General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
She watched / the thief who / steal the purse / in the bus.
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649ab3511a612ce001f67d84- 1the thief whofalse
- 2in the busfalse
- 3steal the pursetrue
- 4She watchedfalse
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Answer : 3. "steal the purse"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "the thief who stole the purse." The verb "steal" should be replaced with "stole" to match the past tense.
Q:Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
We cannot allow them to run away.
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5f9a7b29458f2d3833a57c2d- 1They would not be allowed to run away.false
- 2They should not be allowed to run away.false
- 3They could not be allowed to run away.false
- 4They cannot be allowed to run away.true
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Answer : 4. "They cannot be allowed to run away."
Q: Select the correctly spelt word.
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5f60509109624c19c5c149d2- 1Prioretyfalse
- 2Jelousfalse
- 3Disgisefalse
- 4Nourishtrue
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Answer : 4. "Nourish"
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
The Chief Minister had no time (A) / to pay attention (B) / on such simple matters.(C) / No error (D).
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5f21214a0fc7110ad91fc383- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Ctrue
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Answer : 3. "C"
Q: Directions: In the question given below, a part of the sentence is highlighted. Below are given alternatives to the highlighted part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).
Whenever the two sisters go out for shopping, they take their pet dog with them.
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6037698824cd273bc4f51579Whenever the two sisters go out for shopping, they take their pet dog with them.
- 1go out to shoppingfalse
- 2go out on shoppingfalse
- 3go out shoppingtrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "go out shopping "
Q: Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternative to the bold part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D).
Q.6.The loud and incessant chatter worries your father who is trying to concentrate.
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5d7b43ced7bcd21c935a8f73Q.6.The loud and incessant chatter worries your father who is trying to concentrate.
- 1aggravatesfalse
- 2annoysfalse
- 3irritatestrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "irritates "
Q: Which of the phrase (A), (B), (C), and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in the following sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer.
They cooks up a story in order to get out of the situation.
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5d494eb42ef8ad44d161c427They cooks up a story in order to get out of the situation.
- 1cooked in a storyfalse
- 2cooked up a storytrue
- 3cooked up a storiesfalse
- 4cooked on the storyfalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "cooked up a story"
Q:Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
The movement, which aims to (a) / raise awareness about climate change, hopes (b) / to bring people together to think about (c) / what they can do for reduce harmful pollution. (d) / No error (e)
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64edadfd2e7e7af712cd6e7a- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dtrue
- 5Efalse
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