Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
Until the world lasts, (1)/the earth will go (2)/ round the sun.(3)/ No error.(4)
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630cadf14e3bf85cbe705f97- 11false
- 22false
- 33false
- 44true
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Answer : 4. "4"
Q: Identify the part of the sentence that has an error:
Yesterday, while I was outside, my friend has come to my house.
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5ff6c01074b886721a745e14Yesterday, while I was outside, my friend has come to my house.
- 1Yesterday,false
- 2while I was outsidefalse
- 3my friend has cometrue
- 4to my house.false
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Answer : 3. "my friend has come"
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
No sooner did Priya / get her report card / when she started jumping / with joy.
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649031f6e8d2170cb3c0dad9- 1get her report cardfalse
- 2with joyfalse
- 3No sooner did Priyafalse
- 4when she started jumpingtrue
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Answer : 4. "when she started jumping"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "No sooner did Priya get her report card than she started jumping with joy." The conjunction "when" should be replaced with "than."
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
- 4on her watchtrue
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Answer : 4. "on her watch"
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:Directions: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is (D) i.e. No error.
(A) Outright rejection/(B) of my plea /(C) disappointed me/(D) No error.
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6322fac1e3985052c811e1bb- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
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Answer : 4. "D"
Q:Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. 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.
The reduced air pressure on airline flights can lessen the amount of oxygen in passengers' blood for twenty-five percent.
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6411b1e8a37bb1a5e181dba9- 1The reduced air pressure on airline flightsfalse
- 2No errorfalse
- 3in passengers' blood for twenty-five percenttrue
- 4can lessen the amount of oxygenfalse
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Answer : 3. "in passengers' blood for twenty-five percent"
Q:Direction: In these questions, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct as they are. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, write (d) as the answer.
The number of marks carried by each questions (a) / are indicated (b) / at the end of the question. (c) / No error (d)
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63b6eaea61d62119f1a4833f- 1afalse
- 2btrue
- 3cfalse
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