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 'D'. (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: C
The error is in the custom still prevailed among some groups in India.
Still points to the present, and the first clause is present perfect, so the verb must be present: the custom still prevails.
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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 in bad mood.
Mood in this expression takes an article: in a bad mood. The same is true of in a hurry and in a temper.
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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
There is no error.
Forbid takes either an object and an infinitive or, as here, from and a gerund - forbade the student from leaving. Both constructions are current.
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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 he did not so far send.
So far reaches from the past to the present, which requires the present perfect: he has not so far sent. The simple past cuts the period off.
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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 as much as I admire him for his sterling qualities.
The concessive idiom is much as I admire him, without the first as. As much as compares quantities, which is not what the sentence is doing.
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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 that the dispute on this issue is between my brother and me.
A dispute is between people over an issue - on is the wrong preposition. The pronoun after between is correctly the object form me.
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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 all the furnitures have been.
Furniture is uncountable and has no plural, so it is all the furniture has been sent. The same applies to information, luggage and advice.
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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 I want is that.
What I want is takes an infinitive or a noun phrase after it - what I want is for you to finish the work. The that-clause leaves the sentence without a complement that matches.
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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 his father is junior than.
Junior, senior, superior, inferior, prior and preferable all take to rather than than. They are Latin comparatives and never combine with the English one.
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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 while walking slowly in the park.
The participle must attach to the subject of the main clause, which is a mad dog - so as written the dog was walking in the park. The clause needs a subject of its own: while he was walking.
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