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 having learn my lessons.
The perfect participle takes the past participle: having learnt my lessons.
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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 though college was only a few yards away from his house.
The main clause is present - he neglects attending lectures - so the concessive clause must be present too: though the college is only a few yards away.
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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 his car to start up.
Get takes an object and a plain infinitive: get his car to start. Start up is a phrasal verb used of engines beginning to run of themselves, and adds nothing after get.
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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 the chairman at his statement.
One has a difference with a person over something: a difference with the chairman over his statement. At is not used in this construction.
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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 during last days.
The phrase needs its determiner: during the last few days. Last days without an article means the final days of something.
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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 we were shocking.
The news shocked us, so we were the ones affected: we were shocked. Shocking describes the thing that causes the shock.
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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 exactly what he said to me.
The rest of the sentence is past, so the reported clause must step back a further tense: what he had said to me. The past perfect marks the speaking as earlier than the recalling.
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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 being tried their best.
Try their best is active: the health workers are trying their best. The passive being tried would mean they were the ones being tried.
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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 what was the price.
This is a reported question and takes statement order: what the price of that bicycle was. The second half correctly uses whether, and needs was rather than is to match.
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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: C
The error is in decided to not to.
The infinitive is negated once: decided not to go abroad. The second to is a repetition.
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