- These tests are a check for your learning and are meant to serve as tools for assessment
- The test is designed to check your current understanding of the language and whether you are able to use the rules of grammar to identify errors in sentences.
- Directions for individual questionsEach sentence is divided into parts and each part is labeled as an answer option. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as the answer. If there is no error, mark that part as your answer
Common Errors: Test-4
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Question 1 |
Identify the part of the sentence with error. In case of no error, select option (E).
Cows, goats and | |
other such domestic | |
animals together is | |
called livestock. | |
No error |
Question 1 Explanation:
(3) are The number of nouns included is more than one, hence a plural verb ‘are’ should be used.
Question 2 |
Identify the part of the sentence with error. In case of no error, select option (E).
Students are likely to | |
work on the evenings | |
during the weekends, | |
or summer breaks. | |
No error |
Question 2 Explanation:
(2) in the evenings
‘In the evenings’ refers to the time. The correct preposition to be used here should be ‘in’.
Question 3 |
Identify the part of the sentence with error. In case of no error, select option (E).
Being-able to | |
remember a lot of information’s is | |
not the same as | |
being able to think. | |
No error |
Question 3 Explanation:
(2) remember a lot of information
“Information’s” denotes possession, which is not implied by the sentence. The correct usage should be ‘a lot of information’..
Question 4 |
Identify the part of the sentence with error. In case of no error, select option (E).
The gang members has | |
confessed that they had been | |
obtaining bank account details | |
of their victims from a source based in Nigeria. | |
no error |
Question 4 Explanation:
The gang members have
The gang members are more than one (plural) and will take a plural verb ‘have’.
Question 5 |
Identify the part of the sentence with error. In case of no error, select option (E).
Police said that | |
the seized counterfeit currency notes looked | |
so genuine that | |
anyone could being misled. | |
No error |
Question 5 Explanation:
(4) could be misled
The police had made a statement in the past. Hence, usage of ‘being’ (participle form) is incorrect grammatical usage. So, “could be misled” should be used to depict the event in the past tense.
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