- 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-35
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Question 1 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
I can't see much | |
likelihood between | |
him and his father. | |
No error |
Question 1 Explanation:
likeness between
Likeness means resemblance, likelihood means probability.
Question 2 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Meals will be served | |
outside on the terrace | |
weather allowing. | |
No error |
Question 2 Explanation:
weather permitting.
Weather permitting is a way of saying ‘if weather allows to’.
Question 3 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Although there was still | |
a faint heartbeat, the patient was | |
for all intents and purposes dead, | |
No error |
Question 3 Explanation:
to all intents and purposes dead
‘To all intents and purposes’ means ‘in all the most important ways’.
Question 4 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The gang unclaimed | |
all responsibility | |
for the explosion. | |
No error |
Question 4 Explanation:
The gang declaimed
The correct verb will be ‘declaimed’.
Question 5 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
I haven't been | |
to New York before and | |
neither my sister. | |
No error |
Question 5 Explanation:
nor has been my sister
‘Haven’t been’ is in present continuous tense, so part (c) should be in the same form.
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