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- 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-37
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Question 1 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
I meet him | |
once a blue moon | |
so I donot know much about his activities. | |
No error |
Question 1 Explanation:
An easy question to crack, one can easily find out that in the second part of the sentence, a preposition is missing. That’s why ‘is’ needs to be inserted after there in the first part of the sentence.
Question 2 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
I tried to read your letter, | |
but it was so badly written | |
that I had to leave the attempt. | |
No error |
Question 2 Explanation:
The error can be evidently seen in the second part of the sentence. The sentence order is improper. ‘So’ needs to come ‘before’.
Question 3 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
I went to his house but | |
couldn't see him | |
because he went out before I arrived. | |
No error |
Question 3 Explanation:
Gone is the past participle of to go. It is used as the verb of a sentence whereas went is the past tense of ‘to go’. Therefore, ‘went' needs to be changed with 'had gone'.
Question 4 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The Vice-Chancellor of our university urged to | |
the agitating students to shun violence | |
and maintain peace on the campus. | |
No error |
Question 4 Explanation:
‘On’ in the second part is the incorrect usage. It should have been ‘in’ because ‘on’ means physically in contact with and supported by (a surface) whereas ‘in’ here refers to within the limits, bounds or area of. Therefore, ‘in’ is better suited.
Question 5 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Neither of them | |
are going to attend | |
the party on 10th October. | |
No error |
Question 5 Explanation:
Neither is always considered a singular pronoun. Hence, even if the sentence is using it to refer something i.e. more than one, then also the singular verb would follow. Therefore we use ‘is’ in the second part instead of ‘are’.
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