General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Did you baked / the chocolate cake / yourself this time?
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64870f79f4063d472f418340- 1Did you bakedtrue
- 2No errorfalse
- 3yourself this timefalse
- 4the chocolate cakefalse
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Answer : 1. "Did you baked"
Explanation :
The correct past tense form should be "Did you bake the chocolate cake yourself this time?" The verb "bake" does not need "did" before it.
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Do you / recall to meet / her at the party / last night?
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64871182f4063d472f418656- 1last nightfalse
- 2her at the partyfalse
- 3Do youfalse
- 4recall to meettrue
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Answer : 4. "recall to meet"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "Do you recall meeting her at the party last night?" The verb "recall" doesn't take the preposition "to."
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
We don't really / want a large house; / we are looking for some comfort / and some convenience on a moderate price.
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64901a32bf323e479ac4baa6- 1and some convenience on a moderate pricetrue
- 2want a large housefalse
- 3We don't reallyfalse
- 4we are looking for some comfortfalse
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Answer : 1. "and some convenience on a moderate price"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "and some convenience at a moderate price." The preposition "on" should be replaced with "at."
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Lalitha will go / to sister’s house / in Mumbai / this summer.
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64901d4eb50f5316a4722a69- 1to sister’s housetrue
- 2this summerfalse
- 3in Mumbaifalse
- 4Lalitha will gofalse
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Answer : 1. "to sister’s house"
Explanation :
The correct possessive form is "Lalitha will go to her sister’s house."
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Four of earliest civilisations / of the world / were located / on the banks of or near large rivers.
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6490315de8d2170cb3c0d6c3- 1or near large riversfalse
- 2of the worldfalse
- 3Four of earliest civilisationstrue
- 4were located on the banks offalse
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Answer : 3. "Four of earliest civilisations"
Explanation :
Explanation: The correct phrasing should be "Four of the earliest civilizations." The error is in the placement of the article "the."
Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
In your birthday suit
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646227b8f75f230a7a74b392- 1Not wearing any clothestrue
- 2A suit which covers one’s entire bodyfalse
- 3Birthday celebrationsfalse
- 4A suit which is designed for only birthday functionsfalse
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Answer : 1. "Not wearing any clothes"
Explanation :
Not wearing any clothes. This humorous idiom means being naked.
Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom.
The coach was trying to twist the player’s arm by asking him to practice throughout the day.
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646228fe0827e80a9f8df96b- 1To try to force someone to do somethingtrue
- 2To refrain from restingfalse
- 3To train someone in warfarefalse
- 4To console the weakfalse
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Answer : 1. "To try to force someone to do something"
Explanation :
To try to force someone to do something. This idiom implies putting pressure on someone to do something they might not want to do.
Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Cast aside
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64623b6ecdae930acb77407b- 1To blow upfalse
- 2To bear withfalse
- 3To displayfalse
- 4To rejecttrue
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Answer : 4. "To reject"
Explanation :
To reject. This idiom means to discard or reject something or someone.