Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:The following sentence has been split into segments. One of them may contain an error. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
No one were / present when I / entered the hall.
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6482f6f851bf1947530a8ee7- 1present when Ifalse
- 2entered the hallfalse
- 3No one weretrue
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 3. "No one were"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "No one was present when I entered the hall." The verb "were" should be replaced with "was."
Q:Directions : In the following questions, a sentence is divided into five parts with one of the parts of each sentence is highlighted in bold suggesting the grammatically correct part of the sentence. Out of the four other parts, choose the part of the sentence which contains grammatical or contextual error in it. If the given sentence is both grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, choose option (E) i.e., “No error” as your answer.
He would have asked(1)/Mohan to leave his room (2)/that very minute if (3)/her brother would have been in the house that day. (4)/ No error (5)
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5e9fd9c7ef7e02504898895b- 1He would have askedfalse
- 2Mohan to leave his roomfalse
- 3that very minute iffalse
- 4her brother would have been in the house that daytrue
- 5No errorfalse
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Answer : 4. "her brother would have been in the house that day "
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Did you baked / the chocolate cake / yourself this time?
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64870f79f4063d472f418340- 1Did you bakedtrue
- 2No errorfalse
- 3yourself this timefalse
- 4the chocolate cakefalse
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Answer : 1. "Did you baked"
Explanation :
The correct past tense form should be "Did you bake the chocolate cake yourself this time?" The verb "bake" does not need "did" before it.
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).
India and China have agreed (A)/ to cooperate over sourcing (B)/ energy from international markets.(C)/ No error (D)
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6128ca453d56b7281f1463aa- 1India and China have agreedfalse
- 2to cooperate over sourcingtrue
- 3energy from international marketsfalse
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 2. "to cooperate over sourcing"
Q: Direction: - In the question read each sentence to find out whether there is any 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 (D). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
The various consequences of (A)/ the decision taken by the (B)/ fiancé ministry was not foreseen by the bureaucrats. (C) No error.
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601165872a5c813e1574cf69The various consequences of (A)/ the decision taken by the (B)/ fiancé ministry was not foreseen by the bureaucrats. (C) No error.
- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Ctrue
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Answer : 3. "C"
Q:In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.
He built the theatre as a tribute to his rootings (1)/ and the thought of it outlasting him, (2)/ would surely have given him the greatest joy. (3)/ No error. (4)
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601942216d6bae40a63746ec- 11true
- 22false
- 33false
- 44false
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Answer : 1. "1"
Q:In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.
The most effective measure to keep (1)/ our roads safe is enforcement of rules (2)/ with zero tolerance to any violate rule. (3)/ No error. (4)
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601942806d6bae40a63748c5- 11false
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Answer : 3. "3"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
She said that it was 4 o’clock on her watch when she entered.
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611df34a1e063c11311b8b38- 1when she enteredfalse
- 2She said thatfalse
- 3it was 4 o’clockfalse
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