Spotting Errors Questions and Answers

Answer: A

The error is in part (1), None is.

The sentence compares 'none' with 'those who will not hear', a plural group, so 'none' here means 'no people' and takes a plural verb. The proverb is correctly 'None are so deaf as those who will not hear', often given as 'There are none so deaf as those who will not hear'.

The other parts are correct: 'so deaf as' is the standard form of comparison after a negative, 'as those' refers to people, and 'who will not hear' is the relative clause describing them.

Answer: D

The error is in part (4), with his own.

When the indefinite pronoun 'one' is the subject, the possessive that refers back to it should also be 'one's', not 'his': 'Cannot one do what one likes with one's own?' The sentence already keeps 'one' consistent in parts (1) and (3), so part (4) should match.

'Cannot one', 'do what' and 'one likes' are all correct as they stand.

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.

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.

Answer: E

There is no error.

The relative clause is correctly punctuated as non-defining, eager takes an infinitive, and have a glimpse of is idiomatic.

Answer: A

The error is in Bible.

The Bible always takes the definite article, as do the Koran, the Vedas and the Ramayana.

Answer: D

The error is in the French.

A language name takes no article: training in French. The French with the article means the French people.

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.

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.

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.