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Spotting Errors Questions and Answers

Direction for [ Question No: 1 To 10 ] :

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

1.

In the sentence below, find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose "No error".

Answer: A

The error is in several issues raising.

Raise is transitive and needs an object; the issues were raised by someone, so the participle must be passive: several issues raised in the meeting.

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2.

In the sentence below, find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose "No error".

Answer: D

The error is in and then went down his doom very quickly.

The idiom is went to his doom, or met his doom. Go down takes no object of this kind.

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6.

In the sentence below, find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose "No error".

Answer: B

The error is in give him anything what he.

What is not used as a relative pronoun after a noun. The sentence needs anything that he wants, or simply whatever he wants.

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7.

In the sentence below, find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose "No error".

Answer: B

The error is in he is always liking.

He is the one liked, so the verb must be passive: he is always liked by all his colleagues. Like is also a stative verb and does not normally take the continuous.

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8.

In the sentence below, find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose "No error".

Answer: B

The error is in have a dearth of opportunities to display their art.

While marks a contrast, and the second half says upcoming dancers lack exposure. So the first half must say the opposite - luminaries have no dearth of opportunities.

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9.

In the sentence below, find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose “No error”.

Answer: B

Correct answer: have submitted his report.

The subject of the main clause is “One”, which is singular, so the verb must be “has submitted”. The plural noun “boys” belongs to the prepositional phrase “of the boys” and cannot govern the verb, which is what makes this construction such a reliable trap.

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10.

In the sentence below, find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose "No error".

Answer: C

The error is in stipulated time provide.

The conjunction is provided, not provide, and stipulated time needs its article: in the stipulated time, provided you do not disturb me.

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