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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-38
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Question 1 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Drydus' prose, which is meant to be popular | |
loses nothing of its value | |
by being compared with his contemporaries. | |
No error |
Question 1 Explanation:
It should be Dryden's prose-there is no writer bearing the name of Drydus in English literature. Dryden was the most famous writer in the genre of prose in English literature.
Question 2 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
He asked me | |
if I know | |
where the principal lived, | |
No error |
Question 2 Explanation:
The error is in the second part of the sentence. The sentence is talking about a past event i.e. ‘..he asked me..’. Therefore, instead of ‘know’, the past participle of know which is ‘knew’ should be used.
Question 3 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
When he did not find his cook in the kitchen | |
he asked his wife | |
where had he gone. | |
No error |
Question 3 Explanation:
The words have been jumbled in the third part of the sentence. Instead of ‘where had he gone’ we need to use ‘where he had gone’. Generally, ‘had he’ terminology is used in statements like ‘Had he done it that way, he would not have suffered.’.
Question 4 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
We have studied the two specimens carefully | |
X differs to Y | |
in only one respect. | |
No error |
Question 4 Explanation:
‘From’ here means ‘to indicate differentiation’ whereas ‘to’ is portraying the meaning like ‘in a direction toward so as to reach’. Therefore, in place of ‘to’ ‘from’ needs to be used in the second part of the sentence.
Question 5 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
If I was the king, | |
I would change the face | |
of my country. | |
No error |
Question 5 Explanation:
‘I was’ is used in most cases but there is an exception to it which is that if a subjunctive clause (IF clause) is there, we would have to use ‘were’ and not ‘was’. Therefore, in the first part of the sentence, were needs to be used.
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