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Spotting Errors Test

Description: spotting the errors
Number of Questions: 25
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Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. What clever

  2. student

  3. you are!

  4. No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correction -“what a clever”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. I saw

  2. a flock

  3. of sheeps.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

“Sheep” instead of “sheeps”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. He is

  2. best boy

  3. in the class.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correction - “the best boy“

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. The juries

  2. found the

  3. prisoner guilty.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

“The Jury”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. There is

  2. a few libraries

  3. in the town.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Subject verb agreement- “are” instead of “is”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. He

  2. gave me

  3. many words of abuse.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correction-“used” instead of “gave me”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. Do not forget

  2. the kindness of which

  3. who helped you.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correction- “the kindness of those” 

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. Economics

  2. were taught by

  3. Dr. Amartya Sen.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Subject verb agreement- “is” instead of “are”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. The children

  2. love

  3. the fruits.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

”The“ is redundant.

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. One cannot

  2. be too careful

  3. about what he says.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

One is followed by One correction -“about what one says”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. This is the

  2. same man whom

  3. we saw yesterday.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

With the word “same” we either use “that “ or “as”. Correction -“Same man that”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. No further

  2. information

  3. are available.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Subject verb agreement- “is” instead of “are

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. I did it for

  2. your friend's

  3. Ajay's sake.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

“your friend”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. She sent

  2. two pairs

  3. of shoes.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There is no error.

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. My house

  2. is larger

  3. than their.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

“than that of theirs”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. This is the

  2. pen those

  3. I write with.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

”that” instead of “those”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. The boy who name

  2. I don't know

  3. is very tall.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

“whose” instead of “who”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. This is the

  2. best which

  3. we can do.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

“what” instead of “which”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. Let you

  2. and I

  3. do this work.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correction- “you and me“

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. When we two

  2. parted, we vowed

  3. to one another.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

“each other“ instead of “one another”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. Show me the

  2. man

  3. whom did it.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

”who” instead of “whom”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. She prefers

  2. tea than

  3. milk shake.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Note that “prefer to” is the correct usage. 

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. Jobin is

  2. as clever

  3. as her.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correction- “as she”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. The first two chapters

  2. of the novel

  3. was rather dull.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Subject verb agreement -“were”

Directions: The sentence given below is divided into three parts and marked as (1), (2) and (3). Identify the part having an error. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer

  1. Five boys was

  2. seated on

  3. each bench.

  4. No error

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Subject verb agreement -“were”

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