Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Do you / recall to meet / her at the party / last night?
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64871182f4063d472f418656- 1last nightfalse
- 2her at the partyfalse
- 3Do youfalse
- 4recall to meettrue
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Answer : 4. "recall to meet"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "Do you recall meeting her at the party last night?" The verb "recall" doesn't take the preposition "to."
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.
We don't really / want a large house; / we are looking for some comfort / and some convenience on a moderate price.
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64901a32bf323e479ac4baa6- 1and some convenience on a moderate pricetrue
- 2want a large housefalse
- 3We don't reallyfalse
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Answer : 1. "and some convenience on a moderate price"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "and some convenience at a moderate price." The preposition "on" should be replaced with "at."
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.
Lalitha will go / to sister’s house / in Mumbai / this summer.
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64901d4eb50f5316a4722a69- 1to sister’s housetrue
- 2this summerfalse
- 3in Mumbaifalse
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Answer : 1. "to sister’s house"
Explanation :
The correct possessive form is "Lalitha will go to her sister’s house."
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.
Four of earliest civilisations / of the world / were located / on the banks of or near large rivers.
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6490315de8d2170cb3c0d6c3- 1or near large riversfalse
- 2of the worldfalse
- 3Four of earliest civilisationstrue
- 4were located on the banks offalse
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Answer : 3. "Four of earliest civilisations"
Explanation :
Explanation: The correct phrasing should be "Four of the earliest civilizations." The error is in the placement of the article "the."
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
The actress (1)/was shocked (2)/by the news of her dog’s death (3). /No error (4)
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Answer : 3. "3"
Explanation :
at will replace by because – Shocked always agrees with at (Prep.) at is used with Adjectives for showing the cause of something. Look at the examples given below : They were impatient at the delay. She was delighted at the result. Here, shocked is the Adj. and it is indicating the Cause (reason) of the actress’s shock. Hence, at the news of her dog’s death is the right usage
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
We were looking forward (1)/ to hear news (2)/about the missing fishermen (3)./ No error (4)
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Answer : 2. "2"
Explanation :
hearing will replace hear because – Phrasal Verbs are always followed by Gerunds. Here, look forward to is a Phr. V. Look at the examples given below :
He was accused of smuggling contraband goods.
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Phr.V Gerund
He insisted on proof-reading the article again.
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Phr.V Gerund
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
Although the police officer sympathised with poor (1)/ he refused to (2) /take an action against the rich man (3). /No error (4)
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Answer : 1. "1"
Explanation :
the will be used before poor because – the (Def. Art.) is used with Adjectives to refer to a thing or a group of people described by the Adj. Look at the examples given below :
The poor always suffer
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Def. Art. Adj. (refers to a group of people who are poor) He is collecting money for the blind.
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Def. Art.
blind refers to a group of people who are blind.
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
Tea (1)/which I am drinking (2)/ is hot (3). /No error (4)
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Answer : 1. "1"
Explanation :
The will be used before Tea because – Here, we are talking about a particular tea, followed by a Relative Pronoun (which). The sentence can also be written as –
The tea I am drinking is hot (tea-definite) Look at the examples given below : The flowers in her garden are beautiful. (Definite – the ones in her garden)
The flowers (that) are in her
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Rel.pro.
garden are beautiful.
The dog in the backyard is very cute. (Definite-the one in the backyard)
The dog (which) is in the backyard is very cute.
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Rel.pro.
Hence, the tea is the right usage.