- 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-30
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Question 1 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
In order to streamline | |
the movement of vehicles during | |
the festival, traffic police have | |
chalked out diversion plans. | |
No error |
Question 1 Explanation:
The error is in the third part of the sentence. The preposition ‘of’ is missing between instance and illegal.
Question 2 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The actor, who plays | |
a detective in the film, alleged to have pushed the director | |
when he asked him to get into his costume | |
as it was getting late. | |
No error |
Question 2 Explanation:
The verb ‘is’ is missing in the second part of the sentence between ..film, is alleged.. this is so because passive tone is being used.
Question 3 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Many of the young people | |
studying abroad agreed that | |
returning home was always | |
an attractive option. | |
No error |
Question 3 Explanation:
No error.
Question 4 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Though the book is not yet available on India, | |
previews published in this country suggest | |
that it is a complex study of | |
an extremely complex personality. | |
No error |
Question 4 Explanation:
A wrong preposition is being used in the first part of the sentence. With places, the preposition the preposition which is used is ‘in’ and not ‘on’.
Question 5 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The movement, which aims to | |
raise awareness about cli- mate change hopes | |
to bring people together to think about | |
what they can do for reduce harmful pollution. | |
No error |
Question 5 Explanation:
A wrong preposition is being used in the fourth part of the sentence. We had to use ‘..they can do to reduce..’ instead of ‘what they can do for reduce..’.
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