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).
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 I was being astonished.
Astonished here describes a state, not an action in progress, so the simple passive is required: I was astonished. The continuous passive would mean someone was in the act of astonishing him.
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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 since I had been gone.
Go through is active here - he read the book - so the verb is had gone through, not had been gone. Been makes it passive, which the object the book does not allow.
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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 he is smarter.
Enough follows the positive form of the adjective, not the comparative: smart enough to get selected. Smarter would need a than to complete it.
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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 you will think.
The sentence is a direct question and requires inversion: what will you think if school boys make fun of you?
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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 the firm.
Belief here is one of several possible beliefs, so it takes the indefinite article: a firm belief in the basic goodness of all men.
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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 since two years.
Since takes a point in time and for takes a length. Two years is a length: for two years.
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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 a mason.
The relative clause identifies a particular person, so the noun takes the definite article: he is the mason who built my house. With a, the clause has no one in particular to define.
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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 the country with.
The idiom is heart and soul, used adverbially without a preposition: he served the country heart and soul.
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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 sometime in next week.
Next week takes no preposition - next, last, this and every before a time word form an adverbial by themselves: sometime next week.
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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 Manohar has not only opened.
Not only ... but also must join parallel elements. Opened belongs to both halves, so not only should follow it: has opened not only a restaurant but also a grocery shop.
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