Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 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:In the following sentence found out whether there is any error in any part of the sentence. If there is error mark your answer letter corresponding to that part a,b,c or d.If there is no error mark your answer ‘e’.
On reaching the (a) / lake, the leader realised (b) / that two elephant from (c) / his herd were missing. (d)/ No error (e)
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5e6b4804c34ec57f0d12ab3c- 1afalse
- 2bfalse
- 3ctrue
- 4dfalse
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Answer : 3. "c"
Q:Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence, the number of that part will be the answer. If there is ‘No error’ mark (5) as the answer (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)
She told her son (1) / to wait in the car (2) / until she does not (3) / return from the shop. (4) No error (5)
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618a4568752e8a40c52c8a59- 11false
- 22false
- 33true
- 44false
- 55false
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Answer : 3. "3"
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:In the following sentence found out whether there is any error in any part of the sentence. If there is error mark your answer letter corresponding to that part a,b,c or d.If there is no error mark your answer ‘e’.
The temple is at located (a)/ such a high altitude that it is (b) / impossible to go there (c)/ during the winter season. (d)/ No error (e)
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5e6b47d0b8843673942766df- 1atrue
- 2bfalse
- 3cfalse
- 4dfalse
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Answer : 1. "a"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The detective compared the forged signature to the original.
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6047114df4cbdc234859695e- 1the forged signaturefalse
- 2to the originaltrue
- 3The detective comparedfalse
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 2. "to the original"
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
We stayed / in Jim’s flat / during he was / on holiday
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64870d63772333474bae184d- 1on holidayfalse
- 2during he wastrue
- 3in Jim’s flatfalse
- 4We stayedfalse
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Answer : 2. "during he was"
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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