- 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
- Direction for Individual Question Each 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-19
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Question 1 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The actress was ordered for | |
wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet and | |
submit to random weekly drug testing after | |
she failed to appear for a court date last week. | |
No error |
Question 1 Explanation:
A wrong preposition is being used in the first part of the sentence. The correct preposition is ‘to’ and needs to be replaced.
Question 2 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The actor loves to think, | |
never enjoys stick to one kind of role | |
and finds it difficult to | |
live up to everyone's expectations. | |
No error |
Question 2 Explanation:
The second part of the sentence will use a gerund (verbal-noun) to describe the action that the actor never enjoys. Instead of ‘stick’, it should be sticking.
Question 3 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
A major computer security firm urged | |
the social networking site to set up | |
an early-warning system after hundreds of users were | |
hit by a new wave of virus attacks. | |
No error |
Question 3 Explanation:
No error.
Question 4 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The finding may help doctors | |
give more personalized care to patients | |
and modify the amount of powerful drugs | |
administered over their patients. | |
No error |
Question 4 Explanation:
The problem is with the fourth part of the sentence. Here the phrasal verb ‘administer to’ is the right choice. That is the only error.
Question 5 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
If you decide | |
to straighten out a lot of | |
things in' your life all at once, | |
it is probably that you may achieve nothing. | |
No error |
Question 5 Explanation:
In this sentence, the problem is with the fourth part of the sentence. Here, simple present tense ‘..you achieve nothing…’ instead of ‘..you will achieve nothing..’.
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