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Error Identification

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Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

A group of friends (a) / want to visit (b) / the new plant as early as possible. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Case of subject-verb agreement. Here the subject is singular i.e. a group of friends. 'A group' being a singular collective noun demands singular auxilary verb with it. So, 'want' should be replaced with 'wants'.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

If I was you (a) I would not have (b) / committed this blunder. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of sentence formation. Whenever we wish something, we use 'were' and not 'was'. So, it should be - If I were you.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error.

The Sunrise Hotel was (a) / fully equipped to offer (b) / a leisure stay (c) / to its clients. (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Case of sentence formation. Here, 'leisure' qualifies to noun 'stay'. So, it should be 'leisurely stay'.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

The duties of a police man are regulating the traffic, (a) / investigating crime (b) / and to contain anti-social elements. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Case of parallelism. Parallelism says that all the parts of a sentence should follow a single pattern. Considering this, 'regulating' and 'investigating' need to be followed by 'containing', and not by 'to contain'.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error.

It is not surprising (a) / that her death cast (b) / a pall of gloom over all those (c) / who came in contact with her. (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Coming into contact with someone is a sort of movement. And to show movement, we use the preposition 'into'.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

The verbal statement of the witness (a) /differed greatly (b) / from his written statement.(c) / No error(d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All the parts of the given sentence are perfectly correct.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

Firstly, you should (a) think over the meaning of the words (b) and then use them. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of proper sentence formation. 'Firstly' should be replaced with 'First'.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

He was not only involved (a) / in her kidnapping (b) / but also in her murder. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of sentence formation. It should be - He was involved not only in.....

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error.

The driver tried his best (a) / to avert the accident by (b) / bringing the car (c) / to suddenly stop. (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Case of adjectival usage. 'Suddenly' is an adverb, which is not required here. 'Suddenly' should be replaced by 'a sudden'.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

The Ahuja's (a) / are living in this colony (b) / for the last eight years. (c) / No errors (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Case of verb form usage. In such cases, where we need to show the continuity of the action that started in the past and is still taking place, we use present perfect continuous tense. So, it should be - The Ahuja's have been living......

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

Although we reached his house on time (a) / he was left (b) / for the airport. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Case of improper verb form usage. Whenever two actions in the past happen one after the other, we use past perfect tense and insert 'had' before the action that actually takes place earlier in time. As is clear in the given sentence that when 'we' reached there 'he' was gone,  so we should change 'he was left' into 'he had left'.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

It is our duty (a) / to put off our shoes (b) / before entering the sanctum sanctorum of any temple or mosque. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Case of phrasal usage. 'Take off' is the correct usage in such cases as it means 'to remove (a garment, etc.)'. 'Put off' means 'to leave until later; postpone; delay'.

Directions: Four words are printed in bold, one of which may be either inappropriate in the context of the sentence or wrongly spelt. Mark that part as your answer.

The exhistance (a) / and attitudes (b) / of the colonial (c) / army were decisive (d) / to the outbreak of civil war.

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Existence

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

There are much inconvenience (a) / that have to be put up with (b) / when you camp. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of sentence formation. 'Much inconvinience' should be changed into 'much inconviniences'.

Directions: Four words have been printed in bold type, one of which is either inappropriate in the context of the sentence or wrongly spelt.

Every member of a community (a) / should fulfill (b) / his moral (c) / obligations towards the other fellow members. (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fulfil

Directions: Four words have been printed in bold type, one of which is either inappropriate in the context of the sentence or wrongly spelt.

The travel (a) / across the sandy desert (b) / was an exhausting one (c) / for the caravan (d).

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Travel is used to talk about going from one place to another. But the actual process or movement is journey. So, the word travel needs to be replaced by journey.

Directions: Four words have been printed in bold type, one of which is either inappropriate in the context of the sentence or wrongly spelt.

The storm soon (a) / disappeared (b) / and the sun started (c) / to shine. (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Some words like 'stop', 'start', etc (if followed by first form of the verb) are used in gerund form and do not take infintive before themselves. So, 'to shine' should be replaced with 'shining'.

Directions: Four words have been printed in bold, one of which is either inappropriate in the context of the sentence or wrongly spelt.

The success of a man (a) / in business (b) / depends over (c) / his attention to detailing and management. (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Case of prepositional usage. Success 'depends upon/on' something, and does not 'depend over'.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

Will that (a) / I were (b) / a millionaire! (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The usage of exclamatory mark at the end of the sentence shows that it is a casse of 'wish'. So, 'will that' is not required here.

Directions: Four words have been printed in bold type, one of which is either inappropriate in the context of the sentence or wrongly spelt.

No sooner we entered (a) / than (b) / he got up (c) / and left the room. (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of verb form usage and cordinative conjunction. 'No sooner' is always followed by 'had'. So, it should be - No sooner had we entered........

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

If you lose your passport (a) in a foreign country (b) / it will effect you in a hard way. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Case of imporper usage of vocabulary. 'Effect' (noun) is the manifestation or result of the 'affect' (verb) or some cause. So, change 'effect' into 'affect'.

Directions: Four words have been printed in bold type, one of which is either inappropriate in the context of the sentence or wrongly spelt.

Language is based on man's deepest emotions (a) / enreached (b) / by his conceptual (c) / grasp of the world (d).

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Enriched

Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.

The signpost at the gate (a) / of the garden read, (b) / 'Trespassers will be persecuted'. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Case of subject-verb agreement. Here the subject i.e. 'the signpost' is a singular noun and needs to be followed by a singular auxilary verb. So, 'read' should be changed to 'reads'. 

Directions: Four words have been printed in bold type, one of which is either inappropriate in the context of the sentence or wrongly spelt. If all correctly spelt, then mark 'all correct' as the answer.

The advent (a) / of the electricity has definitely improved (b) / the quality (c) / of life in villages. All correct (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All the parts of the given sentence are perfectly correct.

Directions: Four words have been printed in bold type, one of which is either inappropriate in the context of the sentence or wrongly spelt.

This is (a) / the time of (b) / the year where (c) / the birds came (d) / to eat the crops.

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

For time we use 'when', and for place we use 'where'.

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