'as well as', 'along with', 'with', the verb connects with the first subject (minister).

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

  1. The first two problems

  2. in the subject of mathematics

  3. are very difficult,

  4. but the rest is easy

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

"The rest" is idiomatic of 'many'. Hence, we must use the plural verb 'are'.

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

  1. At a large university,

  2. one will almost always be able

  3. to find a friend who speaks

  4. your language

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'One' should be followed by it own possessive, one's.

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

  1. Optional equipment on a car

  2. can add great value

  3. to it’s resale value

  4. when you trade it in

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 The apostrophe must be eliminated in the word "it's". 'It's's is the contraction of 'it is' and thus out of context. We would write 'its' instead to indicate ownership.

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

  1. The final exam,

  2. essay tests,

  3. will be given

  4. during the last week of classes

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Since it is a final exam, it will be one test only. Hence, it should be "The final exam, an essay test, will be given during the last week of classes."

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

  1. Regardless of one’s personal beliefs,

  2. you have the responsibility

  3. to report the facts

  4. as impartially as possible

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 We must change it to 'you are responsible'.

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

  1. Clones, plants grown from a single specimen,

  2. are genetically homogeneous

  3. though some characteristics may vary

  4. between various clones of the same species

  5. No error

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Correct Option: D

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

  1. The captain

  2. along with

  3. his team-mates were killed

  4. in the recent Railway accident

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The primary subject is 'the captain' and this means we must use the singular verb 'was' in the sentence.

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

  1. The various consequences of

  2. the decision taken by the

  3. finance ministry was not

  4. foreseen by the bureaucrats

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 The subject of the sentence is 'consequences', thus we must use the plural form of the verb 'were'. 

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

  1. Nothing

  2. but fraud and double dealing

  3. are discernible

  4. in his actions

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C

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

  1. These days, job

  2. opportunities are not as good

  3. as it used to be

  4. in the early sixties

  5. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 they (job opportunities). We must use the word "they" to indicate what is lost, which is 'job opportunities'.

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

  1. There

  2. are

  3. no news

  4. today

  5. No error

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Correct Option: B

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).

Underlying aerodynamics and (A) all other (B) branches of theoretical mechanics (C) are the laws of (D) motions developed in the seventeenth century. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: 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).

Today, modern textile mills can manufacture as much (A) fabrics in (B) a few seconds as it once took (C) workers weeks (D) to produce by hand. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: A

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).

The giraffe's (A) long neck and legs are the (B) most obvious features that (C) make different from (D) all other animals. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C

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).

Algebra is the (A) branch of mathematics concerned with operations on (B) sets of numbers or other (C) elements that are often represented as (D) symbol. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: 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).

Designers of (A) athletic footwear finely tune each category (B) of shoes to (C) their particular activity by (D) studying human motion and physiology. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C

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).

Archaeological (A) investigations indicate that control of fire is an extremely old technical (B) attainment, though (C) the time , place, and mode of (D) their origin may never be learnt. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: 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).

The (A) oceans contain many (B) forms of life that (C) has not (D) yet been discovered. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C

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).

Magnesium, (A) the lightest of our structural metals, has an important place (B) among common engineering materials (C) because of (D) their weight. (D) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: 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).

One can only live without water (A) for about ten days (B) because almost 60 percent of (C) their body (D) is water. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: C

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.

Though Somalia is still one of the poorest countries of the world, there is score of potential area which if properly utilized could help ameliorate its impoverished state.

  1. there is scores of potential area

  2. there is a score of potential areas

  3. there are scores of potential areas

  4. there are scores of potential area

  5. there are scores and scores of potential area

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Correct Option: C

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).

The Grey Wolf, a species (A) reintroduced into (B) their native habitat in the National Park, (C) has begun to breed (D) naturally there. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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Correct Option: B

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.

Either the President or one of his retinue members prefer not to have the punishment of the criminal commuted.

  1. retinue members prefer not to have

  2. retinue member prefers not to have

  3. retinue members prefers not to have

  4. retinue members do not want

  5. retinue members will prefer not to have

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Correct Option: C

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.

Just a few meters away from banks of river Thames stand the Westminster Abbey which today looks exactly as it did when it was built.

  1. stand the Westminster Abbey which today looks

  2. stands the Westminster Abbey which today looks

  3. stands Westminster Abbey which today looks

  4. stand the Westminster's Abbey which today looks

  5. stands the Westminster Abbey which today look

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Correct Option: B

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.

His meteoric rise to fame was attributed to his clandestine nexus with the underworld, and because of it, everyone kept him at an arm’s length.

  1. and because of it, everyone kept him at an arm’s length

  2. and because of it, everyone kept him at arm’s length

  3. and because of this nexus, everyone kept him at an arm’s length

  4. and because of these, everyone kept him at an arm’s length

  5. and because of this, everyone kept him at arm’s length

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Correct Option: C

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.

Ensconced in multiple layers of sponge, none of the Chinese potteries were broken when the worker inadvertently dropped the crate.

  1. Chinese potteries were broken when the worker inadvertently dropped the crate

  2. Chinese potteries broke away when the worker inadvertently dropped the crate

  3. Chinese potteries was broken when the worker inadvertently dropped the crates

  4. Chinese potteries got broken when the workers inadvertently dropped the crate

  5. Chinese pottery was broken when the worker inadvertently dropped the crate

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Correct Option: E
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